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| pcupdate = 23:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
| pcupdate = 12:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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'''Alexander Graham "Alex" Rhodes''' (born 23 January 1982) is an [[England|English]] professional [[association football|footballer]] for [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]. He predominantly plays as a [[Midfielder#Winger|left winger]] but also as a [[striker]].<ref name="striker"/><ref name="fast work"/>
'''Alexander Graham "Alex" Rhodes''' (born 23 January 1982) is an [[England|English]] professional [[association football|footballer]] for [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]. He predominantly plays as a [[Midfielder#Winger|left winger]] but also as a [[striker]].<ref name="striker"/><ref name="fast work"/>

Revision as of 11:52, 12 March 2009

Alex Rhodes
Personal information
Full name Alexander Graham Rhodes
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Striker / Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Rotherham United
Number 15

Alexander Graham "Alex" Rhodes (born 23 January 1982) is an English professional footballer for League Two side Rotherham United. He predominantly plays as a left winger but also as a striker.[1][2]

Rhodes started his career with non-league Newmarket Town, where he came to prominence after scoring hat-tricks in three successive games in 2003. After trials with several Football League clubs, he joined Brentford in November 2003 and scored the goal that ensured they were not relegated six months later. Rhodes scored five goals during his four seasons at Brentford, which were hampered by injury and included loan spells at Swindon Town and Grays Athletic. He signed for Bradford City in August 2007 but was released after one season, before joining Rotherham United.

Personal life

Alex Rhodes was born on 23 January 1982 in Cambridge.[3][4] He first attended a football game at his hometown side Cambridge United but grew up as a Liverpool fan. As well as football, he played cricket as a youngster.[5] Rhodes is nicknamed "Tiger",[6] because of his likeness to golfer Tiger Woods.

Rhodes had a tattoo of a 142-word quotation inked onto his leg in November 2008; the passage was originally written by peace activist Marian Williamson. It took five hours to inscribe onto Rhodes' leg. Rhodes said he had the tattoo done because "I had a few knock-backs when I was younger, when people were telling me I was too small, but I’ve always been determined to prove them wrong and I just feel this quotation is appropriate for me and my life."[7][8]

Career

Newmarket Town

Rhodes started his football career at non-league side Newmarket Town, breaking into the club's youth team at the age of 17.[4] He combined his early years at the club with work as a coach at Cambridge Regional College.[9] During the 2002–03 season, Rhodes scored more than 30 goals.[10] He continued his goal-scoring form the following season and three successive hat-tricks in September 2003 attracted the attention of league scouts, including Norwich City, Cambridge United and Yeovil Town.[11][12] He scored 21 goals for Newmarket in the Eastern Counties League during the first four months of the 2003–04 season. After trials with Yeovil, Norwich and Ipswich Town, Rhodes signed with Brentford in November 2003 for £10,000.[13][14] It was the first time Brentford had paid a transfer fee for a player since Jean-Philippe Javary three years earlier, with the money donated by the club's fans.[6] In his final game with Newmarket, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 victory against Great Yarmouth Town.[15]

Brentford

Rhodes made his Brentford debut on Boxing Day 2003 in a 2–1 defeat to Bristol City but had to wait more than four months for his second game.[16] He scored his first senior goal in his third game to ensure Brentford avoided relegation from the Second Division when they defeated Bournemouth 1–0.[17]

Rhodes returned to Newmarket Town for a pre-season friendly game with Brentford in August 2004, during which he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win.[18] It helped him to win a place in the first team, and he scored on the first day of the 2004–05 season when Brentford lost 3–1 to Chesterfield.[19] It was not until November 2004 that he scored his second goal in another defeat—2–1 to Bradford City.[20] Five days later, he scored the winning penalty against Bristol City to take Brentford through to the second round of the FA Cup.[21] In December, Rhodes scored in successive games, first in the league against Sheffield Wednesday,[22] then another penalty in the FA Cup as Brentford's 2–1 victory against Hinckley United set up a third round tie with Luton Town.[23] He was unable to play in the third round tie after he suffered a serious knee injury against Walsall which kept him out of action for the rest of the season.[24][25][26] Although Rhodes had been a regular in the Brentford squad, his 22 league games included just four starts.[27]

Injury again hit Rhodes' 2005–06 season, during which he scored just one goal in a 2–1 victory over Yeovil Town.[28][29] He started just five league games during the season,[29] as Brentford reached the League One play-offs. Rhodes started the second leg of the play-off semi-finals but a 2–0 defeat to Swansea City denied them a place in the final.[30]

He made 11 appearances for Brentford at the start of the 2006–07 season,[31] but on 10 October 2006, Rhodes signed for League Two side Swindon Town on a month's loan deal.[31] He made his debut for Swindon against Grimsby Town, when he had a goal disallowed.[32] Rhodes played just four games for Swindon all as substitute without scoring before returning to Brentford,[3] before being immediately placed on the transfer list by Brentford manager Scott Fitzgerald. Rhodes played another three games for Brentford and had a trial with Yeovil Town in January 2007 but stayed with Brentford.[33] In March 2007, he was loaned out again, to Conference side Grays Athletic for seven weeks.[34] He played 12 league games and twice in the FA Trophy during his spell at Grays, scoring once in each competition,[3] before he returned to Brentford in time to play in their final game of the season.[35] Rhodes was offered a new contract by new Brentford manager Terry Butcher but turned it down and left the club on 25 June 2007.[36] He played 65 games in all competitions for Brentford, but two-thirds of those were as substitute, scoring just six goals.[3]

Bradford City

After trials with League Two sides Darlington and Bradford City,[37] Rhodes signed for the latter on a short-term deal.[1] He made his debut in City's first game of the season when they drew 1–1 with Macclesfield Town in a team featuring six new players.[38] He scored his first goal in a 2–1 win over Chester City on 6 November 2007.[39] He extended his stay at Bradford City until the end of the season in January 2008.[40] Despite signing a new contract, injury kept Rhodes out of the side at the start of 2008 until 23 February when he scored his second Bradford goal in a 3–1 victory at Notts County after coming on as substitute.[41][42] His performance in the Notts County victory earned him a place in the starting side three days later when he again scored in a 3–2 win against Rotherham United.[43][44] On 29 April, he was one of 13 players released by manager Stuart McCall.[45] Rhodes played a total of 30 games for Bradford, but started only 11 of those, scoring three goals.[3]

Rotherham United

In June 2008, Rhodes returned to League Two, when he signed a one-year deal with Rotherham United,[2] after their manager Mark Robins was impressed by Rhodes' performance against them the previous season.[46] Rotherham were deducted 17 points at the start of the 2008–09 season because of improperly exiting administration.[47] They started the season with a 1–0 against Lincoln City, in which Rhodes made his debut before he was substituted in the second half.[48] He scored his first goal for Rotherham in a League Cup first round tie against local rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on 12 August 2008. Rhodes' goal game only seconds after Wednesday had opened the scoring, before the game finished 2–2. Rotherham eventually won through to the second round on penalties.[49] His first league goal for the club came less than two weeks later as Rotherham beat Chester City 3–1 to maintain their winning start to the season.[50] Rhodes was a regular in the Rotherham side at the start of the season as the team overhauled their point deduction to go above Grimsby Town in the league, but he was dropped for a game against his former side Bradford City in November 2008.[51] He briefly returned to the side the following month for a Football League Trophy area semi-final with Darlington, which Rotherham won on penalties,[52] but did not play again until the two sides met once more in a league game at the end of January 2009.

Playing statistics

Updated to 31 January 2009.[3][53]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[54] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newmarket Town 1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
Total
Brentford 2003–04 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2004–05 22 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 28 4
2005–06 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1
2006–07 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
Total 57 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 65 6
Swindon Town (loan) 2006–07 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Grays Athletic (loan) 2006–07 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 14 2
Bradford City 2007–08 28 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 30 3
Rotherham United 2008–09 18 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 27 3
Career totals 119 11 7 1 7 1 7 1 138 14

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  54. ^ Includes Football League Trophy, FA Trophy and play-off matches

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