Lloyd Saxton

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Lloyd Saxton
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Personal information
Full name Lloyd John Saxton [1]
Date of birth (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Alsager, Cheshire, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997 Liverpool
1998–2005 Bolton Wanderers
2005–2006 Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2010–2011 Bradford City 0 (0)
2011–2012 Vauxhall Motors 3 (0)
2012–2014 Ånge IF 68 (0)
2015–2021 GIF Sundsvall 10 (0)
2017 → Levanger (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:31, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Lloyd John Saxton (born 18 April 1990) is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Career

Saxton was born in Alsager and played in the academies at Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City before turning professional with Plymouth Argyle in 2008. [2] He was released by Argyle in May 2010 without making a first team appearance. [3] Saxton spent the 2010–11 season at Bradford City but failed to make an appearance. [4] Saxton then played for non-league Vauxhall Motors before moving to Sweden to play for Ånge IF. [5] Saxton joined GIF Sundsvall in February 2015. [6] He made his Allsvenskan debut on 7 June 2015 in a 1–1 draw with Kalmar FF. [7] In January 2021, it was announced that after five years, Saxton would be leaving Sundsvall. [8]

On April 1 2021, Saxton announced on his social media that he had retired from football despite having several offers from teams in Sweden. [9]

Personal life

In October 2018, Saxton became a Swedish citizen. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lloyd Saxton statistics". Lagstatistik.se. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Argyle sign three young prospects". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle release McNamee, Folly and Saxton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bradford City sign Oliver, Threlfall and Saxton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lloyd Saxton tränar med GIF Sundsvall - igen". fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lloyd Saxton får kontrakt med GIF Sundsvall". GIF Sundsvall. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "GIF SUNDSVALL 1-1 KALMAR FF". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Lloyd Saxton bekräftar - lämnar GIF Sundsvall". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lloyd Saxton avslutar karriären: "Mycket viktigare än min fotbollskarriär" (in Swedish). Sundvalls Tidning. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ↑ @lloydysaxton (20 October 2018). "I'm now a Swedish Citizen" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 January 2021– via Twitter.
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