Theo: Growing Up Fast - Hardcover

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Theo Walcott was born on 16 March 1989 and grew up near Newbury. After joining the youth scheme at Southampton, he became the Saints' youngest ever player, before joining Arsenal in January 2006. Following his surprise selection in Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Cup squad, Theo set another record in making his England début at the age of just 17 years and 75 days, and was named the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2006.

He is now approaching 200 appearances for Arsenal, and in September 2008 became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for England.

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Theo Walcott is one of the brightest stars in world football. At the age of just twenty-two, he is already approaching 200 appearances for Arsenal and has won a host of admirers for his dazzling play and positive attitude.

It has been a meteoric rise for a boy from a small village who only started playing football at the age of ten. In Theo: Growing Up Fast, he tells the story of what it has been like to live out those dreams: scoring a perfect hat-trick in his first ever game, netting on his first start for Southampton (and his second, and his third!), and then the move to the Premier League with Arsenal and playing with his hero Thierry Henry.

Theo reflects back on his experiences on the highest stage, first as an untried seventeen-year-old with England in Germany in 2006, battling back from injuries and then suffering the disappointment of missing out on the World Cup in 2010. Full of wit, verve, and the pace that makes him such a threat on the pitch, he reveals what it's really like to be Theo, growing up fast in football with Arsenal and England.