George Oakley (footballer)

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George Oakley
Personal information
Full name George Oakley [1]
Date of birth (1995-11-18) 18 November 1995 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Tooting, England
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Ayr United
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2014 AFC Wimbledon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 AFC Wimbledon 9 (0)
2015 → Kingstonian (loan) 1 (1)
2016 → Welling United (loan) 7 (4)
2017 → Maidstone United (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2019 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 46 (12)
2019–2020 Hamilton Academical 36 (8)
2020 Pirin Blagoevgrad 10 (0)
2021 Kilmarnock 7 (1)
2021–2022 Woking 17 (1)
2022–2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 18 (1)
2023–2024 Greenock Morton 38 (15)
2024– Ayr United 17 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:35, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

George Oakley (born 18 November 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Ayr United.

Contents

Playing career

AFC Wimbledon

Oakley joined AFC Wimbledon at the age of eleven, and progressed through the youth ranks. [3] On 15 February 2014, he was named as a substitute in a 1–0 league defeat at Portsmouth. [4] He signed a professional contract in May 2014, and scored just days later in the 2014 London Senior Cup final win over Metropolitan Police. [5]

Oakley was ruled out of the opening two months of the 2014–15 season with a hamstring injury. [6] On 7 October 2014, he marked his return in a 4–0 defeat to Charlton Athletic in the U21 Premier League Cup. [7] On 1 November 2014, he made his Football League debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 loss at Northampton Town. [8]

On 30 October 2015, Oakley joined affiliate Isthmian Premier Division side Kingstonian on a one-month loan. [9] He made his debut the following day, scoring in a 5–1 FA Trophy win at Leatherhead. [10] He managed just 12 minutes in his second appearance – a 1–0 victory over Enfield Town – before suffering from injury. [10] A grade two hamstring tear ruled him out for eight weeks and his loan spell was ended prematurely. [11]

In January 2016, Oakley suffered a broken ankle during a training session, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2015–16 season. [12] On 19 July 2016, he made his first appearance after the injury in a pre-season outing at Raynes Park Vale. [13] On 8 November 2016, he made his first appearance of the season for the senior squad in a 2–0 EFL Trophy defeat at Newport County. [14]

On 18 November 2016, Now plays for woking his 21st birthday, Oakley joined National League South club Welling United on a one-month loan. [15] Making his debut in a 3–1 defeat at Hampton & Richmond Borough, he scored his first goal for the club a week later in a 1–0 FA Trophy win at Concord Rangers. [16] He added his second of the season in the next round of the cup, completing the scoring in an 8–1 win over Hythe Town. [17] On 16 December 2016, Oakley's loan at Welling was extended by a further month. [18]

On 17 March 2017, Oakley joined National League side Maidstone United on a one-month loan deal. [19]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Oakley signed for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2017. [20] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 friendly win at Brora Rangers. [21] He then scored his first competitive goal in Inverness's first game of the season, the opening game of the Scottish League Cup group stages, a 3–0 home win against Brechin City. [22] He started in the following match, a 0–0 draw away at Stirling Albion which resulted in a 2–0 penalty shootout a win for ICT, the lowest scoring penalty shootout in Scottish football. [23] His second competitive goal for Inverness came in a 2–1 win away to Forfar Athletic, although this wasn't enough to prevent them exiting the League Cup. [24]

On 30 December 2017, with Inverness down to ten men and losing 2–1 against bottom of the table Brechin City, Oakley came on as a substitute and netted twice to give Inverness the win. On his Scottish Cup debut, he scored a late goal in a 2–2 draw v Dundee, earning Inverness a replay at home. [25]

Hamilton Academical

In January 2019, Oakley moved to Hamilton Academical. [26] On 27 February 2019, he scored the opening goal as Hamilton won 2–0 away to Aberdeen, with the goal drawing comparisons to Marco van Basten. [27]

Pirin Blagoevgrad

In June 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoevgrad. [28] In January 2021, he was training with Kilmarnock after leaving Pirin. [29]

Kilmarnock

On 26 January 2021, after a trial period, Oakley returned to the Scottish Premiership with Kilmarnock after signing a deal until the end of the season. [30] He left Kilmarnock at the end of the 2020–21 season. [31]

Woking

On 22 June 2021, it was announced that Oakley would join National League side, Woking following his release from Kilmarnock. [32] He went on to feature seventeen times, scoring once before leaving The Cards in July 2022 at the end of his contract. [33]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Second Spell)

On 2 July 2022, Oakley returned to Inverness Caledonian Thistle, 3 years after leaving initially. [34] A week later, Oakley scored on his second debut in a 1–0 away win over Kelty Hearts in the League Cup. On 20 January 2023, Oakley left Caley by mutual consent. [35]

Greenock Morton

On 24 January 2023, Oakley signed an 18-month contract with Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton. He scored his first Morton goal 4 minutes into his debut. [36] Oakley would finish the season with 6 goals in 13 appearances, an average of roughly 1 goal every 2 games.

Ayr United

In 2024, Oakley joined Scottish Championship club Ayr United on a two-year deal after previously signing a pre-contract agreement while at Morton. [37]

Career statistics

As of 24 January 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2014–15 [38] League Two 6010000070
2015–16 [39] 1000000010
2016–17 [14] League One 2000001 [a] 030
Wimbledon Total90100010110
Kingstonian (loan) 2015–16 [10] Isthmian League Premier Division1000—1 [b] 121
Welling United (loan) 2016–17 [40] National League South 6100—3 [c] 293
Maidstone United (loan) National League 4000—0040
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2017–18 [41] Scottish Championship 33821425 [d] 14412
2018–19 [42] 13420311 [d] 0195
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Total46124173616317
Hamilton Academical 2018–19 [42] Scottish Premiership 1540000—154
2019–20 [43] 2141050—274
Hamilton Academical Total368105000428
Pirin Blagoevgrad 2020–21 [44] Vtora Liga 1001000—110
Kilmarnock 2020–21 [44] Scottish Premiership 603100—91
Woking 2021–22 [45] National League 17100—00171
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2022–23 [46] Scottish Championship18110311 [d] 2234
Greenock Morton 2022–23 [46] Scottish Championship00——0000
Career total1532311215412619135
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Two appearances and two goals in FA Trophy and one appearance in Kent Senior Cup
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Inverness CT

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