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Matt Derbyshire Matthew Anthony Derbyshire ( born 14 April 1986 ) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Macarthur . He played for Blackburn Rovers for five years , and had loan spells with Plymouth Argyle , Wrexham and Olympiacos , before joining the latter club on a permanent basis in 2009 . He played for Birmingham City on loan for the 2010–11 season . He won 14 caps for the England under-21 side . Club career . Early life and career . Derbyshire was born in Great Harwood , Lancashire and attended Our Lady and St John R.C . High School in Blackburn . He played football as a youngster for Darwen before joining Great Harwood Town in 2002 . He scored his first goal for the clubs first team as a 16-year-old , in October 2002 , and by the time he left in November 2003 , he had scored 26 , of which 21 had come in the North West Counties League , and 18 in his last nine appearances . Blackburn Rovers . He joined his boyhood club , Blackburn Rovers , in November 2003 for a £20,000 fee , a club record for Great Harwood . He had previously worked in the clubs community department , coaching young children . He rejected a move to Manchester United in favour of Blackburn , whom he had supported since he was a child . He had a loan spell at Plymouth Argyle but did not manage to score in any of his 13 games , resulting in Mark Hughes ending the players loan early . He then joined Wrexham on loan for the final three months of the season where he made a name for himself hitting the net on 10 occasions from 16 appearances . He opened his senior goal account for the first team in a 3–0 against Wigan Athletic on 1 January 2007 before extending his tally further with the opener away to Everton in a 4–1 FA Cup Third Round victory on 7 January . He made his first Premiership start against Arsenal on 13 January , and scored his third goal in four games against Manchester City . Derbyshires impressive form continued the following week with two goals and an assist against Luton Town in the FA Cup Fourth Round . He also scored against Manchester United taking advantage of a Michael Carrick error to give Blackburn Rovers a 1–0 lead , although they went on to lose the match 4–1 . He finished his first Premier League season with 9 goals in all competitions , from 14 starts and 16 substitute appearances . In the 2007–08 season , Derbyshire scored in the first match of the season , against Middlesbrough , coming on as a substitute to score the winner in a 2–1 victory . On 1 March 2008 , he scored a late stoppage-time winner against Newcastle United , and on 20 September , he again scored another late winner against Fulham , putting away a poachers goal assisted by Roque Santa Cruz . Olympiacos . On 28 January 2009 , Derbyshire moved to Olympiacos on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season . He made his first appearance for the club as a substitute in the first leg of a Greek Football Cup match at PAOKs Toumba Stadium . In the return match , his home debut , Derbyshire scored a goal in extra time , securing progress to the next round ( Greek Cup , semi-finals 2008–09 ) . He made his league debut on 14 February 2009 in a 2–1 home victory over Aris as an 80th-minute substitute for Diogo . On 15 March 2009 , he scored his first goal in a 5–0 win over Iraklis with his first touch of the ball , after coming on for Luciano Galletti in 81st minute adding his second goal ( and Olympiacos fifth ) just five minutes later . The following week he started the match against Panionios and played the whole 90 minutes , scoring in a 2–3 away win . On 2 May 2009 , Derbyshire played a pivotal role in the Greek Cup final against cross-city rivals AEK Athens . With Olympiacos 2–0 down , Derbyshire was brought on at half-time . Three minutes after coming on , Derbyshire scored for Olympiacos . The game then went to 2–2 before AEK Athens had seemingly scored the winning goal in stoppage time . However , with the last touch of the game , Derbyshire popped up to head in the equaliser in the sixth minute of added time , bringing the score to 3–3 , after having suffered a concussion following a clash with an opponent . It was obvious during celebrations that he was not fully aware , and he stated afterwards that he realised he had scored from the cheers of fans . Olympiacos went on to win the match 15–14 on penalties , and Derbyshire was handed the Man of the match award for his efforts . He signed a four-year contract with Olympiacos on 23 June 2009 after the clubs agreed a fee reported as £3m . On 21 March 2010 , Derbyshire scored the winning goal against Panathinaikos , in a 1–0 away victory , and was instantly nicknamed The English Killer . In August 2010 , the teams new coach , Ernesto Valverde , told Derbyshire that he was not part of his plans for the 2010–11 season , so he should search for a new team . Birmingham loan . Derbyshire returned to England when he signed for Birmingham City on 16 August 2010 on loan for the 2010–11 Premier League season , with a possibility of the deal being made permanent at the end of that time . He made his debut against former club Blackburn Rovers on 21 August as a second-half substitute for fellow new signing Nikola Žigić , and scored his first goal for the club five days later in a 3–2 League Cup victory over Rochdale . After waiting until January 2011 for his first Premier League start for Birmingham , against Blackpool , he then scored twice in the 4–1 win at Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup . Derbyshire never established himself in the first team , and despite making five appearances in that seasons League Cup competition , he was omitted from Birminghams squad for the final , in which Birmingham achieved a shock 2–1 victory against Arsenal . He left the club at the end of the season after their relegation from the Premier League . Nottingham Forest . Derbyshire signed a three-year contract with Championship club Nottingham Forest on 10 August 2011 . The fee was undisclosed . He was issued squad number eight . Upon signing , Derbyshire stated the importance to his career of getting regular first team football again . At Forest Derbyshire renewed acquaintance with assistant manager Rob Kelly , who was his coach when he was a youth player at Blackburn Rovers . Derbyshire made his debut for Forest on 16 August in a 1–0 away win against Doncaster Rovers . His first and only goal in the 2011–12 season was the opener in a 3–2 away defeat to Southampton . On 14 September 2012 Derbyshire went on loan to League One club Oldham Athletic in a short term deal . He scored on his debut a day later , scoring in a 2–2 draw at home to Notts County . He scored again in the following game , earning a point for Oldham in a 1–1 draw against Scunthorpe United . Derbyshires third goal for Oldham came in a 2–0 away win over Crewe Alexandra . He scored again in a 2–0 win at home to Leyton Orient , however the goal was controversial as Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade accused Derbyshire of a blatant handball offence that the referee did not pick up on . Manager Paul Dickov then stated his desire to keep him at the club , and the spell was extended until 15 December . In January 2012 Derbyshire went on loan to Championship club Blackpool but failed to score for them . Rotherham United . Derbyshire signed for newly promoted Championship team Rotherham United on a two-year contract on 30 May 2014 . Until his departure in summer 2016 he scored 17 goals in 69 matches for the club . Omonia Nicosia . On 17 June 2016 , Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia announced the signing of Derbyshire . He made his debut on 30 June against FC Banants Yerevan in the first leg of the Europa League first qualifying round , and scored the only goal of the match . In his first league appearance , in a 3–1 win against Ermis Aradippou , Derbyshire opened the scoring with a second-minute penalty On 4 January 2017 he drew attention when he scored a hat-trick against Ethnikos Achna in 4 minutes , overturning a 2-0 deficit against Omonia , that gave his side a valuable league victory . He continued to score regularly , and finished the season as the leagues top scorer with 24 goals , three more than his nearest rival . On 9 August 2017 , Omonia announced the extension of his contract until the summer of 2021 . In the first game of the 2017-18 season , on 10 September 2017 , he scored both goals for Omonia against Ethnikos Achna . Until the end of the season he was capped 33 times and scored 23 goals and was the top scored of the league for a second consecutive year . On the 2018-2019 season Derbyshire was capped 25 times and scored 2 goals . On the 2019-20 season premiere against Doxa Katokopias , Derbyshire scored the first goal of the game with a header . Macarthur FC . On 4 August 2020 , it was announced that Derbyshire had signed for new Australian A-League club Macarthur FC on a two-year contract . International career . On 1 February 2007 , Derbyshire was called up to the England Under-21 squad by new manager Stuart Pearce , for the match against Spain on 6 February . He was subsequently injured playing for Blackburn against Sheffield United on 3 February , and therefore missed joining up with the squad . However , Derbyshire was fit enough to be included in Englands Under-21 match against Italy at the new Wembley Stadium on 24 March . He scored Englands third goal in a thrilling 3–3 draw . During the group stage of the 2007 European Under-21 Football Championship , he was the scorer of a controversial goal against the Serbian under-21 team . He did not kick the ball out when Serbian defender Slobodan Rajković was down injured and went on to score Englands second goal of the game ; in his defence , Derbyshire claimed he did not see the injured player . He took part in the epic semi-final shootout against hosts Netherlands , scoring his first but having his second penalty saved as England lost 13–12 . On 28 March 2009 , Derbyshire played the second half for England as they beat Norway 5–0 , scoring two goals . Personal life . Derbyshires wife Melissa , née Norman , is from Ireland and they have three boys , twins Braidín and Callum and the youngest Killian . Honours . Club . Olympiacos - Super League Greece : 2008–09 - Greek Cup : 2008–09 Birmingham City - League Cup : 2010–11 Individual . - 2009 Greek Cup Final Man of the Match - Cypriot First Division top goalscorer : 2016–17 , 2017–18 External links . - Matt Derbyshire profile at the Rotherham United F.C . website