Alex Finney (footballer, born 1996)

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Alex Finney
Personal information
Full name Alex Connor Finney[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Ebbsfleet United
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2013 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Leyton Orient 0 (0)
2014–2016 Bolton Wanderers 2 (0)
2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 13 (1)
2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 13 (1)
2018 Maidstone United 20 (0)
2018–2021 Aldershot Town 49 (0)
2021– Ebbsfleet United 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Alex Connor Finney (born 6 June 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ebbsfleet United. He previously played for Bolton Wanderers, Queens Park Rangers, Maidstone United and Aldershot Town.

Career[]

Bolton Wanderers[]

Finney began his career with Bolton Wanderers. He started in the youth ranks at Leyton Orient before joining Bolton in 2014. He made his debut for the club on 19 September 2015 when he came on as a late substitute for Stephen Dobbie in Bolton's 4–1 defeat to Huddersfield Town.[2] He left the club by mutual consent on 12 August 2016, three days after appearing in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool.[3]

Queens Park Rangers[]

After being without a club for 3 months Finney signed for Queens Park Rangers on 18 November 2016.[4]

He left the club at the end of the 2017/18 season, failing to make a senior appearance.[5]

Maidstone United[]

On 3 August 2017, it was announced that Finney would play for Maidstone United on loan until 6 January 2018,[6] he was ruled out of the final few weeks of his loan after breaking his jaw in two places on Boxing Day 2017.[7] On 22 January it was announced that Maidstone United would be extending Finney's loan until the end of the 2017/18 season. Finney was named Maidstone United's Player of the Season.[8] On 18 June 2018 it was announced that Finney had signed a two-year deal to stay at Maidstone[9]

Aldershot Town[]

On 21 December 2018, Aldershot Town announced the signing of Finney from Maidstone United.[10]

Ebbsfleet United[]

On 28 July 2021, Finney joined National League South side Ebbsfleet United.[11]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 16 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leyton Orient 2013–14[12] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bolton Wanderers 2014–15[13] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[14] Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2016–17[15] League One 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bolton Wanderers total 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Queens Park Rangers 2017–18[16] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maidstone United (loan) 2017–18[16] National League 26 2 4 1 — 1[a] 0 31 3
Maidstone United 2018–19[17] National League 20 0 3 0 — 1[a] 0 24 0
Aldershot Town 2018–19[17] National League 15 0 0 0 — 0 0 15 0
2019–20[18] National League 23 0 0 0 — 0 0 23 0
2020–21[19] National League 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 11 0
Aldershot Town total 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
Ebbsfleet United 2021–22[20] National League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 97 2 7 1 1 0 2 0 107 3
  1. ^ a b Appearance in the FA Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Huddersfield 4-1 Bolton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Alex Finney leaves Bolton Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers Official Website. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. ^ "QPR confirm signing of defender Finney". West London Sport. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Seven QPR Under-23s players released".
  6. ^ "Alex Finney: Maidstone United sign QPR centre-half on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Loan Rangers: Ingram suffers Wigan loss". QPR FC. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Loan Rangers: Alex Finney wins Maidstone POTY". QPR FC. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Alex Finney: Finney Finalises Stones Deal". Maidstone United. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Shots Sign Stones Defender". Aldershot Town. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Fleet fine-tuned as Finney finalises move". www.ebbsfleetunited.co.uk. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Alex Finney in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Alex Finney in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Alex Finney in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference AJ21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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