Alex_Bray
Alex Bray
English footballer
Alexander George Bray (born 25 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Chippenham Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander George Bray[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 28)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bath, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[4] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chippenham Town | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swindon Town | |||
| 2010–2014 | Swansea City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Rotherham United | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → York City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Weston-super-Mare (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Hereford | 14 | (0) |
| 2020– | Chippenham Town | 77 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| Wales U19 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Swansea City
Bray was born in Bath, Somerset.[5] He joined Swansea City's academy at the age of 15 following his release from Swindon Town.[6] He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013[7] and was included in Swansea City's 2014–15 pre-season squad.[8]
On 1 September 2014, Bray joined League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan until 10 January 2015.[6] He made his first-team debut on 6 September as a 58th-minute substitute for Jason Banton in a 1–0 win away against Luton Town.[9] Bray had an eventful debut, earning a yellow card and playing a part in Plymouth's goal before suffering an injury after just 11 minutes on the pitch.[10] It was later confirmed that Bray had suffered a ruptured anterior ligament which would require surgery. He returned to Swansea for treatment.[11]
After returning to training in March 2015, Bray was ruled out for a further nine months with injury.[12] Bray signed a one-year contract extension with Swansea in July 2015, keeping him at the club until June 2016.[13]
Bray returned from injury in February 2016, and in March signed a one-year contract extension until June 2017.[14]
Rotherham United
On 27 January 2017, Bray joined Championship club Rotherham United, initially on loan until 9 June 2017.[15] The loan was made permanent on 10 March 2017 for an undisclosed fee, with Bray signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]
Having failed to make a league appearance for Rotherham since November 2017,[17] Bray joined Forest Green Rovers on loan on 31 January 2018 for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[18]
Bray joined National League North club York City on 9 November 2018 on loan until 12 January 2019.[19] He made his debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 defeat away to Swindon Town in the FA Cup first round.[20] He returned to Rotherham on 11 January 2019 having made 11 appearances for York, scoring once.[21]
Bray joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 12 February 2019 on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[22] On return from the loan spell, he was released by Rotherham United at the end of his contract.[23]
Hereford
On 23 May 2019, Bray signed a one-year deal with Hereford.[24]
Chippenham Town
On 14 February 2020, Bray signed for Chippenham Town.[25]
Bray has represented Wales at under-19 level.[6]
- As of match played 29 April 2023.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Swansea City | 2014–15[9] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2014–15[9] | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Swansea City U23 | 2016–17[27] | — | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Rotherham United | 2016–17[27] | Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[17] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[28] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2017–18[17] | League Two | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| York City (loan) | 2018–19[29][30] | National League North | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Weston-super-Mare (loan) | 2018–19[29] | National League South | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||
| Hereford | 2019–20[29] | National League North | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chippenham Town | 2019–20[29] | National League South | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21[29] | National League South | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[29] | National League South | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23[29] | National League South | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 39 | 7 | ||
| Total | 77 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 146 | 13 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
- Appearances in FA Trophy
- "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Rotherham United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 63. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Alex Bray". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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- "Alex Bray". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- Wobschall, Alex (27 January 2017). "Rotherham United land young Swansea prospect Alex Bray". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- Errington, Chris (1 September 2014). "Plymouth Argyle sign 19-year-old winger Alex Bray on loan from Swansea City". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.
- "Young guns get pro contracts". Swansea City A.F.C. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Alex Bray's chance to impress at Swansea City". Swansea City A.F.C. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Games played by Alex Bray in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Luton Town 0–1 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Bray's loan cut short by injury". Swansea City A.F.C. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Swansea City starlet Alex Bray suffers huge fitness blow". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
- "Kenji Gorre signs new Swansea City contract". Swansea City A.F.C. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Swansea City Under-21s Bray contract extension". Swansea City A.F.C. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Millers swoop for Swans winger Bray". Rotherham United F.C. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Alex Bray: Rotherham United sign Swansea City winger on a permanent deal". BBC Sport. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Games played by Alex Bray in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Bray joins Forest Green". Rotherham United F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Bray joins Minstermen on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018.
- Appleyard, Ian (10 November 2018). "Honour in defeat as City exit Cup". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- Appleyard, Ian (11 January 2019). "Winger Bray returns to Rotherham". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- "Bray joins Weston-Super-Mare on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "Rotherham United: Jon Taylor & Ryan Williams among five players in talks with Millers". BBC Sport. 15 May 2019.
- "NEWS | Bulls Bring in Bray". Hereford F.C. Official Site. 23 May 2019.
- "NEWS: Alex Bray signs". Chippenham Town FC. 14 February 2020.
- "Games played by Alex Bray in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Games played by Alex Bray in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "Games played by Alex Bray in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- "A. Bray: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
