Alex Varney
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 December 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Farnborough, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | Charlton Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
2006 | → Barnet (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 4 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexander "Alex" Varney (born 27 December 1984) is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnet.[2]
Varney, the son of former Charlton Athletic chief executive Peter Varney,[3] was born in Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. He began his football career as a scholar with Charlton, and earned a professional contract in 2003, which was extended in 2004.[4] A forward, he spent a month on loan at Barnet, for whom he made his Football League debut on 21 January 2006 as an 88th-minute substitute in the League Two goalless draw against Wycombe Wanderers,[5] but injured an ankle in a reserve game and made no further appearances.[6] He was released at the end of the 2005–06 season,[3] and spent the second half of the 2007–08 season with Gravesend & Northfleet in the Conference National.[2][7]
References
- ^ "Alex Varney". Barnet F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Alex Varney". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ a b "Charlton release reserve team duo". BBC Sport. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Alex Varney". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Barnet vs Wycombe". Barnet F.C. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ Coldwell, Terry (16 February 2006). "Barry bags Barnet extension". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ "Fleet in swoop for double signing". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
External links
- Alex Varney at Soccerbase