Alex Varney

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Alex Varney
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Farnborough, London, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Orpington
Youth career
2001–2003 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2006 → Barnet (loan) 1 (0)
2007 Gravesend & Northfleet 4 (2)
2020– Orpington 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alexander Varney (born 27 December 1984) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnet.[2] He currently plays for Orpington in the Kent County League.[3]

Varney, the son of former Charlton Athletic chief executive Peter Varney,[4] was born in Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. He began his football career as a scholar with Charlton, and earned a professional contract in 2003, which was extended in 2004.[5] A forward, he spent a month on loan at Barnet, for whom he made his Football League debut on 21 January 2006 as an 88th-minute substitute in the League Two goalless draw against Wycombe Wanderers,[6] but injured an ankle in a reserve game and made no further appearances.[7] He was released at the end of the 2005–06 season,[4] and spent the second half of the 2007–08 season with Gravesend & Northfleet in the Conference National.[2][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alex Varney". Barnet F.C. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Varney". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. ^ Orpington Player Season Totals 2020-21 FA Full Time League.
  4. ^ a b "Charlton release reserve team duo". BBC Sport. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Alex Varney". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Barnet vs Wycombe". Barnet F.C. 21 January 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  7. ^ Coldwell, Terry (16 February 2006). "Barry bags Barnet extension". Charlton Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Fleet in swoop for double signing". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

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