Alfie Bates
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfie Bates[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 May 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Walsall | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Coundon Court Juniors | |||
2008 | Coventry City | ||
2008–2016 | Birmingham City | ||
2017–2018 | Walsall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Walsall | 49 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:43, 6 December 2021 (UTC) |
Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Walsall.
Career[]
Bates was born in Coventry and joined the Academy at Coventry City at the age of seven after leaving Coundon Court Juniors. He went on to endure a difficult start to his career, losing his mother to cancer in 2013 and then being released by Birmingham City at the age of 15.[2] He signed for Walsall in March 2017 and scored on his youth-team debut against Morecambe, before featuring in 28 under-18 and six Development Squad matches during the 2017–18 season.[3] He made his first-team debut for the "Saddlers" on 9 October 2018, in a 3–1 victory over Middlesbrough U21 in an EFL Trophy group stage match at the Bescot Stadium.[4]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 17 April 2021
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Walsall | 2018–19[5] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019–20[6] | League Two | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
2020–21[7] | League Two | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
Career total | 46 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
- ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
References[]
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Walsall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Turner, Andy (10 November 2018). "The Sky Blues fan striving for a career with Walsall". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Alfie Bates - Midfielder - Youth Team - Walsall FC". www.saddlers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Checkatrade Trophy (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Coventry
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- English Football League players