Alfie May

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Alfie May
Personal information
Full name Alfie Ben May [1]
Date of birth (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth Gravesend, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m) [3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 9
Youth career
Millwall
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Corinthian
2013 Billericay Town 2 (0)
2013–2014 Chatham Town 19 (9)
2014 → Bromley (dual registration) 0 (0)
2014 VCD Athletic 14 (2)
2014–2015 Erith & Belvedere 45 (38)
2014 → Farnborough (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2017 Hythe Town 45 (37)
2017–2020 Doncaster Rovers 92 (10)
2020–2023 Cheltenham Town 141 (58)
2023–2024 Charlton Athletic 43 (23)
2024– Birmingham City 18 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Alfie Ben May (born 3 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Birmingham City.

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After playing in non-League with Corinthian, Billericay Town, Chatham Town, Bromley, VCD Athletic, Erith & Belvedere, Farnborough and Hythe Town, May turned professional in 2017 with Doncaster Rovers, later also playing in the Football League for Cheltenham Town and Charlton Athletic.

Career

Early career

Born in Gravesend, [3] May began his career in the youth team at Millwall where he stayed from age nine until 14, being released due to his size. [4] He began his senior career with Corinthian, then Billericay Town and Chatham Town, [5] [6] before joining Bromley on a dual-registration basis in January 2014. [7] After a spell with VCD Athletic, [5] May signed for Erith & Belvedere in August 2014. [8] After a trial at League One club Crewe Alexandra in September 2014, [9] May signed for Farnborough in October 2014. [5] [10] He left the club after just two weeks. [11] After returning to previous club Erith & Belvedere, he moved to Hythe Town in October 2015. [12] [13] In September 2016 his manager said he was good enough to play in the Football League, [14] and he had a trial with League Two club Stevenage in October 2016. [15]

Doncaster Rovers

After the club made an approach for him, [16] May turned professional with Doncaster Rovers (also in League Two) in January 2017, signing a 2+1⁄2-year contract. [17] He scored his first professional goal on 18 February 2017, in a 1–1 home draw with Luton Town. [18]

Cheltenham Town

On 3 January 2020, May signed for Cheltenham Town on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [19] On 19 February 2022, May scored four goals against Wycombe Wanderers in a match that would end 5–5; May scored the equalising goal to share the points. [20] May was awarded the EFL League One Player of the Month award for February 2022 after scoring eight goals in six matches across the month. [21]

He won the League One Player of the Month award for a second time for March 2023 having scored five goals and registered an assist, [22] including a strike from his own half against Peterborough United.

May became Cheltenham's highest EFL goalscorer with a goal in a win against Cambridge United in September 2022. [23] At the end of the 2022–23 season, May left Cheltenham having scored 67 times in 165 games. [24]

Charlton Athletic

On 7 July 2023, May joined Charlton Athletic on a two-year contract with the option to extend for a further 12 months. [25] [26] Charlton paid Cheltenham a reported fee in the region of £250,000. [27] On the same day, Charlton announced that May would wear the number nine shirt for the 2023–24 season. [28] Having scored seven goals in six league matches, he was awarded the League One Player of the Month award for October 2023. [29] In November 2023, May told Sky Sports it was his intention to score more league goals than Premier League Golden Boot holder Erling Haaland, after May brought his goal tally to one behind Haaland's at the same point in the season. [30] He would go on to overtake Haaland's league goal tally in December. [31] On 29 February 2024, May was voted EFL Player of the Year at the 2024 London Football Awards. [32] May was named in the EFL League One Team of the Season at the 2024 EFL Awards that took place on 14 April 2024. [33] His 23 league goals also saw him pick up the League One Golden Boot. [34] He was voted PFA League One Player of the Year [35] and was named in the PFA League One Team of the Year. [36]

Birmingham City

On 2 July 2024, May joined Birmingham City on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [37] He made his debut in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the season, at home to Reading; with little time remaining and Birmingham trailing 1–0, Emil Hansson's cross was handled by an opponent and May tied the scores from the resultant penalty. [38] He went on to score in each of his next three league matches. [39]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Billericay Town 2012–13 [6] Conference South 2000–0020
Chatham Town 2013–14 [40] Isthmian League Division One North19942–6 [a] 62917
VCD Athletic 2013–14 [41] Isthmian League Division One North14200–00142
Erith & Belvedere 2014–15 [42] Southern Counties East League 363400–213835
2015–16 [42] Southern Counties East League9400–0094
Total45380000214739
Farnborough (loan) 2014–15 [6] Conference South2000–0020
Hythe Town 2015–16 [43] Isthmian League Division One South231900–2 [b] 02519
2016–17 [44] Isthmian League Division One South221841–4 [c] 53024
Total45374100655543
Doncaster Rovers 2016–17 [45] League Two 163000000163
2017–18 [46] League One 274103200316
2018–19 [47] League One34264215 [d] 44711
2019–20 [48] League One15130104 [e] 2233
Total9210104639611723
Cheltenham Town 2019–20 [48] League Two12600002 [f] 0146
2020–21 [49] League Two44944202 [e] 05213
2021–22 [50] League One462331321 [e] 05326
2022–23 [51] League One392010105 [e] 24622
Total14158865210216567
Charlton Athletic 2023–24 [52] League One432332103 [e] 25027
Birmingham City 2024–25 [39] League One18720204 [e] 1268
Career total42118431141554023507226
  1. ↑ Three appearances in FA Trophy, three appearances and six goals in Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Isthmian League play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Three appearances and four goals in EFL Trophy, two appearances in League One play-offs
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  6. ↑ Appearances in League Two play-offs

Honours

Cheltenham Town

Individual

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