Duncan Watmore

Watmore signed for Premier League club Sunderland on 24 May 2013 for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract. [ 5 ] [ 12 ] He made his debut for the Sunderland first team on 5 January 2014 as a 60th-minute substitute for Ji Dong-won in a 3–1 home win against Carlisle United in the third round of the FA Cup . [ 13 ] On 31 January 2014, Watmore joined Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on loan for the rest of the 2013–14 season . [ 14 ] His first goal came on 15 March 2014 in a 3–1 defeat away to Partick Thistle . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Watmore left Hibernian at the end of the season. [ 17 ] On 29 May 2015, Watmore was named the U21 Premier League Player of the Season, after scoring 11 goals in 19 matches in the competition. [ 18 ] Watmore made his league debut for Sunderland on 15 August 2015, coming off the bench to score a late consolation goal with a scuffed volley into the bottom-left corner in a 3–1 home loss to Norwich City . [ 19 ] He signed a new four-year contract with Sunderland on 22 November 2015. [ 20 ] Watmore returned from two months out with an ankle injury on 16 April 2016 as a half time substitute away to Norwich City, and scored the third goal in Sunderland's 3–0 victory, a result which brought the team to within a point of Norwich in the relegation battle. [ 21 ] Watmore was ruled out for the remainder of the a 2016–17 season after suffering cruciate knee ligament injury during Sunderland's 2–1 home win over Leicester City on 3 December 2016. [ 22 ] It was announced on 17 June 2020 that Watmore would be leaving Sunderland, bringing to an end his 7 years at the club. [ 23 ] — Wikipedia