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Michael Chopra

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Born
1983 (40 years old)

Birth Place

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Position
Forward

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Height
1.68

Weight
64.4

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Free

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Player Manager ID
5100710

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Sport

Soccer

Team
_Retired Soccer

2nd Team

League
_No League Soccer

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Rocky Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983), known as Michael Chopra, is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League.

A product of the Newcastle United youth system, he spent six years at the club without managing to secure a regular first team place, instead spending time on loan at Watford, Nottingham Forest, and Barnsley. He was sold to Cardiff City for £500,000 in June 2006, and won a place on the PFA Team of the Year for his performances in the 2006–07 season. He then made a £5 million move to Premier League side Sunderland in July 2007, before returning to Cardiff on a loan deal that was made permanent in July 2009 for £3 million. He again was included in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2009–10 campaign, before being sold on to Ipswich Town for £1 million in June 2011. He joined Blackpool on a free transfer in July 2013, before moving to the Indian Super League with Kerala Blasters for the inaugural 2014 season. Chopra signed for Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic in March 2015, playing for the side for a year before being released in March 2016.

He has represented England at the under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-20 levels. In 2006, he scored what was then the fastest goal by a substitute in Premier League history, scoring after being on the pitch for 15 seconds. With an Indian father, he was also the first player of Indian parentage to play and score in the Premier League. A gambling addiction made him fall in severe debt and he had to seek professional help to overcome his addiction.