Rhys Lovett

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Rhys Lovett
Personal information
Full name Rhys Lovett [1]
Date of birth (1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2007–2014 Walsall
2014 → Aston Villa (loan)
2014 → Coventry City (loan)
2014–2015 Rochdale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2020 Cheltenham Town 2 (0)
2015 → Tiverton Town (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2016 → Shepton Mallet (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Shortwood United (loan) 27 (0)
2020 → Tiverton Town (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 Gloucester City 11 (0)
2021 Maidenhead United 15 (1)
2021–2022 Billericay Town 12 (0)
2022–2024 Torquay United 13 (0)
2024– Welling United 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rhys Lovett (born 15 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper as free agent

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He spent seven years in the academy at Walsall, from where he was loaned out to the youth teams at Aston Villa and Coventry City. He spent a season with Rochdale's youth-team, before signing with Cheltenham Town in August 2015. From there was loaned out to Tiverton Town, Shepton Mallet and Shortwood United, being named as Shortwood's Player of the Year for the 2016–17 season. He made his first-team debut for Cheltenham in August 2017, but only made a total of seven appearances for the club before he left in June 2020.

Club career

Lovett spent seven years in Walsall's academy, where he had loan spells at Aston Villa and Coventry City, before joining Rochdale permanently in 2014. [3] He played a pre-season game for Gloucester City in July 2015. [4] Lovett moved on to join Cheltenham Town in August 2015, ahead of their National League campaign. [5] Following this, Lovett immediately joined Southern League Division One South & West club Tiverton Town on a short-term loan deal. [6] He made his competitive debut on the opening day of the 2015–16 season, a 2–0 defeat at North Leigh. [6] He played the next three games for Martyn Rogers's "Yellows". [6] He joined Shepton Mallet on a one-month loan on 19 December 2015. [7] He remained Gary Johnson's third choice goalkeeper at Cheltenham for the title winning season of 2015–16, behind Dillon Phillips/Jonathan Flatt and Calum Kitscha. [8] He spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Southern League Division One South & West side Shortwood United, where he was named as the club's Player of the Year. [9] He signed a new contract at Cheltenham in April 2018. [10]

He made his first-team debut for Cheltenham on 15 August 2017, in am EFL Trophy tie against Swansea City U23s at Whaddon Road, which resulted in a 2–1 defeat. [11] With regular custodian Scott Flinders undergoing surgery, Lovett made his League Two debut for Cheltenham on the final day of the 2017–18 season, a 2–1 defeat at Crewe Alexandra. [8] He featured in one EFL Trophy game in the 2018–19 campaign and signed a new one-year contract in May 2019. [12] He played four times during the 2019–20 season, replacing Flinders 62 minutes into a 3–0 victory over Oldham Athletic. [8] He then returned on loan to Tiverton Town following the signing of loanee Owen Evans. [8] [13] He left at the end of his contract in June 2020. [14] He thanked goalkeeping coach Steve Book but said that "Robins" boss Michael Duff told him that he was unable him offer him the first-team games he needed at that point in his career. [8] He had a trial at Port Vale in August 2020. [15]

Lovett signed for Gloucester City in October 2020. [16] He played 14 times in all competitions before leaving the club in March 2021 to seek first-team football after the National League North season was declared null and void. [17] He signed for Maidenhead United on 26 March 2021. [18] He made his debut on 1 May against King's Lynn Town, deputising for the injured Taye Ashby-Hammond. On the final day of the season, he came on as substitute against Boreham Wood to play as a forward, and scored in the 93rd minute. [19] Lovett left Maidenhead on 17 December 2021, [20] before signing for Billericay Town the same day. [21]

On 15 July 2022, Lovett returned to the National League to join Torquay United. [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 September 2023.
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cheltenham Town 2015–16 [23] National League 0000—0000
2016–17 [24] League Two 0000000000
2017–18 [25] League Two1000001 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2018–19 [26] League Two0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2019–20 [27] League Two1000003 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Total2000005070
Tiverton Town (loan) 2015–16 [6] Southern League Division One South & West4000—0040
Shepton Mallet (loan) 2015–16 [6] Western Football League Premier Division 2000—0020
Shortwood United (loan) 2016–17 [6] Southern League Division One South & West27010—3 [lower-alpha 2] 0310
Tiverton Town (loan) 2019–20 [6] Southern League Premier Division South3000—0030
Gloucester City 2020–21 [23] National League North 11000—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0140
Maidenhead United 2020–21 [23] National League5100—0051
2021–22 [23] National League10010—00110
Total15110—00161
Billericay Town 2021–22 [23] National League South12000—00120
Torquay United 2022–23 [23] National League7010—0080
2023–24 [23] National League South0010—0010
Total7020—0090
Career total8314000110981
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances in Southern League Cup, one in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Cheltenham Town

National League Winners: 2015-16 [28]

Individual

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  7. ↑ "Shepton Mallet Borrow Robins' Keeper". Pitchero Non-League. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Palmer, Jon (24 June 2020). ""I know I'm good enough to play at League Two level"". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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  11. ↑ "Cheltenham Town vs. Swansea City U21". Soccerway. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lovett pens a new contract". www.ctfc.com. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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  14. ↑ "2019/20 retained and released list". Cheltenham Town F.C. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  15. ↑ Fielding, Rob (14 August 2020). "Manager reveals identities of two more trialists training with Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Rhys Lovett joins". Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  17. ↑ @GCAFCofficial (20 March 2021). "We can confirm Rhys Lovett has left the club to seek first team football for the remainder of the season.Good luc…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ NEW SIGNING | RHYS REGISTERS AS A MAGPIE
  19. ↑ Boreham Wood 1–4 Maidenhead United
  20. ↑ @MUFCYorkRoad (17 December 2021). "Maidenhead United can confirm that Rhys Lovett has been released.We wish Rhys all the best for the future and tha…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ↑ @BTFC (17 December 2021). "𝙎𝙌𝙐𝘼𝘿 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀❗️We're pleased to announce the signing of goalkeeper Rhys Lovett!🧤Rhys joins us after recently pla…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  26. ↑ "Games played by Rhys Lovett in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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