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Chris O'Grady is an english born Leicester city striker. Born on the 25th of January 1986, he has had successful loan spells at rushden and notts county, but is now starting to edge into the first team. This promising young attacker has been prolific in front of goal for the under 18s and reserves.
Chris originally caught the eye of former boss Micky Adams, and was handed his debut when coming off the bench in the 2-0 victory over Grimsby in April 2003, but failed to break through into the first team the following season.
He made 11 appearances during a loan spell at Notts County in late 2004, gaining some much needed league experience, and ended the 2004/05 campaign on a high, winning a place on the bench in City's final game of the season against Plymouth.
After scoring from the penalty spot against Inter Milan in pre-season, O'Grady had a successful spell on loan at Rushden & Diamonds at the end of 2005 then returned to Leicester to compete for a place in the first team line-up. He grabbed his first Championship goal at Luton in March 2006, a late strike which earned City a 2-1 away win.