Andre Anthony Gray is a striker for Watford in the Premier League and the Jamaican national team. He began his football career with Wolverhampton Wanderers’ youth squad, but was discharged at the age of thirteen.
He joined Shrewsbury Town’s youth squad in 2004 and started his career there. After that, he played for AFC Telford United (on loan), Hinckley United, Luton Town, Brantford, and Burnley, among others. He is now a Watford player.
He has represented England at the C level and Jamaica at the senior level on an international level. He got six appearances for England’s C squad from 2012 to 2014 before being called up to the Jamaican national team. On March 25, 2021, he made his international team debut for Jamaica. He was a member of the Jamaican team that competed in the 2021 Gold Cup.
Andre Gray’s Bio
On June 26, 1991, Andre Anthony Gray was born. Wolverhampton, England, is where he was born. His mother, Joanna, and father, whose name is unknown, gave birth to him. Cody, his younger half-brother, is his sibling. He is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Jamaica. He is a biracial individual. Christianity is his faith. Cancer is his horoscope sign.
Andre Gray’s Career
He began his football career with Wolverhampton Wanderers’ youth squad, but was discharged at the age of thirteen. He joined Shrewsbury Town’s youth squad in 2004 and started his career there. Prior to the start of the 2009-10 season, he signed his first professional one-year deal. He was given the number 20 jersey and made his debut on August 8, 2009, in a 3-1 victory against Burton Albion on the opening day of the season. He signed a one-month loan with Conference North team AFC Telford United on November 26, 2009, and made six appearances for the club, scoring once in all competitions. He joined Conference North team Hinckley United on an emergency one-month loan on March 5, 2010. Before returning to Shrewsbury Town, he made 5 appearances for the club and scored 0 goals.
Shrewsbury Town released him on 14 May 2010, after he had only made 5 appearances for the club. He joined Hinckley United on a free transfer in June 2010 and signed a permanent one-year deal. In a 2-2 draw against Harrogate Town on September 4, 2010, he scored his first goal for the club. He scored four goals in a 7-2 hammering of Solihull Moors on April 23, 2011. He made 35 appearances for the team in the 2010-11 season, scoring 14 goals in all competitions.
For the 2011-12 season, he stayed with Hinckley United and was in excellent form. He made 45 appearances for the team during that season, scoring 23 goals in all competitions. Gray joined Conference Premier team Luton Town on loan until the end of the 2011-12 season on March 22, 2012, with the possibility of a permanent deal. He made his debut for the club on March 24, 2012, in a 1-1 draw against Grimsby Town. He made 12 appearances for Luton Town during his loan term, scoring 7 goals in all competitions as the team ended in 5th place in the League and the last available playoff position. He signed a two-year professional deal with Luton Town for £30,000 the day after the play-off final loss. He signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with the club on January 14, 2013, which would keep him with the club until June 2015.
He made 54 appearances for Luton Town in the 2012-13 season, scoring 20 goals and giving 10 assists across all competitions as the team finished two places outside the play-offs. He made 44 appearances for the club in the 2013-14 season, scoring 30 goals and giving 13 assists across all competitions, and winning his first piece of silverware when Luton Town were promoted back to the Football League as Conference Premier winners. He was named Young Player of the Season by the club for his outstanding achievements that season. He was the Conference Premier’s top scorer, earning him the league’s Golden Boot title and a spot on the Conference Premier Team of the Season.
He signed a three-year contract with Championship team Brentford for an unknown amount on June 27, 2014, and was handed the number 19 jersey. On August 9, 2014, he made his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw against Charlton Athletic on the club’s opening day of the 2014-15 season. In the next match, a 6-6 tie with Dagenham & Redbridge in the League Cup first round, he scored his first goal for the club, which Brentford won 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out. In a 2-0 victory against Rotherham United on August 30, 2014, he scored his first Football League goal. He made 50 appearances for the club in his debut season, scoring 18 goals and assisting on eight occasions across all competitions.
Brentford offered him a new, better deal after his two goals in his first two appearances of the 2015-16 season, but he departed the club on August 21, 2015.
He signed a three-year contract with Championship team Burnley on August 21, 2015, for an unknown price thought to be a club-record £6 million. On August 29, 2015, he made his first appearance for the club in a 2-1 away win against Bristol City. In a 3-1 victory against Sheffield Wednesday on September 12, 2015, he scored his first goal for the club. He made 42 appearances for the club in his debut season, scoring 23 goals and giving 8 assists in all competitions as Burnley won the Football League Championship championship. He was also voted Championship Player of the Year and earned the Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals in the league with 25.
On the opening day of the 2016-17 season, he made his Premier League debut in a 1-0 home loss to Swansea City on August 13, 2016. In a 2-0 home victory against Liverpool on August 20, 2016, he scored his first Premier League goal. He became the first Burnley player to score a Premier League hat-trick and the first Burnley player to record a top-flight hat-trick since Peter Noble in 1975 when he scored his first Premier League hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Sunderland on December 31, 2016. He made 36 appearances for Burnley in the 2016-17 season, scoring 10 goals and assisting three times in all competitions as the team finished 16th in the Premier League.
After rejecting a new contract offer from Burnley in the last year of his contract, he signed for Premier League club Watford on a five-year deal for an unknown club-record amount on August 9, 2017. On August 12, 2017, he made his first appearance for the club in a 3-3 draw against Liverpool. In a 2-1 victory against Swansea City on September 23, 2017, he scored his first goal for the club. He made 33 appearances for the club in his debut season, scoring 5 goals and assisting 3 times in all competitions as Watford finished 14th in the Premier League.
He made 34 appearances for Watford in the 2018-19 season, scoring nine goals and giving three assists across all competitions as the Hornets finished 11th in the Premier League. He made 27 appearances for the club in the 2019-20 season, scoring two goals and contributing one assist across all competitions as Watford was relegated from the Premier League. Watford began the 2020-21 season in the EFL Championship after being relegated from the Premier League. He made 31 appearances for Watford in the 2020-21 season, scoring 5 goals and contributing 1 assist in all competitions as the Hornets finished second in the Football League Championship and were re-promoted to the Premier League.
Who is Andre Gray’s Girlfriend
In terms of his personal life, he is presently dating his lovely girlfriend, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, a British singer, songwriter, and part of the British girl group Little Mix. Their romance began at the end of 2016, and they announced their connection in January 2017 when she uploaded a Snapchat photo of herself sitting on his lap. After dating for four years, they got engaged in May 2020. The couple revealed that they are expecting their first child in May 2021. On August 16, 2021, the couple is gifted with twins. He has a close connection with his wife and kid, and the two of them are happily married.
Andre Gray’s Body Measurement
Andre Gray is 1.78 meters tall, or 5 feet and 10 inches tall. He is 83 kg in weight. He has a muscular physique. His eyes are a dark brown tint, and his hair is black. He has a heterosexual sexual orientation.
Andre Gray’s Net Worth
Andre Gray makes a living as a professional football player. Contracts, wages, bonuses, and endorsements are all sources of money for him. His predicted net worth in 2022 is €23.6 million, with a salary of £3.6 million. His current market worth is estimated to be approximately €4 million.
Quick Facts
Andre Gray learned to play soccer from his maternal grandpa. He was stabbed in the face while leaving a bar in Wolverhampton on Christmas Eve 2011, causing a four-inch scar below his eye on the left cheek. After a handful of his homophobic tweets from 2012 were exposed, he was charged with misconduct by the English Football Association in August 2016. He became the first player in Burnley’s history to score a hat-trick in the English Premier League in December 2016. For his Twitter infractions, he received a £25,000 fine and a four-match suspension by the FA in September 2016.