Geoff Horsfield

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geoff Horsfield
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 1, 1973(1973-11-01)
Age	51
Birthplace	Barnsley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Geoff Horsfield Biography

Geoff Horsfield is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on November 1, 1973 in Barnsley, England, United Kingdom. Geoffrey Malcolm Horsfield (born 1 November 1973) is an English professional footballer who was also a football coach. He played more than 300 games in the Football League playing as a striker.

On July 20, 2000, Horsfield was signed to a contract for five years with Birmingham which paid a record-breaking club cost in the amount of PS2.25 million, of which PS350,000 which was paid the way of Halifax Town under the sell-on clause. Horsfield was their leading scorer during his debut season, scoring at least 12 times and scoring goal in the 2nd half of the League Cup semi-final helped the club get to the first final of their kind in almost 40 years. The squad for their final match against his childhood heroes Liverpool, Horsfield had been removed when Birmingham was defeated in the penalty shootout.

He was a “strong and forceful” player, able to hold the ball up in order to bring other players into the game. Horsfield made his Football League debut with Scarborough as a teenager. Released by the club, he returned to part-time football with Halifax Town, Guiseley and Witton Albion, before a second spell at Halifax saw him help the club regain their Football League status. He moved on to Fulham, with whom he achieved promotion to the First Division, before joining Birmingham City for a club record fee. He played in the final of the 2001 League Cup with Birmingham, and the following season helped them reach the Premier League.

Horsfield’s first Premier League goal came in the September 2002 local derby defeat of Aston Villa. He also scored in the return fixture at Villa Park, an eventful game in which he ended up keeping goal when Nico Vaesen was injured after Birmingham had used all their substitutes. Horsfield missed games through suspension and surgery, and was frustrated by manager Steve Bruce preferring to use him as a specialist substitute; after he came on to score a late winner against local rivals West Bromwich Albion, Bruce described him as “a manager’s dream”, saying that “when you’re tiring, the last thing you need is Big Horse rampaging at you”. Starting alongside World Cup-winner Christophe Dugarry late in the season, the pair formed “an unlikely combination, brilliance from Bordeaux alongside a brickie from Barnsley, but Horsfield’s robust approach has complemented Dugarry’s more delicate touches”; their partnership produced four wins and a draw from the last six games.

A first fee of PS300,000 was set, with an additional PS50,000 contingent on appearances. Then, in October 1998, Horsfield was added to Fulham. A clause was added in the contract that will allow Halifax an equal share of proceeds from any future sale. The rest of the 1998-99 campaign produced 15 goals in 28 games. Fulham took his first Second Division title by 14 clear points. He was also included by the Premier League’s Second Division Team of the Year. As per Keegan, “Geoff’s your old-fashioned centre forward and we love him. He will score goals in this division, he will score goals in the next divisions. He chases a lot of lost causes and is very important for us.” While he wasn’t as efficient when playing in the First Division, seven league goals and seven goals in the cup was the club’s most prolific goal scorer during 1998-2000. Following the appointment of new manager Jean Tigana made it clear that Horsfield’s aggressive approach and apparent lack of speed and mobility did not match how the new team was expected to operate, and he brought in Louis Saha as his main striker, the player opted joining Fulham’s First Division rivals Birmingham City.

Geoff Horsfield Net Worth

Geoff Horsfield is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geoff Horsfield 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Horsfield was born in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the son of Terry worked as a miner and his grandfather was also a coal miner. When he was still a student, Horsfield began playing football for the men’s team Athersley Recreation, which was part of the Barnsley Sunday League, and failed to make it through a trial with the club from his hometown, Barnsley F.C. When he left the school Horsfield completed a bricklaying course at a university. He continued to play football for a few hours at Athersley and Worsbrough Bridge in the Northern Counties East League and in the Northern Counties East League with Football League club Scarborough, which he joined professionally at the end of July in 1992. He was given his first league start on March 23, 1993, by the manager Ray McHale, he was let go after 12 league games and then returned to bricklaying and playing football part-time. After a nine-game stint in the team of Halifax Town in 1994, the manager re-joined McHale at Guiseley and his 36 goals enabled the club achieve third at the top of the Northern Premier League Premier Division during the 1994-95 season. He then moved to Witton Albion and suffered an injury to his knee that could end his career After a full recovery, he was able to return to Halifax for a sum that was that was reported as PS4,000.

Horsfield made his debut for Halifax in the month of October in 1996. The final day of the season 1996-97, having be able to beat Stevenage Borough to avoid relegation from the Conference, Horsfield scored the goal that sealed the victory with a score of 4-2. The subsequent campaign, Halifax won the Conference title with a nine-point advantage which allowed them to regain the Football League status. Horsfield’s 30 goals from 40 league matches, including three hat-tricks with Yeovil Town, Telford United and Hereford United, made him the Conference top goal scorer. Along with his teammate Mark Bradshaw, Horsfield was chosen for England’s semi-professional representation team to play with their Dutch counterparts, however an injury hindered him from participating. At the time of the Conference, Horsfield had still employed in the construction trade, while also playing football in a part-time capacity However, the being promoted towards the Football League meant he had to leave his job in order to be a full-time player. Seven goals in his first ten matches within the Third Division attracted a bid from Fulham and then the Second Division and managed by Kevin Keegan.

In the 2001–02 season, Horsfield was chosen Player of the Year both by Birmingham’s fans and by his teammates. His strike partnership with Stern John proved crucial in the unbeaten run which helped Birmingham reach the First Division play-offs, and he scored the equaliser against Norwich City in the play-off final, which the club went on to win on penalties to earn promotion to the Premier League. Horsfield had promised a donation to his first club, Athersley Rec, if he ever reached the Premiership; a few days after the play- off victory he gave them £25,000 towards improving their facilities.

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On 3 August 2006, Horsfield signed for Championship club Leeds United on loan until Christmas with a view to a permanent move. He made his debut on the opening day of the season, against Norwich at Elland Road, and scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw away at Queens Park Rangers three days later. When Dennis Wise took over as Leeds manager, Horsfield was in and out of the side and his loan was terminated in January 2007. At the end of the January 2007 transfer window, Leicester City took Horsfield on loan for the rest of the season. He made his debut for the club in their 1–1 draw with Luton Town on 3 February, and scored his first goals for them in their 3–0 victory over local rivals Coventry City two weeks later.

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In October 2008, Horsfield was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and advised that his playing career was over. As the disease was discovered in its early stages, no chemotherapy or radiotherapy was needed, surgery proved successful and less than two months later he was given the all-clear. Horsfield decided to make his illness public to help spread awareness of the disease, and lent his support to a Premier League-backed project launched in 2009 to promote men’s health issues. He said: “Getting cancer was something I had to get over. I got it, wanted to beat it and I did. Now I am just glad that I’ve got another chance in football.”