Alfie Bates

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Alfie Bates
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Bates in July 2025
Personal information
Full name Alfie Bates [1]
Date of birth (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tamworth
Youth career
Coundon Court Juniors
2008 Coventry City
2008–2016 Birmingham City
2017–2018 Walsall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Walsall 49 (1)
2022 SJK 13 (0)
2022 SJK Akatemia 1 (0)
2023–2025 Brackley Town 89 (5)
2025– Tamworth 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:51, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Tamworth.

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Career

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]

In June 2025, Bates joined National League side Tamworth. [8]

Career statistics

As of end of 2024–25 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2018–19 [9] League One 0000002 [a] 020
2019–20 [10] League Two 13131104 [a] 0212
2020–21 [11] 36010103 [a] 0410
2021–22 [12] 0000004 [a] 040
Total4914120130682
SJK 2022 [13] Veikkausliiga 13000202 [b] 0170
SJK Akatemia 2022 [13] Ykkönen 1000—0010
Brackley Town 2022–23 [13] National League North 16200—3 [c] 0192
2023–24 [13] 31230—1 [c] 0352
2024–25 [13] 42160—1 [d] 0491
Total8959000501035
Tamworth 2025–26 [13] National League 0000—0000
Career total1526131402001897
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in National League North play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Brackley Town:

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Walsall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Turner, Andy (10 November 2018). "The Sky Blues fan striving for a career with Walsall". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alfie Bates - Midfielder - Youth Team - Walsall FC". www.saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Checkatrade Trophy (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alfie Bates Walsall FC:sta SJK-paitaan" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Alfie Bates palaa takaisin Englantiin" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: BRACKLEY TOWN SWOOP FOR ALFIE BATES". Brackley Town F.C. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ↑ @tamworthfc (27 June 2025). "Tamworth Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Alfie Bates on a permanent basis after leaving Brackley Town FC earlier this month. 🖊️" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 June 2025– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Alfie Bates | Football Stats | Walsall | Season 2021/2022 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alfie Bates at Soccerway
  14. ↑ "Brackley delighted by 'extraordinary' promotion". BBC Sport. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
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