Henry Cowans

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Henry Cowans
Personal information
Full name Henry Cowans
Date of birth (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2012–2017 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Stevenage (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2021 Telford United 71 (4)
2019 → Stratford Town (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Stourbridge (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:46, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Henry Cowans (born 1 October 1996) is an English footballer who last played as a midfielder for Telford United.

Club career[]

Cowans joined Aston Villa as a child, his father, Gordon Cowans, had a long association with the club and was a youth coach at the club when his son signed his first youth terms in 2012. Cowans was a regular for the under-18, under-21 and under-23 sides but never made a senior first team appearance and was released in June 2017.[1]

On 24 August 2016, Cowans joined Stevenage of EFL League Two on loan until January 2017.[2] Cowans was named on the bench for Stevenage on 27 August 2016 and given the number 23 shirt but did not start in a 5–2 away loss.[3] He made his professional debut in an EFL Trophy loss to Leyton Orient four days later.[4] On 9 January 2017, Cowans had his loan extended until the end of the season.[5]

On 4 September 2017 Cowans joined A.F.C. Telford United of the National League North.[6] He made 31 total appearances over the season, and scored his first senior goal on 11 November in a 3–1 loss at F.C. United of Manchester.[7]

On 7 March 2019 A.F.C. Telford United confirmed, that Cowans had joined Stratford Town on loan until the end of the season.[8] However, he was recalled early. On 9 December 2019, he was loaned out again, this time to Stourbridge until 6 January 2020.[9]

On 3 August 2021, Cowans was announced to have left Telford.[10]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 9 December 2017
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
Stevenage (loan) 2016–17[11] League Two 18 0 1 0 0 0 3[a] 0 22 0
A.F.C. Telford United 2017–18[12] National League North 11 1 2 0 – 0 0 13 1
Career total 29 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 35 1
  1. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ Dicken, Alex (12 June 2017). "Confirmed: Aston Villa release 10 as part of summer clear-out". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Loan News: Cowans joins Stevenage". Aston Villa F.C. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Sky Bet League Two match report: Grimsby 5-2 Stevenage". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Leyton Orient's Harry Cornick tormented the Stevenage defence all evening as the east Londoners see off Boro 3-1 in the EFL Trophy". Guardian Series (Waltham Forest). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Henry Cowands extends stay at Stevenage". Hertfordshire Mercury. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. ^ "AFC Telford sign former Aston Villa midfielder Henry Cowans". Shropshire Star. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  7. ^ Railston, Steven (11 November 2017). "FC United of Manchester 3 – 1 AFC Telford United". The Northern Quota. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ Henry Cowans - AFC Telford United, telfordunited.com, 7 March 2019
  9. ^ HENRY COWANS JOINS ON LOAN FROM AFC TELFORD UNITED, stourbridgefc.com, 9 December 2019
  10. ^ "Henry Cowans". www.telfordunited.com. 3 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Henry Cowans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ^ Henry Cowans at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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