Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfie Bates [1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brackley Town | ||
Youth career | |||
Coundon Court Juniors | |||
2008 | Coventry City | ||
2008–2016 | Birmingham City | ||
2017–2018 | Walsall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Walsall | 49 | (1) |
2022 | SJK | 13 | (0) |
2022 | SJK Akatemia | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Brackley Town | 25 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:26, 27 September 2023 (UTC) |
Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brackley Town.
Bates was born in Coventry and joined the Academy at Coventry City at the age of seven after leaving Coundon Court Juniors. He went on to endure a difficult start to his career, losing his mother to cancer in 2013 and then being released by Birmingham City at the age of 15. [2] He signed for Walsall in March 2017 and scored on his youth-team debut against Morecambe, before featuring in 28 under-18 and six Development Squad matches during the 2017–18 season. [3] He made his first-team debut for the "Saddlers" on 9 October 2018, in a 3–1 victory over Middlesbrough U21 in an EFL Trophy group stage match at the Bescot Stadium. [4]
On 23 February 2022, Bates joined Veikkausliiga club SJK on a long-term deal. [5] In December 2022, he terminated his contract in order to return to England. [6] On 12 January 2023, Bates joined National League North side Brackley Town. [7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Walsall | 2018–19 [8] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019–20 [9] | League Two | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
2020–21 [10] | League Two | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
2021–22 [11] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 49 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 68 | 2 | ||
SJK | 2022 [12] | Veikkausliiga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 17 | 0 |
SJK Akatemia | 2022 [12] | Ykkönen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Brackley Town | 2022–23 [12] | National League North | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
Career total | 79 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 105 | 4 |
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