Les Afful

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Les Afful
Personal information
Full name Leslie Samuel Afful
Date of birth (1984-02-04) 4 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Taunton Town
Youth career
2000–2002 Exeter City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2006 Exeter City 78 (3)
2006 → Torquay United (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2009 Forest Green Rovers 107 (4)
2009–2017 Truro City 277 (41)
2017– Taunton Town
International career‡
2006–2007 England C 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Leslie Samuel Afful (born 4 February 1984 in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer currently with Southern League club Taunton Town.

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Career

Afful was born in Liverpool, and is of Caribbean descent. He joined Exeter City as a trainee after playing for a Merseyside youth team in Toxteth, after being brought to Exeter for a friendly by former Birmingham City and Liverpool player Howard Gayle.

He made his first team debut on 17 November 2001 in a 3–0 home FA Cup victory against non-league Cambridge City, prior to turning professional in April 2002. His league debut came later that season, on 13 April in a 0–0 draw away to Leyton Orient. He played once more that season, but failed to make any first team appearances the following season as Exeter were relegated out of the Football League and into the Football Conference. In January 2005 he played in Exeter's memorable 0–0 draw at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. [1]

He played fairly regularly in Exeter's first two seasons in the Conference, but was out of favour by the time he joined local rivals Torquay United on loan in January 2006. He played five times for Torquay as they successfully battled against relegation to the Conference, but was not offered a permanent deal by either Exeter or Torquay at the end of the season, joining Forest Green Rovers. [2]

He made a successful start to his career with Forest Green and in November 2006 was called up to the England National Game XI squad for the European Trophy decider against Holland., [3] in which he scored 15 goals in one half. At the end of his first season at the club, Afful was offered a new contract by manager Jim Harvey. [4]

In February 2009, Afful picked up a serious knee injury which required an operation which ruled him out for the rest of the campaign. He tore his posterior cruciate ligament when he twisted his knee in a 2–2 home draw with Histon. [5]

Afful was not offered a contract at the end of the season and was released after making 107 league appearances for Forest Green. He then signed for Truro City. [6]

Honours

England C
Truro City

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References

  1. ↑ "Man Utd 0-0 Exeter". BBC. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Forest Green sign Exeter's Afful". BBC Sport. 25 May 2006.
  3. ↑ "Afful called up". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "Afful pens new Forest Green deal". BBC Sport. 8 May 2007.
  5. ↑ "Forest Green 2-2 Histon". BBC Sport. 3 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Truro City sign two new players". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009.
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