Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 24 May 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cavalry FC | ||
Youth career | |||
Calgary Foothills | |||
Vancouver Whitecaps | |||
De Graafschap | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | York Lions | 15 | (2) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | SC Toronto | ||
2013–2014 | IFK Mariehamn | 7 | (2) |
2014 | TPS | 5 | (0) |
2014–2015 | KuPS | 49 | (8) |
2015–2017 | Korona Kielce | 3 | (0) |
2017 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 8 | (0) |
2017 | RoPS | 6 | (1) |
2017–2020 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 70 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Cavalry FC | 48 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Canada | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2017 |
Charlie Trafford (born 24 May 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Cavalry FC.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Trafford spent time playing local youth soccer before joining the Whitecaps Residency. [2] He later played college soccer with York University, and also spent time with Dutch club De Graafschap. [2] In 2012, he played with SC Toronto of the Canadian Soccer League. [3]
Trafford began his senior professional career in Finland, playing with IFK Mariehamn, TPS and KuPS. [1] While with KuPS, Trafford won their 2014 Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards. [4]
Trafford signed with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on 24 November 2015. [5] [6] He made his debut against Pogoń Szczecin on 15 February 2016. Trafford would struggle to receive playing time with Korona Kielce, and in March 2017 would transfer to Polish First League side Sandecja Nowy Sącz. [7]
Trafford returned to Finland and signed with RoPS on 14 July 2017. [8] He made his debut for them against FC Lahti on 16 July.
After only a month with RoPS, Trafford transferred to Scottish side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 18 August 2017. [9] He made his debut the next day against Greenock Morton. Trafford would start regularly for the club during his first two months, but would lose his starting spot after injuring his thumb. [10] Trafford would be in and out of the starting lineup during his first 2.5 years at Inverness, showing good form when getting a regular run of games. [11] [12] He left the club at the end of the 2019–20 season. [13] He then signed for Hamilton Academical. [14] On 19 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Hamilton at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. [15]
Trafford signed with National League side Wrexham on 25 October 2021, signing a short team deal following a successful trial. [16] In January 2022, it was announced that Trafford's contract had expired without making an appearance for the club. [17]
On 17 February 2022, Trafford signed a two-year contract with his hometown club, Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC, where he joined his cousin Mason. [18]
In January 2024, Trafford extended his contract with Cavalry through the 2025 season, with a club option for 2026. [19] [20]
Trafford received his first call up to the Canada national team on 6 October 2015 as a replacement for Kyle Bekker, who withdrew from the squad due to injury. [21] He earned his first cap seven days later on 13 October, starting in central midfield against Ghana. [22]
His cousin Mason Trafford is also a professional soccer player. Both have played for IFK Mariehamn and Cavalry FC. [2]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mariehamn | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
TPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
KuPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
2015 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
Total | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 9 | ||
Korona Kielce | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
RoPS | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 0 |
2018–19 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 2 | ||
Total | 70 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 96 | 4 | ||
Hamilton Academical | 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 17 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Cavalry FC | 2022 | Canadian Premier League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
2023 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
Career total | 213 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 260 | 17 |
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