Charles Banya
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Kai Banya[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Lambeth, London | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2012 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2013 | → Woking (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Crawley Town | 7 | (0) |
2015 | → Woking (loan) | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 24 April 2015 (UTC) |
Charles Kai Banya (born 18 September 1993) is an English footballer who play as a midfielder.
Early life
Banya was born in the London Borough of Lambeth to parents who hail from Sierra Leone, and was brought up in Tulse Hill, South London.[3]
Career
Fulham
Banya began his career at Fulham, joining the club at the age of 12,[2] but he never made a first-team appearance, although he was an unused substitute for the Premier League match against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium in November 2012.[4]
On 2 November 2013, Banya joined Woking on loan, where he made eight appearances for the club.[5]
Banya was released by Fulham at the end of his contract in 2014.[6]
Crawley Town
On 7 August 2014, Banya joined Crawley Town on a short-term deal after his release from Fulham.[7] While at Crawley Town Banya returned to Woking for a second spell on loan, scoring one goal in his ten appearances for the club. At the beginning of the 2015 - 16 season Banya did not have a club but in November he had a successful trial at National League South side Maidstone United. He quickly established himself as a regular starter.
Career statistics
- As of matches played 11 April 2015
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Fulham | 2012–13 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Woking (loan) | 2013–14 | Conference Premier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Crawley Town | 2014–15[8] | League One | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
Woking (loan) | 2014–15 | Conference Premier | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Career total | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
- ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy
References
- ^ "Charles Banya – UpthePosh profile". Up the Posh. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b "U21 Player Profiles – Charles Banya". Fulham F.C. Official Website. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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- ^ "Stoke 1–0 Fulham". BBC Sport. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Charles Banya: Woking sign Fulham winger on loan". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Player Departures". Fulham F.C. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Charles Banya: Crawley sign ex-Fulham winger". BBC Sport. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Charles Banya in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
External links
- Charles Banya at Soccerbase
- Living people
- English footballers
- English people of Sierra Leonean descent
- People from Lambeth (London borough)
- Association football midfielders
- Fulham F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- The Football League players
- 1993 births
- English football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs