Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Benjamin Callister Radcliffe [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 11 July 2004||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
Number | 36 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Derby County | ||
2016–2021 | Burton Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Burton Albion | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Mickleover (loan) | 19 | (5) |
2022–2023 | → Banbury United (loan) | 43 | (2) |
2023– | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:54, 7 July 2023 (UTC) |
William Benjamin Callister Radcliffe (born 11 July 2004) is a professional footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Derby County.
Radcliffe joined the Burton Albion academy setup in 2016, after a period at Derby County's youth system. [3] His first experience of senior first team football coming at Southern League Premier Division Central side Mickleover, initially on 28-day work experience loan in December 2021, [4] his stay at Mickleover was extended until the end of 2021–22 season. [5] He received high praise for his performances by Mickleover's manager John McGrath, he was used in a wide variety of positions at Mickleover in centre-back, right-back, right wing and attacking midfielder, Burton academy manager Danny Robinson, stating this was a great to his development as a player. [6] At Mickleover, Radcliffe scored five goals during his six month stay and his versitilty, strength and intelligence as a player made him popular with teammates and coaches at Mickleover. [6] At Burton, he won the clubs Scholar of the season award. [3] [6]
In June 2022, Radcliffe signed his first professional contract with Burton. [3] [7] In August 2022 he joined National League North outfit Banbury United on a short team loan. [8] [9] This was later extended to the end of the Banbury's season, as he played 43 National League North games, scoring twice. [2] Radcliffe made his Burton Albion and English Football League debut in Burton's 1–0 League One win at home to Cambridge United on 3 May 2023, a game which Radcliffe came on as an 18th minute substitute, playing in the remainder of the match, [10] he played the game at right-back and his performance in the match was described as "assured". [11] Radcliffe was released by Burton in at the end of the 2022–23 season. [12] His release was seen as a surprise by Burton reporters as he had just started to break into the first team. [13]
On 7 July 2023 Radcliffe joined Derby County as a part of their under-21 side. [14] A day later, Radcliffe scored for Derby's first team, in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win at Matlock Town. [15] During his first season at Derby, Radcliffe along with his role in the under-21s, did feature in several first team matchday squads, [16] [17] with his first team debut coming on 19 September 2023 in a EFL Trophy tie against Lincoln City as 79th-minute substitute, [18] he played in defence and won several defensive headers. [19]
Radcliffe earned a BTEC Extended Diploma and an A-level qualification in business studies during his scholarship at Burton. [6]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Burton Albion | 2021–22 [20] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022–23 [21] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mickleover (loan) | 2021–22 [22] [23] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
Banbury United (loan) | 2022–23 [2] | National League North | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
Derby County | 2023–24 [24] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 7 |
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