Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charlie William Henry Savage [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 2 May 2003||
Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2023– | Reading | 44 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Wales U17 | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Wales U18 | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Wales U19 | 5 | (1) |
2022– | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Wales | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC) |
Charlie William Henry Savage (born 2 May 2003) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Reading and the Wales national team.
Savage was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, [2] and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. [3] He followed in the footsteps of his father, former Wales international footballer Robbie Savage, by joining the youth ranks of Manchester United. [4] [5]
Savage signed his first professional contract with Manchester United in April 2021. [6] [7] He made his first-team debut for United on 8 December 2021, replacing Juan Mata in the 89th minute of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League match against Young Boys, [8] while his father, Robbie Savage, was co-commentating on the match for BT Sport. [9] On 22 May 2022, Savage was named in a Premier League matchday squad for the first time, against Crystal Palace. [10]
In January 2023, Savage joined Forest Green Rovers for the remainder of the 2022–23 season, [11] making his debut for the club on 14 February 2023 in a home defeat to Charlton Athletic [12] and scoring his first league goal in a 3–1 defeat by Bristol Rovers on 11 March 2023. [13]
On 22 July 2023, Savage signed for Reading on a four-year contract. [14] [15] He scored his first goal for Reading in a 4–0 win over Millwall in the EFL Cup on 8 August 2023. [16]
Savage has represented Wales at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. [17] He was called up to the under-19 team for a friendly tournament in Croatia in September 2021, [18] and scored in a 3–2 defeat to Austria. [19] In September 2022, Savage was called up to the Wales under-21 squad for the first time. [20]
In October 2023, Savage received his first call-up to the Wales senior national team for a friendly match against Gibraltar and an UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier against Croatia. [21] [22] He won his first cap for Wales in the former match, on 11 October, starting in a 4–0 win over Gibraltar. [23]
A central midfielder like his father, Savage is comfortable both defending and going forward. [24] Despite the similarities, Savage has said that he does not see the likeness, stating that he is more of a technical, ball playing midfielder, rather than a tenacious player like his father was. [25]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester United U21 | 2021–22 [27] | — | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
2022–23 [28] | — | — | — | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Manchester United | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2022–23 [28] | League One | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
Reading | 2023–24 [29] | League One | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 45 | 5 | |
Career total | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 68 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Wales | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 2 | 0 |
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