Alfie Bates

Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club SJK.

Alfie Bates
Personal information
Full name Alfie Bates[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SJK
Number 5
Youth career
Coundon Court Juniors
2008 Coventry City
2008–2016 Birmingham City
2017–2018 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Walsall 49 (1)
2022– SJK 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:04, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

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]

On 23 February 2022, Bates joined Veikkausliiga club SJK on a long-term deal.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2018–19[6] League One 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
2019–20[7] League Two 13131104[lower-alpha 1]0212
2020–21[8] League Two 36010103[lower-alpha 1]0410
2021–22[9] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 0
Career total 4914120130682
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Walsall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. Turner, Andy (10 November 2018). "The Sky Blues fan striving for a career with Walsall". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. "Alfie Bates - Midfielder - Youth Team - Walsall FC". www.saddlers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Checkatrade Trophy (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. "Alfie Bates Walsall FC:sta SJK-paitaan" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  6. "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  8. "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. "Alfie Bates | Football Stats | Walsall | Season 2021/2022 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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