Zain Westbrooke

Zain Sam Westbrooke (born 28 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bristol Rovers as a central midfielder. He is a product of the Brentford academy and made his professional breakthrough with Coventry City.

Zain Westbrooke
Personal information
Full name Zain Sam Westbrooke[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-28) 28 October 1996
Place of birth Chertsey, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2011 Chelsea
2011–2015 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Brentford 1 (0)
2017 → Solihull Moors (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Leyton Orient (loan) 5 (0)
2018–2020 Coventry City 32 (4)
2020– Bristol Rovers 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:32, 03 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

Brentford

Westbrooke began his career in the academy at Chelsea, before moving to West London neighbours Brentford in 2011 and signing scholarship forms at the end of the 2012–13 season.[4][5][6] By the completion of his scholarship in April 2015, he had made 55 appearances and scored four goals for the youth team,[7][8][9] in addition to scoring two goals in eight matches for the Development Squad during the 2014–15 season.[10] Westbrooke signed a one-year Development Squad contract for the 2015–16 season and by November 2015 he had impressed sufficiently to sign a one-year extension.[11][12] He finished 2015–16 with 23 appearances and one goal.[13] Westbrooke was named captain of the new B team for the 2016–17 season and signed a new one-year contract on 17 February 2017.[5] He topped the B team's appearance-chart during the 2016–17 season, having made 38 appearances and scored six goals.[14]

Westbrooke was called into the first team squad for the final two matches of the 2016–17 season and made his debut in the West London derby with Fulham as a 76th-minute substitute for Konstantin Kerschbaumer on 29 April 2017.[15] Westbrooke was named as the club's 2016–17 B Team Players' Player of the Year on 7 May.[16] Mounting injuries led to his inclusion on the bench for a league match versus Ipswich Town on 19 August 2017, but he remained an unused substitute during the 2–0 defeat.[17] Westbrooke subsequently spent much of the first half of the 2017–18 season away on loan and after his return on 10 January 2018,[14][18] he spent the remainder of the campaign with the B team.[19] He departed Griffin Park on 10 May 2018, having made just one first team appearance.[20]

Solihull Moors (loan)

On 1 September 2017, Westbrooke joined National League strugglers Solihull Moors on a one-month youth loan.[21] He made his debut the following day as a 69th-minute substitute for Darren Carter in a 1–0 defeat to Aldershot Town.[22] Westbrooke made his first start for the club in the following match versus Chester and assisted Oladapo Afolayan for the Moors' first goal, but received the first red card of his career after 74 minutes of the 2–0 victory.[23] After serving his suspension, Westbrooke failed to make any further appearances before his loan expired in late September.[18]

Leyton Orient (loan)

On 11 October 2017, Westbrooke joined National League club Leyton Orient on a 93-day loan.[24][25] He made 8 appearances before dropping out of the squad entirely in mid-December and he returned to Brentford when his loan expired on 10 January 2018.[14][26]

Coventry City

On 10 May 2018, Westbrooke joined Coventry City on a two-year contract on a free transfer, with the option of a further year, effective 1 July 2018.[27] The club's victory in the 2018 League Two play-off Final, after the announcement of his transfer, meant that he began his time with the club in League One.[28] After a substitute appearance in an EFL Trophy group stage match, Westbrooke made his full debut for the club with a start in a 1–0 win over Southend United on 29 December 2018.[29] He had a short run in the team in late-January and early-February 2019 and finished the 2018–19 season with eight appearances.[29][30] Westbrooke broke into the team and made 33 appearances and scored four goals during the truncated 2019–20 season,[3][31] which ended with promotion to the Championship as League One champions.[28] After making 41 appearances and scoring four goals during his two seasons with Coventry City,[32] Westbrooke transferred away from the club in August 2020.[33]

Bristol Rovers

On 3 August 2020, Westbrooke signed a three-year contract with League One club Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[33] He made his debut for the club on 5 September 2020 in a 3–0 EFL Cup defeat to Ipswich Town.[34] He scored his first goal for the club with a free-kick in a 4–3 EFL Trophy victory over Chelsea U21 on 18 November 2020.[35]

Personal life

Westbrooke attended Woking High School.[4]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 2016–17[36] Championship 100000 —10
2017–18[22] 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Solihull Moors (loan) 2017–18[22] National League 2 0 — — — 2 0
Leyton Orient (loan) 2017–18[26] National League 5 0 3 0 — 0 0 8 0
Coventry City 2018–19[29] League One 7000001[lower-alpha 1] 080
2019–20[31] 25460101[lower-alpha 1]0334
Total 324601020414
Bristol Rovers 2020–21[37] League One 23 1 3 0 1 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 1 30 2
Career total 6351202051826
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Coventry City

Individual

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Bristol Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 14. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. "Zain Westbrooke". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. "Zain Westbrooke – Midfielder – First Team". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. "Winter 2010 Newsletter" (PDF). Woking High School. p. 20. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. Brett, Ciaran. "Brentford B captain Zain Westbrooke signs new one-year contract". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. Wickham, Chris. "Academy Contracts". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. Brett, Ciaran. "Youth Team Stats 2012/13". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. Brett, Ciaran. "2013/14 Youth Team Statistics". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. Brett, Ciaran. "2014/15 Youth Team player statistics". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  10. Brett, Ciaran. "2014/15 Development Squad Stats". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  11. Brett, Ciaran. "Zain Westbrooke looking forward to working under Lee Carsley in Development Squad as he signs Brentford deal". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
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  14. "Zain Westbrooke returns from Orient loan". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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  25. Sessions, George (31 October 2017). "Leyton Orient head coach Steve Davis impressed with Brentford loanee Zain Westbrooke". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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  30. "Interview: "It's Been Good To Be Involved"". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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  32. Zain Westbrooke at Soccerbase
  33. "Zain Westbrooke seals move to the Gas!". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  34. "Ipswich Town 3–0 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  35. "Papa John's Trophy Match Report: Bristol Rovers 4-3 Chelsea U21s". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 18 November 2020.
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  37. "Games played by Zain Westbrooke in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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