Eddie Beach

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Eddie Beach
Personal information
Full name Edward James Beach [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-09) 9 October 2003 (age 21) [2]
Place of birth Lymington, England [2]
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m) [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Youth career
Milford on Sea Youth
2013–2019 New Forest Football Academy
2019–2022 Southampton
2022–2023 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Chelsea 0 (0)
2023 → Chelmsford City (loan) 20 (0)
2024 → Gateshead (loan) 5 (0)
2024–2025 → Crawley Town (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Wales U19 6 (0)
2023– Wales U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Edward James Beach (born 9 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea. He is a Wales under-21 international.

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Club career

Early career

Beach started his footballing career as a striker for his local Sunday league teams, Milford Youth and the New Forest Football Academy. [4] At the age of fifteen, his father sent him a Twitter link regarding an open trial exclusively for goalkeepers, and he decided to attend. [5] He was repeatedly invited back, having impressed, and was eventually offered a further trial at professional side Bournemouth. [5] Having only attended the trial for three of the eight weeks, Beach returned to Sunday league level, scoring a hat-trick for his local side. [5]

Fellow professional side Southampton also showed an interest in Beach, and sent scouts to watch him play for his local team in a Hampshire Cup game. [5] He was playing in midfield in the game, with his dad telling scouts that Beach "wasn't a goalkeeper" when asked why. [5] Despite this, he was still invited for an eight-week trial, and as with the Bournemouth trial, this was also cut short. However, unlike the Bournemouth trial, Southampton had offered Beach a place in the academy, and he joined at under-15 level. [5]

He suffered an eleven-month long injury during his first couple of years with Southampton, returning in early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom forced football to stop temporarily. [5] He managed to impress during the time he spent in the academy, and signed a scholarship deal with Southampton in August 2020. [6]

Chelsea

Beach's performances in Southampton's 2021–22 campaign, in which they won the Premier League South title and came second nationally to Manchester City, attracted the attention of Chelsea, and he made the move to West London in July 2022. [7] [8]

In January 2023, Beach was loaned to National League South side Chelmsford City. [9]

In January 2024, Beach was loaned to National League side Gateshead. [10]

In August 2024, Beach joined newly-promoted League One side Crawley Town on a season-long loan deal. [11] However, he returned to Chelsea on 14 January 2025. [12]

International career

Beach has represented Wales at under-19 [1] and under-21 level. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 August 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U21 2022–23————4 [a] 040
2023–24 ————3 [a] 030
Total000000007070
Chelsea 2022–23 Premier League 000000000000
Chelmsford City (loan) 2022–23 National League South 20000––1 [b] 0210
Gateshead (loan) 2023–24 National League 5000––0050
Crawley Town 2024–25 League One 000010000010
Career total25000100080340
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the FA Trophy

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References

  1. 1 2 Eddie Beach at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "Eddie Beach". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Eddie Beach". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Henley, James (15 July 2022). "Former New Forest Academy player Eddie Beach signs for Chelsea". advertiserandtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Newson, Adam (7 February 2023). "How Southampton setbacks and the National League are shaping Chelsea's unlikely goalkeeper". football.london. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "12 youngsters sign Academy scholarships". southamptonfc.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Warlow, Rob (15 June 2022). "Chelsea close in on transfer deal for young Southampton star after impressive season". hampshirelive.news. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. ↑ Young, Alex (22 June 2022). "Chelsea confirm signing of highly rated Wales goalkeeper Eddie Beach". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Beach joins on loan from Chelsea". chelmsfordcityfc.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Beach joins Gateshead on loan". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Crawley sign Chelsea goalkeeper Beach on loan". BBC. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Eddie Beach returns to Chelsea". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Colwill named in Wales U21 squad to play Scotland". BBC Sport. 14 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Eddie Beach at Soccerway
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