Alex Bray

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Alex Bray
Personal information
Full name Alexander George Bray [1]
Date of birth (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Bath, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3]
Position(s) Winger [4]
Team information
Current team
 Chippenham Town
Number 11
Youth career
Swindon Town
2010–2014 Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Swansea City 0 (0)
2014 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Rotherham United (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Rotherham United 3 (0)
2018 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 → York City (loan) 8 (0)
2019 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 10 (3)
2019–2020 Hereford 14 (0)
2020– Chippenham Town 77 (7)
International career
Wales U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Alexander George Bray (born 25 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Chippenham Town.

Contents

Club career

Swansea City

Bray was born in Bath, Somerset. [5] He joined Swansea City's academy at the age of 15 following his release from Swindon Town. [6] He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013 [7] and was included in Swansea City's 2014–15 pre-season squad. [8]

On 1 September 2014, Bray joined League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan until 10 January 2015. [6] He made his first-team debut on 6 September as a 58th-minute substitute for Jason Banton in a 1–0 win away against Luton Town. [9] Bray had an eventful debut, earning a yellow card and playing a part in Plymouth's goal before suffering an injury after just 11 minutes on the pitch. [10] It was later confirmed that Bray had suffered a ruptured anterior ligament which would require surgery. He returned to Swansea for treatment. [11]

After returning to training in March 2015, Bray was ruled out for a further nine months with injury. [12] Bray signed a one-year contract extension with Swansea in July 2015, keeping him at the club until June 2016. [13]

Bray returned from injury in February 2016, and in March signed a one-year contract extension until June 2017. [14]

Rotherham United

On 27 January 2017, Bray joined Championship club Rotherham United, initially on loan until 9 June 2017. [15] The loan was made permanent on 10 March 2017 for an undisclosed fee, with Bray signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season. [16]

Having failed to make a league appearance for Rotherham since November 2017, [17] Bray joined Forest Green Rovers on loan on 31 January 2018 for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. [18]

Bray joined National League North club York City on 9 November 2018 on loan until 12 January 2019. [19] He made his debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 defeat away to Swindon Town in the FA Cup first round. [20] He returned to Rotherham on 11 January 2019 having made 11 appearances for York, scoring once. [21]

Bray joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 12 February 2019 on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. [22] On return from the loan spell, he was released by Rotherham United at the end of his contract. [23]

Hereford

On 23 May 2019, Bray signed a one-year deal with Hereford. [24]

Chippenham Town

On 14 February 2020, Bray signed for Chippenham Town. [25]

International career

Bray has represented Wales at under-19 level. [6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2014–15 [9] Premier League 000000—00
2015–16 [26] Premier League000000—00
2016–17 [27] Premier League000000—00
Total000000—00
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2014–15 [9] League Two 10———10
Swansea City U23 2016–17 [27] ———5 [a] 050
Rotherham United 2016–17 [27] Championship 50———50
2017–18 [17] League One 0000103 [a] 040
2018–19 [28] Championship00—00—00
Total5000103090
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2017–18 [17] League Two111———111
York City (loan) 2018–19 [29] [30] National League North 8010—2 [b] 1111
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2018–19 [29] National League South 103———103
Hereford 2019–20 [29] National League North14000——140
Chippenham Town 2019–20 [29] National League South60———60
2020–21 [29] National League South11010—1 [b] 0130
2021–22 [29] National League South27100—00271
2022–23 [29] National League South33640—2 [b] 1397
Total777500031858
Career total12611601013214613
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy

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