Alex Bradley (footballer)

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Alex Bradley
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Bradley with Tamworth in August 2022
Personal information
Full name Alexander Benjamin Bradley [1]
Date of birth (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Worcester, England
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stourbridge
Youth career
2006–2018 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 9 (2)
2019 → Burton Albion (loan) 7 (1)
2019–2021 Lincoln City 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Harrogate Town (loan) 23 (3)
2020–2021 → Yeovil Town (loan) 4 (0)
2021–2022 Yeovil Town 39 (1)
2022–2023 Tamworth 20 (1)
2023–2024 Walsall Wood 20 (9)
2024– Stourbridge 18 (5)
International career‡
2015 Finland U17 2 (0)
2018 Finland U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:18, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Alexander Benjamin Bradley (born 27 January 1999) is a footballer who plays for Southern League Premier Division Central club Stourbridge, as a midfielder. Born in England, he is a Finnish youth international.

Contents

Early life

Bradley was born in Worcester. [3] He is half-Finnish; his mother is from Finland. [4] He attended Royal Grammar School Worcester. [4]

Club career

West Bromwich Albion

Bradley joined West Bromwich Albion at the age of 7. [5] He spent the first half of the 2018–19 season on loan at Havant & Waterlooville, [2] before moving on loan to Burton Albion in January 2019. [6] He was released by West Brom at the end of his contract [7]

Lincoln City

After a successful trial, he joined Lincoln City on 24 July 2019. [8] [9] He moved on loan to Harrogate Town in August 2019. [10] A year after first joining Lincoln, he would make his debut starting the game in the EFL Cup on 5 September 2020. [11]

Yeovil Town

On 3 November 2020, he joined Yeovil Town on a short-term loan until 10 January 2021. [12] He made his debut on 14 November, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw at Woking. [13] On 11 January 2021, Bradley signed for Yeovil on a permanent 18-month contract. [14] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Bradley was released by Yeovil following the expiry of his contract. [15]

Tamworth

On 28 June 2022, Alex signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth. [16]

Bradley made his debut for Tamworth on 6 August 2022, in a Southern League Premier Division Central fixture at home to Ilkeston Town; Bradley was substituted on the 75th minute for Alex Jones. The match finished 1-1. [17]

Walsall Wood

On 5 June 2023, Bradley signed for newly promoted Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Walsall Wood. [18]

Stourbridge

On 15 June 2024, Bradley signed for Stourbridge. [19]

International career

He has represented Finland at international youth levels, [6] and played at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. [5] [20]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion U23 2016–17 [21] ———1 [a] 010
2017–18 [22] ———3 [a] 030
2018–19 [23] ———1 [a] 111
Total———5151
West Bromwich Albion 2016–17 [21] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18 [22] Premier League000000—00
2018–19 [23] Championship 000000—00
Total000000—00
Havant and Waterlooville (loan)2018–19 [2] National League 9210—1 [b] 0112
Burton Albion (loan) 2018–19 [23] League One 71———71
Lincoln City 2019–20 [24] League One0000000000
2020–21 [25] League One0000201 [a] 030
Total0000201030
Harrogate Town (loan) 2019–20 [2] National League22310—4 [b] 1274
Yeovil Town (loan) 2020–21 [2] National League4020——60
Yeovil Town 2020–21 [2] National League170———170
2021–22 [2] [26] National League22120—6 [c] 1302
Total39120—61472
Tamworth 2022–23 [27] [28] Southern League Premier Division Central20110—6 [d] 1272
Walsall Wood 2023–24 [29] Northern Premier League Midlands Division20910—7 [e] 32812
Stourbridge 2024–25 [28] Southern League Premier Division Central18500—2 [b] 1206
Career total13922802032818130
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Two appearances in FA Trophy, four appearances and one goal in Somerset Premier Cup
  4. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Birmingham Senior Cup
  5. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance and two goals in Walsall Senior Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Lincoln City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 38. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Finland - A. Bradley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Danny Owen (27 November 2018). "'Absolute rocket': West Brom react to Alex Bradley's stunning goal on Twitter". HITC. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 Geoff Berkeley (13 January 2016). "Former RGS Worcester pupil Alex Bradley determined to make it at West Bromwich Albion after injury". Worcester News. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Profile". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Alex Bradley: Burton Albion sign West Bromwich Albion midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Dowling maps vision for future". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Imps sign former Baggies midfielder". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Alex Bradley: Lincoln City sign former West Bromwich Albion youngster". BBC Sport. 24 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Alex Bradley Signs On Loan". Harrogate Town A.F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Crewe v The Imps - Carabao Cup 1st Round". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Alex Bradley signs on loan". Yeovil Town F.C. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "MATCH REPORT Woking 1-1 Yeovil Town". Yeovil Town. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Alex Bradley signs permanently in Somerset". Yeovil Town F.C. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Club News | Released/retained list". ytfc.net. Yeovil Town F.C. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "BRADLEY SIGNS FROM YEOVIL TOWN". TamworthFC.co.uk. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Tamworth 1-1 Ilkeston Town". TamworthFC.co.uk. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  18. ↑ @WalsallWoodFC (5 June 2023). "𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✍🏼 The Wood have today signed former West Bromwich Albion, Lincoln City, Burton Albion and Yeovil Town midfielder, 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒚 who joins us from Tamworth FC, where he helped them win promotion to the NLN last season. Welcome to the Wood, Alex" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 June 2023– via Twitter.
  19. ↑ "Alex Bradley is a Glassboy!". Stourbridge FC. Stourbridge FC. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "Suomen U19-poikien EM-kotiturnauksen joukkue nimetty" [Finnish U19 European Championship home tournament team named] (in Finnish). MTV3. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Alex Bradley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Alex Bradley in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  23. 1 2 3 "Games played by Alex Bradley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Alex Bradley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Alex Bradley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  26. ↑ "Match report: Yeovil Town 4 Bridgwater United 1". Gloverscast. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  27. ↑ "2022-23 fixtures and match reports". Tamworth F.C. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  28. 1 2 "Alex Bradley Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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