Corey Whitely

Corey Whitely

Personal information
Full name	Corey Milton Whitely [1]
Date of birth	(1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Enfield Town, England
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bromley
Number	18
Youth career
0000–2008	Boreham Wood
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Boreham Wood	3	(0)
2009–2012	Yalova
2012	Waltham Forest	15	(7)
2013	Cheshunt	22	(11)
2013–2016	Enfield Town	120	(46)
2016–2018	Dagenham & Redbridge	56	(23)
2018–2019	Ebbsfleet United	59	(11)
2019–2021	Newport County	10	(0)
2020	→ Bromley (loan)	8	(1)
2020–2021	→ Boreham Wood (loan)	35	(5)
2021–	Bromley	140	(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Corey Milton Whitely (born 11 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Bromley.

Career

Whitely began his senior career at Boreham Wood, where he played a handful of games in the 2008–09 season. ^[2] After three seasons playing in the non-pyramid TTFF League for Yalova, in which he was top scorer, ^[3] Whitely joined Isthmian League side Waltham Forest for the 2012–13 season. ^[4] Whitely joined Cheshunt in January 2013, ^[5] before moving up a division to join Enfield Town that summer. He scored 46 goals for Town over three seasons before moving up to the National League to join Dagenham & Redbridge in summer 2016. He won the Daggers' player of the season award the following summer before joining Ebbsfleet United in February 2018. ^[6]

On 25 June 2019 Whitely joined Newport County on a two-year deal. ^[7] He made his EFL League Two debut on the opening day of the 2019–20 season against Mansfield Town. ^[8] On 4 September 2019 he scored his first goal for Newport in the 5–4 defeat to West Ham United Under-21s in the EFL Trophy Southern Group E. ^[8] On 10 January 2020 Whitely joined Bromley on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season. ^[9] On 20 August 2020 Whitely rejoined Boreham Wood on loan for the 2020–21 season. ^[10] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that he would leave Newport County at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. ^[11] Whitely joined Bromley permanently in July 2021. ^[12]

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2021

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
Waltham Forest	2012–13 [13]	Isthmian League Division One North	15	7	0	0	---		0	0	15	7
Enfield Town	2013–14 [14]	Isthmian League Premier Division	41	10	1	0	—		0	0	42	10
	2014–15 [15]	Isthmian League Premier Division	42	15	0	0	—		0	0	42	15
	2015–16 [16]	Isthmian League Premier Division	37	21	2	0	—		5 [a]	3	42	23
	Total		120	46	3	0	—		5	3	128	49
Dagenham & Redbridge	2016–17 [17]	National League	39	15	3	1	—		1 [b]	0	43	16
	2017–18 [17]	National League	27	8	2	0	—		1 [b]	0	30	8
	Total		56	23	5	1	—		2	0	63	24
Ebbsfleet United	2017–18 [17]	National League	15	3	0	0	—		0	0	15	3
	2018–19 [17]	National League	44	8	3	0	—		1 [b]	0	48	8
	Total		59	11	3	0	—		1	0	63	11
Newport County	2019–20 [8]	League Two	10	0	2	0	2	0	4 [c]	1	18	1
Bromley (loan)	2019–20 [17]	National League	8	1	0	0	—		0	0	8	1
Boreham Wood (loan)	2020–21 [17]	National League	35	5	2	0	—		1 [b]	0	38	5
Bromley	2021–22 [17]	National League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			328	104	15	1	2	0	13	4	358	109

1. Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in the Alan Turvey Trophy.
2. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
3. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Bromley

• FA Trophy: 2021–22 ^[18]
• National League play-offs: 2024 ^[19]

References

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2. Elliott, Sam (6 April 2018). "The Pain Game! But Fleet's Corey Wants Another Crack". www.thenationalleague.org.uk.
3. "Waltham Forest v Grays Athletic (18–8–12)". Issuu.
4. "Summer Moves (Part Eleven)..." 19 August 2012.
5. "January 2013 Moves (Part One)..." 9 January 2013.
6. "Corey Whitely: Ebbsfleet United sign Dagenham & Redbridge forward". BBC Sport. 16 February 2018.
7. "Corey Whitely: Newport County sign forward from Ebbsfleet". BBC Sport. 25 June 2019.
8. "Games played by Corey Whitely in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
9. "Newport County winger joins National League hopefuls on loan". South Wales Argus.
10. "Newport County sign Ryan Taylor and David Longe-King". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020.
11. "Newport County AFC retained list confirmed". www.newport-county.co.uk.
12. "Corey Whitely returns". 1 July 2021.
13. "Corey Whitely Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
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17. "England – C. Whitely – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
18. "Bromley beat Wrexham to win FA Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
19. "Bromley 2–2 Solihull Moors: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.