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Theo James Walcott is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Everton and the English national team.

Walcott is a product of the Southampton Academy and started his career with Southampton before joining Arsenal for £5 million in 2006. His speedy pace and ball crossing led his manager Arsène Wenger to deploy him on the wing for most of his career. Walcott has been played as a striker since the 2012–13 season when he was Arsenal's top scorer, and he has scored more than 100 goals for the club.On 30 May 2006, Walcott became England's youngest ever senior football player aged 17 years and 75 days. In December, he received the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. On 6 September 2008, he made his first competitive start in a World Cup qualifier against Andorra, and in the following match against Croatia on 10 September he opened his senior international goals tally and became the youngest player in history to score a hat-trick for England. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and has 47 caps, scoring eight goals. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. March 1989
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“He is potentially brilliant, and he is going to be exciting, but potential is nothing unless you can produce it. I would think he's way, way, way, miles away from international World Cup football.”

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Bobby Robson, former manager of England, 2006 ( Source http://www.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/05/08/england.gamble/index.html) <br class="br">About

“He has the record on 40 metres. I think it's 4.72 seconds or something like that. Certainly Theo could have been a 100-metre runner.”

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Arsène Wenger, Arsenal manager, 2009 ( Source http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/12/theo-walcott-couldve-been-100-metre.html) <br class="br">About

“I don't think the whole World Cup can rely on Theo Walcott but he can certainly come on and make a difference - and why not start him in a game or two? He is an interesting weapon because he can play wide and centrally. Then, once he is in front of the defender, nobody can catch him. He is a fantastic prospect.”

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Arsène Wenger, manager of Arsenal FC, 2006 ( Source http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/11052006/3/walcott-start-england-wenger.html) <br class="br">About

“For me, it is not so surprising England chose him. In training we all notice him because he is confident and very quick.”

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Gilberto Silva, Brazilian World Cup winning footballer, 2006 ( Source http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200506/story/0,,1775677,00.html) <br class="br">About

“The kid can run through puddles and not make a splash. He is lightning quick and drifts over the ground.”

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Harry Redknapp, former manager of Southampton FC, 2006 ( Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/galleries/index.html?in_gallery_id=7650&amp;in_image_id=257310&amp;in_page_id=1055) <br class="br">About

“I trained with the lad last season at Southampton for two or three weeks. In all the years I played there was never anything I saw on a training pitch that took my breath away, but he was doing things on the pitch that made me stand up and say 'Wow'. He could go on and make a better player than Wayne Rooney.”

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Matt Le Tissier, former England footballer, 2006 ( Source http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=400107&amp;in_page_id=1779) <br class="br">About

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