[117] He earned a consolation goal for his side in their 2–1 home reverse by Port Vale on 1 November,[118] but took his goal tally into double figures for the season in the next match on 9 November when Colchester faced Gosport Borough in the FA Cup first round. He came on as a half-time substitute for Fabrice Muamba, and later scored from six yards to level the scores at 1–1, with the match eventually ending 2–1 to England. [72], In June 2012, Sears left West Ham United by mutual consent. Mark Heath takes a look at the players with most to prove in the coming campaign... Freddie Sears has been ruled out for at least nine months after sustaining a cruciate knee ligament injury in Sunday’s defeat at Norwich. [91] Sears ended his first full season with the club with eight goals in 37 appearances in all competitions. [79], Sears made his full-time debut for Colchester on 18 August in their 0–0 away draw with Preston North End. Squad: 2, Starting eleven: 1, Substituted in: 0, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0. [89] A short time after, he suffered a knee injury that kept him out of action for seven games,[90] making his return as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Notts County on 13 April as Colchester battled for League One survival. View Freddie Sears profile on Yahoo Sports. Frederick David "Freddie" Sears (Hornchurch, 27 november 1989) is een Engels voetballer die bij voorkeur als aanvaller speelt. [3], Born in Hornchurch East London,[2] Sears scored his first goal in the Premier Reserve League South on 20 November 2006 when West Ham drew 1–1 with Portsmouth. [7][8] Sears said that he was buzzing following his debut, and it was made even sweeter as a West Ham fan with his friends and family in the stands at the Boleyn Ground. [120] After not scoring for all of December as Colchester fell into the relegation positions, Sears' 13th goal of the campaign finally arrived as a consolation in the U's 3–1 FA Cup defeat to Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium on 2 January 2015 following a neat passing move. Primarily playing out wide, he experienced another goal drought over the majority of the season. [148] He played his one and only under-20 game in the match held at Loftus Road on 1 April as England won 2–0. [123] After making his debut on 17 January in Ipswich's 3–1 win over Millwall at The Den, where he came on as a substitute and provided the assist for Jonathan Parr's goal. He scored two goals in 11 appearances for the U's, prompting the club to sign him on a permanent basis from the Hammers in July 2012. After joining the Essex club, Sears rediscovered his scoring form, scoring 34 goals in 99 games in his two-and-a-half year stay before departing for Ipswich. [152], Sears made his second appearance in a competitive qualifying fixture for the 2011 European Under-21 Championship against Macedonia on 4 September 2009.