Patrick Wood

Patrick James Wood (born 16 September 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for A-League club Sydney FC.

Patrick Wood
Personal information
Full name Patrick James Wood[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002
Place of birth North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sydney FC
Number 13
Youth career
Collaroy Cromer Strikers
2014–2015 Manly United
2015–2020 Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sydney FC NPL 21 (21)
2020– Sydney FC 50 (8)
International career‡
2021– Australia U23 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2022

Wood played youth soccer with Collaroy Cromer Strikers, Manly United and Sydney FC Youth before starting his professional career with Sydney FC.

Early life

Wood attended St Paul's College, Manly.[2]

Club career

Wood was called up to Sydney FC's senior squad for the 2020 AFC Champions League.[3] He made his unofficial first-team debut ahead of the tournament in a match against the Australian under-23 team in November 2020.[4]

Wood made his A-League debut against Wellington Phoenix on 2 January, coming off the bench at the 82nd minute mark.[5] On 30 January, Wood scored his first A-League goals, the first coming after being on the pitch for 6 minutes, steering his side to a 3–0 victory against Macarthur FC.[6]

International career

Wood was called up to an Australian under-20 national team camp in 2020.[3]

In October 2021, Wood was called up to the Australian under-23 team for 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification matches against Indonesia in Tajikistan.[7] He made his debut for the side on 26 October 2021, missing an early penalty kick before later scoring Australia's second goal in a 3–2 win.[8] Wood scored again in the second leg three days later, the only goal in a 1–0 win to secure qualification for the final tournament.[9]

In May 2022, Wood was included in the Australian under-23 squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 6 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FFA Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sydney FC Youth 2020 NPL NSW 131100001311
2021 NPL NSW 23000023
2022 NPL NSW 57000057
Total 202100002021
Sydney FC 2019–20 A-League 00001010
2020–21 A-League 2140000214
2021–22 A-League Men 914141173
2022–23 A–League Men 22 3 0 000 20 3
Total 50841515910
Career total 702941517931

Honours

Sydney FC Youth

Individual

References
  1. "Patrick Wood". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. Stavroulakis, Mark (18 August 2020). "Sky's the limit for young gun Patrick Wood". Sydney FC. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. Davidson, John (11 November 2020). "Meet Sydney FC's new teenage tyro". The World Game. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. Laundry, Cameron (17 November 2020). "Quick Catch Up: Patrick Wood". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. "Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) :: Ultimate A-League".
  6. "Macarthur 0–3 Sydney FC: Patrick Wood scores a brace to sink 10-man Macarthur". Anytime Football. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. "Olyroos take first step on path to Paris". Yahoo! Sports. 19 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. Clark, George (27 October 2021). "Olyroos take big step toward Asian Cup". The Islander. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  9. Woods, Melissa (30 October 2021). "Olyroos lock in 2022 Asian Cup berth". Australian Associated Press. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  10. "11 NSW young guns set for U23's Asian Cup quest". Football NSW. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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