Global InformationJunior Hoilett information
 Hoilett playing for Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Wayne Hoilett[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1990[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brampton, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Aberdeen | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Brampton YSC | |||||||||||||||||
| CS Azzurri | |||||||||||||||||
| Oakville SC | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Blackburn Rovers | 81 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → SC Paderborn (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → FC St. Pauli (loan) | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Queens Park Rangers | 112 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Cardiff City | 173 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Reading | 61 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Aberdeen | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Canada | 62 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 4, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 22, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
David Wayne Hoilett (born 5 June 1990), known as Junior Hoilett, is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left winger for Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen and the Canada national team.
After impressing in a youth tournament, Hoilett signed for English club Blackburn Rovers at the age of 13, and was loaned to SC Paderborn and FC St. Pauli in the German 2. Bundesliga due to work permit issues. He made his Rovers debut in 2009 and played three full Premier League seasons for them before a transfer to Queens Park Rangers in 2012. Hoilett spent four years at the Loftus Road club – alternately in the Premier League and Championship – before moving to Cardiff on the expiration of his contract. In his second season with Cardiff, he helped the side win promotion to the Premier League by finishing as Championship runners-up during the 2017–18 season.
Hoilett made his senior international debut for Canada in 2015. He was part of their squad at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023, reaching the semi-finals of the 2021 tournament. He was named to Canada's 2022 Qatar World Cup squad[4] and appeared in all three of Canada's games at the tournament.
- ^ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Junior Hoilett – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Canada Soccer announces squad for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ - Canada Soccer". Retrieved 11 April 2024.