Louie Annesley

Louie John Annesley (born 3 May 2000) is a Gibraltarian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Woking, on loan from Blackburn Rovers and the Gibraltar national team. For the national team, he has also been utilised as a holding midfielder.

Louie Annesley
Personal information
Full name Louie John Annesley
Date of birth (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000
Place of birth St Helier, London, England
Position(s) Centre-back, Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Woking
(on loan from Blackburn Rovers)
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2014 Chelsea
2015–2016 AFC Wimbledon
2017–2018 Barnet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Cobham 10 (0)
2018–2019 Lincoln Red Imps 3 (0)
2019– Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2021– → Woking (loan) 17 (0)
National team‡
2015 Gibraltar U16 3 (1)
2015–2016 Gibraltar U17 5 (0)
2016 Gibraltar U19 3 (0)
2017–2018 Gibraltar U21 8 (0)
2018– Gibraltar 27 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:43, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:28, 29 March 2022 (UTC+1)

Career

As a youth Annesley spent time with both AFC Wimbledon[1] and Chelsea.[2] Annesley started his senior career at non-League side Cobham, breaking into the senior side and making 10 appearances in his only season at the club in the Combined Counties Football League.[3] This attracted the attention of Barnet, who signed him to their academy in 2017. He left in early 2018, signing for Gibraltar Premier Division champions Lincoln Red Imps in July 2018. He made his debut on 26 July 2018 in the UEFA Europa League first leg against The New Saints.

In January 2019, despite only playing three league games for the Red Imps and primarily featuring in their Intermediate League squad, he signed for EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers on a deal until June 2021, initially to play in their development side.[4] Annesley made his Rovers under-23 debut on 4 February, coming off the bench for the final 18 minutes of his side's 7–1 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League 2.[5] He picked up his first piece of silverware at Rovers on 7 May 2019, when he started in the 2–0 Lancashire Senior Cup final victory over local rivals Burnley.[6] He captained the U23s for the first time on 8 March 2021, also scoring his first goal in a 5–1 win over Southampton B in the Premier League 2.[7] In June 2021, he signed a new two year contract with the club.[8]

On 29 October 2021, Annesley joined National League side, Woking on loan until 4 December 2021[9] and made his debut a day later, in a 3–2 home victory over Altrincham, playing the full 90 minutes.[10] On 6 December 2021, his loan was extended for a further month until the new year, following five first-team appearances.[11] On 5 January 2022, Annesley's loan was extended once more, this time until the end of the current campaign.[12] On 25 January 2022, during a 1–0 away defeat to Bromley, Annesley was sent off for the first time in his playing career, receiving two yellows in the space of two minutes.[13]

International career

Annesley is the first player to have represented Gibraltar at every level from U16 to senior level, first appearing for the under-16 side in March 2015 while on the books at Chelsea . Later that year, he made his debut for the under-17 side, with whom he earned 5 caps. In 2016, he played 3 games for the Gibraltar national under-19 football team[14] before earning a call up for the first Gibraltar national under-21 football team in 2017, with whom he has 8 caps to date. Annesley notably made a late goal-line clearance in Gibraltar U21s' 1–0 victory over Macedonia.

In March 2018, he made his debut for the Gibraltar national football team,[15] starting at the last minute after an injury to Joseph Chipolina in the warm-up. He was substituted in the second half as they held on for a 1–0 win over Latvia. He earned his second senior cap on 13 October, coming off the bench in another 1–0 victory, this time away at Armenia to win Gibraltar's first competitive points at senior level.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cobham 2016–17[17] Combined Counties League Division One 10000—00100
Barnet 2017–18[18] League Two 0000000000
Lincoln Red Imps 2018–19[19][18] Gibraltar Premier Division 3000—1[lower-alpha 1]040
Blackburn Rovers 2018–19[18] Championship 000000—00
2019–20[18] Championship 000000—00
2020–21[18] Championship 000000—00
2021–22[18] Championship 000000—00
Total 000000—00
Woking (loan) 2021–22[18] National League 170——4[lower-alpha 2]1211
Career total 300000051351
  1. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Three appearances and one goal in the Surrey Senior Cup, one appearance in the FA Trophy

International
As of match played 29 March 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gibraltar U-17
201530
201620
Total50
Gibraltar U-19
201630
Total30
Gibraltar U-21
201760
201820
Total80
Gibraltar
201830
201960
202060
2021100
202220
Total270

Honours
Blackburn Rovers

Personal life

Annesley was born in St. Helier, London, and was educated at Wimbledon College.[20]

References
  1. "Dare to Dream" (PDF). Cobham F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Chelsea Foundation Plays Part in Children Forum". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Cobham FC Newsletter - Issue 7 2016/17
  4. Rovers land highly-rated Louie Blackburn Rovers Official Website. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. Report: Rovers U23s 7 Leicester City U23s 1 Blackburn Rovers Official Website. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. LSCF Report: Rovers 2 Burnley 0 Blackburn Rovers official website. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19144177.rovers-remain-man-citys-closest-rivals-southampton-win/ Rovers remain Man City's closest rivals after Southampton win] Lancashire Telegraph. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  8. Louie lands new deal. Blackburn Rovers. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. O'Sullivan, Daniel (29 October 2021). "Annesley Signs on Loan". Woking F.C. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  10. "Woking vs. Altrincham". Soccerway. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. O'Sullivan, Daniel (6 December 2021). "Annesley Loan Extension". Woking F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  12. "Annesley extends Cards stay". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. "Bromley vs. Woking". Soccerway. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  14. GIBRALTAR UNDER-19S SQUAD NAMED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Football Gibraltar. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  15. GIBRALTAR VS SERBIA: LOUIE ANNESLEY Football Gibraltar. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  16. Wrong anthem, right result for Gibraltar in 1st win The Washington Post. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  17. "Louis Annesley Player Stats". The Football Association. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  18. "L. Annesley". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  19. "Louie Annesley". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  20. "WC Sports Department on Twitter". Twitter. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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