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 | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Walsall | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
Coundon Court Juniors | |||
2008 | Coventry City | ||
2008–2016 | Birmingham City | ||
2017–2018 | Walsall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Walsall | 26 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:28, 6 December 2020 (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 5 December 2020
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 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Career total | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 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.