Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Michael Forde [1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Ballingarry, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger/Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wrexham | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2006 | Ballingarry | ||
2006–2008 | Kingdom Boys | ||
2009–2011 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | (0) |
2013 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Walsall | 78 | (7) |
2016–2019 | Rotherham United | 101 | (5) |
2019–2022 | Oxford United | 66 | (3) |
2022– | Wrexham | 45 | (4) |
International career | |||
2011–2013 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 13 | (2) |
2012–2014 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 11 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:13, 2 February 2024 (UTC) |
Anthony Michael Forde (born 16 November 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Wrexham. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at numerous youth levels.
Forde moved to Wolves in summer 2009 to become part of their academy group. He made his senior debut on 23 August 2011 as a substitute in a League Cup tie against Northampton Town, [3] and his Premier League debut on 26 November 2011 at Chelsea. [4] He made six appearances in the top flight as the club suffered relegation.
Having signed a contract to last until summer 2015, [5] the winger started the first two games of new Wolves' manager Ståle Solbakken but gradually faded from the first team as the season progressed. In March 2013 he moved on loan to League One side Scunthorpe United for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. [6]
During the 2013–14 season, Forde made only five appearances (four as substitute) as Wolves won promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt.
On 12 August 2014, Forde joined Wolves' Midlands neighbours Walsall of League One, signing a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 victory over Doncaster Rovers on 27 September 2014. [8] Forde scored a free kick in the Saddlers' 2–0 victory over Preston North End in the first leg of the Football League Trophy Northern area final on 7 January 2015. [9] He scored his second league goal of the season on 17 January 2015 in a 2–0 win over Colchester. [10]
On 30 June 2016, it was announced that Forde had opted to join Rotherham United on a three-year-deal for an undisclosed fee. He scored his first goal for Rotherham in a 5–4 EFL Cup loss against Morecambe on 9 August 2016. [11] He left the club at the end of his contract in June 2019. [12]
On 31 July 2019, Forde signed a two-year deal with Oxford United. [13] He made his debut in a League One victory over Peterborough United on 10 August 2019 and scored his first goal in a 4–2 defeat to Burton Albion ten days later. [14]
On 28 July 2022, Forde signed a two-year deal with Wrexham. [15]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2011–12 [16] | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2012–13 [17] | Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013–14 [18] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Scunthorpe United (loan) | 2012–13 [17] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Walsall | 2014–15 [19] | League One | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 46 | 5 |
2015–16 [20] | League One | 41 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 51 | 5 | |
Total | 78 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 97 | 10 | ||
Rotherham United | 2016–17 [21] | Championship | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
2017–18 [22] | League One | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 49 | 3 | |
2018–19 [23] | Championship | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
Total | 101 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 114 | 7 | ||
Oxford United | 2019–20 [14] | League One | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 30 | 2 |
2020–21 [24] | League One | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
2021–22 [25] | League One | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
Total | 66 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 93 | 4 | ||
Wrexham | 2022–23 [26] | National League | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
2023–24 [26] | League Two | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
Total | 45 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 4 | ||
Career Total | 319 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 397 | 25 |
Forde and his partner, Laura Mangan, have a son, Paddy, who was born in 2023. Forde went on a six-week hiatus from Wrexham in 2023 when his older brother Kevin was diagnosed with leukemia and Mangan was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor; on the recommendation of Wrexham chairman Ryan Reynolds, the couple got a second opinion on the tumor which turned out to be benign. [27] Forde's absence from the club at the time wasn't publicised, and was only referred to as "personal problems" in the press; [28] it wasn't until the release of the docuseries Welcome to Wrexham that the couple revealed their ordeal to the general public. [27]
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