Rocky Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983(1983-12-23)) is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City. Chopra is of mixed Indian and white British descent.
Chopra plays as a striker. He was originally a product of the Newcastle United Youth system. In his career he has also played for Sunderland and has spent loan spells at Watford, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. He has represented England at the Under-15...
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Rocky Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983(1983-12-23)) is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City. Chopra is of mixed Indian and white British descent.
Chopra plays as a striker. He was originally a product of the Newcastle United Youth system. In his career he has also played for Sunderland and has spent loan spells at Watford, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. He has represented England at the Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels.
In 2006, Chopra made news for scoring the fastest goal by a substitute in Premier League history, as he had only been on the pitch for ten seconds after coming on as a substitute. With an Indian father, he was also the first player of Indian parentage to play and score in the Premier League.
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, Chopra attended Alan Shearer's former school, Gosforth High School, in Newcastle, and owing to his goal-scoring exploits there, and later...
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