Charlie Wakefield (footballer, born 1998)

Charlie Wakefield

Personal information
Full name	Charlie Mark Wakefield [1]
Date of birth	(1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Worthing, England
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Woking
Number	19
Youth career
	Brighton & Hove Albion
2009–2017	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Chelsea	0	(0)
2017	→ Stevenage (loan)	0	(0)
2019–2020	Coventry City	9	(0)
2020–2021	Wealdstone	11	(1)
2021	Bromley	12	(1)
2021–2023	Yeovil Town	57	(5)
2023	→ Woking (loan)	3	(0)
2023–2024	Woking	7	(0)
2024	→ Braintree Town (loan)	14	(0)
International career‡
	England U16
2014	England U17	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:46, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Charlie Mark Wakefield (born 10 April 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Woking.

Career

Born in Worthing, Wakefield began his career with Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea. ^[2] He signed a loan deal with Stevenage in August 2017, ^[3] but never played for the club due to injury. ^[2]

He moved to Coventry City in January 2019. ^{[4] [5]} He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2019–20 season. ^[6]

Wakefield signed for Wealdstone on a short-term deal on 2 October 2020. ^[7]

On 7 January 2021, Wakefield signed for National League side Bromley following his departure from Wealdstone. ^[8]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Wakefield signed for fellow National League side Yeovil Town on a one-year deal following his departure from Bromley. ^[9] He extended his contract for another season in June 2022. ^[10] On 23 March 2023, Wakefield joined National League side Woking on loan until the end of the season. ^[11] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Wakefield was released by Yeovil following the club's relegation from the National League. ^[12]

On 14 June 2023, it was announced that Wakefield would return to Woking on a permanent basis, signing a one-year deal. ^[13] On 13 February 2024, Wakefield joined National League South side, Braintree Town on loan for the remainder of the campaign. ^[14] On 26 April 2024, it was announced that Wakefield would leave Woking at the end of his contract in June. ^[15]

International career

He has represented England at under-16 and under-17 youth international levels. ^{[2] [16]}

Career statistics

As of match played 6 May 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea U23	2016–17 [17]	—			—		—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
Chelsea	2017–18 [18]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19 [19]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stevenage (loan)	2017–18 [18]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coventry City	2018–19 [19]	League One	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2019–20 [20]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	Total		9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
Wealdstone	2020–21 [16]	National League	11	1	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	1	13	2
Bromley	2020–21 [16]	National League	12	1	—		—		0	0	12	1
Yeovil Town	2021–22 [16]	National League	40	5	5	3	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	46	8
	2022–23 [16]	National League	17	0	1	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 4]	0	21	0
	Total		57	5	6	3	—		4	0	67	8
Woking (loan)	2022–23 [16]	National League	3	0	—		—		1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	4	0
Woking	2023–24 [16]	National League	7	0	2	0	—		0	0	9	0
Braintree Town (loan)	2023–24 [16]	National League South	14	0	—		—		3 [lower-alpha 6]	1	17	1
Career total			113	7	9	3	0	0	13	2	135	12

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance in FA Trophy
3. Appearance in Somerset Premier Cup
4. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Somerset Premier Cup
5. One appearance in National League play-offs
6. Two appearance in National League South play-offs

Honours

Braintree Town

• National League South play-offs: 2024 ^[21]

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
2. "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
3. "Stevenage: Chelsea's Charlie Wakefield & Scunthorpe's Kyle Wootton join". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
4. "Charlie Wakefield: Coventry City sign winger, plus Reading's David Meyler on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
5. "TRANSFER: Charlie Wakefield signs for Coventry City!". Coventry City F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
6. Turner, Andy (12 June 2020). "Eight released as Coventry City reveal retained list". coventrytelegraph.
7. Kundai Benyu: "The whole squad are a good bunch of lads"
8. "Smith moves quickly to add Wakefield to squad". Bromley FC. 7 January 2021.
9. "Signing | Charlie Wakefield signs for the season". Yeovil Town F.C. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
10. "CLUB NEWS : Charlie Wakefield signs for 22/23". www.ytfc.net. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
11. "Club News | Charlie Wakefield departs". www.ytfc.net. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
12. "Club News | Retained list". Yeovil Town F.C. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
13. O'Sullivan, Daniel (14 June 2023). "Charlie Wakefield Signs". Woking F.C. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
14. "Woking Football Club on X". X. Woking F.C. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
15. "2023/24 Retained and Released List". Woking FC. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
16. Charlie Wakefield at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
17. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
18. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
19. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
20. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
21. "Braintree beat Worthing to return to National League". BBC Sport. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.