Louie Soares

Louie Soares

Personal information
Full name	Louie Pierre Soares
Date of birth	8 January 1985 (1985-01-08)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Grimsby Town
Number	40
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Reading	0	(0)
2005	→ Tamworth (loan)	7	(1)
2005	Bristol Rovers	1	(0)
2005–2006	Barnet	20	(1)
2006–2010	Aldershot Town	148	(17)
2010–2011	Southend United	31	(0)
2011–2012	Hayes & Yeading United	31	(15)
2012–	Grimsby Town	0	(0)
National team‡
2007	Barbados	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 25 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Louie Pierre Soares (born 8 January 1985 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English born Barbadian football player who plays as a midfielder for Conference National Grimsby Town.

He has previously played for Reading, Tamworth, Bristol Rovers, Barnet, Aldershot Town, Southend United and Hayes & Yeading.

Club career

Soares' career began as a trainee right-back at his home town club, Reading, who also allowed him to make a loan spell to Tamworth, where he made six appearances (including five starts). At Reading, Soares was tutored by his club captain, Graeme Murty, as he was the senior right back at the club.

At the end of the 2004–05 season, Soares was released by Reading, and eventually signed for Barnet. He was granted a contract extension in January 2006 where he made 25 appearances, scoring once in the whole of the 2005–06 season. Despite this, Barnet allowed him to leave at the end of that season, whereupon he joined Aldershot.

On 21 July 2010 Soares signed a pre contract agreement with Southend United and his registration was completed when the club's transfer embargo was lifted on 6 August 2010. Soares scored his first goal for the club on 5 October 2010 in a 3–1 win over Barnet in the Football League Trophy. In May 2011 he was one of five players told they were to be released by the club.

In 2010 he left the Shots to join Southend United, going on to make 32 appearances before being released in the summer, subsequently joining Hayes & Yeading. Since then, he has made 27 appearances and scored 13 goals.

Grimsby Town

On 31 January 2012, transfer deadline day, Soares signed for Grimsby Town on a 18-month permanent contract, being unveiled by the club at midday.

International career

Soares was called up by Barbados for the 2007 Caribbean Nations Cup tournament, and became the first Aldershot player, whilst playing for the club, to be capped when he played against Trinidad and Tobago on 12 January 2007.

Personal life

His brother, Tom is also a footballer, who plays for Premier League side Stoke City.

Honours

• Conference National (V): 2008
• Conference League Cup: 2008

External links

• Louie Soares career stats at Soccerbase