Alfie Doughty

Alfie Doughty

Personal information
Full name	Alfie Henry Harman Doughty [1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-21) 21 December 1999 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Full-back, wing-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Luton Town
Number	45
Youth career
2007–2018	Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Charlton Athletic	36	(3)
2018–2019	→ Kingstonian (loan)	13	(3)
2019	→ Bromley (loan)	8	(2)
2021–2022	Stoke City	11	(0)
2022	→ Cardiff City (loan)	9	(1)
2022–	Luton Town	61	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Alfie Henry Harman Doughty (born 21 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back, wing-back or midfielder for Premier League club Luton Town. ^[3]

Career

Charlton Athletic

Doughty joined the Charlton Athletic Academy at the age of eight and progressed through the youth teams to the first team where he made his debut in the EFL Cup against Milton Keynes Dons on 14 August 2018. ^[4]

On 19 October 2018, Doughty joined Kingstonian on loan until 17 November 2018. ^[5] Doughty scored two goals for Kingstonian on his league debut for the club against Harlow Town. ^[6] In total Doughty made 16 first team appearances for Kingstonian - 13 in the league - scoring four goals, three of which came in league matches. ^[7] On 7 September, Doughty joined Bromley on a one-month loan. ^[8]

Doughty returned to first team action for Charlton against Forest Green Rovers in the first round of the EFL Cup on 13 August 2019 before breaking into the first team on a regular basis at the club later in the 2019–20 season. Doughty made 30 appearances for the Addicks as they suffered relegation from the Championship on the final day of the season. ^[9] His performances during the season saw him voted as Charlton's young player of the year. ^[10] Doughty started the 2020–21 season in good form but suffered a season ending hamstring injury on 24 October 2020 away at Northampton Town. ^[11] In January 2021, Doughty turned down a new contract offer from Charlton following interest from Stoke City. ^[12]

Stoke City

On 22 January 2021, Doughty moved to Stoke City for an undisclosed fee. ^{[13] [14]} Doughty returned from his injury in July 2021 and scored in a pre-season friendly against Hibernian. ^[15] However he was unable to establish himself in Michael O'Neill's team and was limited to 11 league appearances all as a substitute. ^[16] On 29 January 2022, Doughty joined Cardiff City loan on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. ^[17] Doughty made nine appearances for the Bluebirds, scoring once before his loan was cut short due to injury. ^{[18] [19]}

Luton Town

On 20 June 2022, Doughty joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. ^[20]

Doughty made his Luton debut in a 1–0 win at Norwich City in the EFL Championship on 18 October 2022. ^[21] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 win at Queens Park Rangers on 29 December. ^[22] The goal was later nominated for the Championship's Goal of the Month award for December 2022. ^[23]

On 16 May 2023, he assisted Tom Lockyer's decisive goal in Luton's 2–0 win over Sunderland in the Championship play-off semi-final, giving the Hatters a 3–2 aggregate win. ^[24] He played 84 minutes of the play-off final against Coventry City at Wembley Stadium, where Luton were promoted to the Premier League with a 6–5 penalty shootout win. ^[25]

Doughty made his Premier League debut as a 64th minute substitute for Issa Kaboré in the team's opening match of the 2023–24 season, a 4–1 loss at Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 August. ^[26] His first goal of the season came in a 3–2 EFL Cup win at home to Gillingham on 29 August. ^[27] The goal was later awarded EFL Cup Goal of the Round on 8 September. ^[28]

On 30 September, Doughty assisted Carlton Morris's winning goal against Everton at Goodison Park – Luton's first Premier League win. ^[29] He scored his first Premier League goal in a 3–2 win at Sheffield United on 26 December. ^[30]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 February 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	2018–19 [31]	League One	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2019–20 [32]	Championship	29	2	0	0	1	0	—		30	2
	2020–21 [33]	League One	7	1	0	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	10	1
	Total		36	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	41	3
Kingstonian (loan)	2018–19 [7]	Isthmian League Premier Division	13	3	0	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	1	16	4
Bromley (loan)	2019–20 [32]	National League	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Stoke City	2020–21 [33]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22 [34]	Championship	11	0	1	0	4	0	—		16	0
	Total		11	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
Cardiff City (loan)	2021–22 [34]	Championship	9	1	—		—		—		9	1
Luton Town	2022–23 [35]	Championship	28	2	4	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 3]	0	35	2
	2023–24 [36]	Premier League	22	1	3	0	2	1	—		27	2
	Total		50	3	7	0	2	1	3	0	62	4
Career total			127	12	9	0	10	1	7	1	153	14

1. One appearance in EFL Trophy
2. Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy and one appearance in Surrey Senior Cup
3. Three appearances in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Luton Town

• EFL Championship play-offs: 2023 ^[37]

Individual

• Charlton Athletic Young Player of the Year: 2019–20 ^[38]

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. Alfie Doughty at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
3. Alfie Doughty at Soccerway
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8. "Alfie Doughty joins Bromley on loan". Charlton Athletic . Retrieved 8 September 2019.
9. "Leeds United 4–0 Charlton Athletic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
10. "ALFIE DOUGHTY: "I'M PROUD OF MY JOURNEY THIS SEASON"". Valley Gold. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
11. "Charlton boss Lee Bowyer reveals details of Alfie Doughty's injury – "It doesn't look good at all"". London News Online. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
12. "Charlton ace Alfie Doughty will not sign new contract – as Stoke City push for January deal". London News Online. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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14. "Alfie Doughy: Stoke City sign Charlton Athletic winger for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
15. "Alfie on the mark in pre-season opener". Stoke City. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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17. "Cardiff loan for Alfie". Stoke City. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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21. "Norwich City 0-1 Luton Town: Carlton Morris gives Hatters victory at Carrow Road". BBC Sport. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
22. "Alfie Doughty - "First goal for the club and it was a nice one!"". Luton Town Official Website. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
23. "Vote for your December Goal of the Month!". EFL Official Website. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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25. "Coventry City 1-1 Luton Town (5-6 pens): Hatters win shootout to reach Premier League". BBC Sport. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
26. "Brighton 4-1 Luton: Joao Pedro and Simon Adingra score in comfortable win". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
27. "Luton Town 3-2 Gillingham: Alfie Doughty scores screamer as Rob Edwards' Hatters advance". Sky Sports. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
28. "Gillingham screamer sees Town wingback Doughty wins Carabao Cup Goal of the Round award". Luton Today. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
29. "Everton 1-2 Luton Town: Carlton Morris and Tom Lockyer score to give Hatters first Premier League win". BBC Sport. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
30. "Sheffield United 2-3 Luton: Quickfire Jack Robinson and Anis Slimane own goals see Blades lose relegation six-pointer". Sky Sports. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
31. "Games played by Alfie Doughty in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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34. "Games played by Alfie Doughty in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
35. "Games played by Alfie Doughty in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
36. "Games played by Alfie Doughty in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
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38. "Dillon Phillips named 2019/20 Player of the Year". Charlton Athleitc Official Website. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.