Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Joseph Squires | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 2004 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2022 | Blackpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Bamber Bridge (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Southport (loan) | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:21, 28 December 2023 (UTC) |
William Joseph Squires (born 29 April 2004) is an English professional footballer who last played as a defender for EFL League One club Blackpool.
Squires signed his first professional contract with Blackpool in May 2022, a one-year deal with the option for a further 12 months; Academy director Ciaran Donnelly said that Squires "has an ultra-professional approach to everything he does". [1] A youth-team player with Blackpool from the age of nine, he had been a part of the under-19 team that reached quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup and won the Lancashire FA Professional Youth Cup, making 44 appearances in the 2021–22 campaign. [2] [3] [4] He was loaned out to Bamber Bridge in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, before being recalled on 7 October 2023. [5] [6] He made his first-team debut for Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 10 October 2023, in a 5–2 win over Liverpool U21 in the group stage of the EFL Trophy. [7] On 15 December 2023, he joined National League North club Southport on a one-month loan. [8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Blackpool | 2022–23 [9] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023–24 [10] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bamber Bridge (loan) | 2023–24 [11] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Southport (loan) | 2023–24 [12] | National League North | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
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