Tyrell Belford

Tyrell Belford
Personal information
Full name Tyrell Belford
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth Nuneaton, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Oxford City
Youth career
0000–2009 Coventry City
2009–2013 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Swindon Town 15 (0)
2016 → Southport (loan) 9 (0)
2016– Oxford City 2 (0)
National team‡
2010 England U16 2 (0)
2011 England U17 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:55, 26 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Tyrell Belford (born 6 May 1994 in Nuneaton), is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League South side Oxford City.

Club career

Early career

Belford started his career as a junior with Coventry City before joining Liverpool's youth system in 2009.

Swindon Town

Belford signed a two-year contract with Swindon Town on 31 July 2013 after being released from Liverpool[1] and later made his debut for the Wiltshire club when he played the whole 90 minutes of Swindon's 2–1 Football League Trophy victory over Plymouth Argyle.[2]

On 28 June 2016, Belford joined National League side Southport on a season-long loan.[3] On the opening day of the 2016–17 campaign, Belford made his Southport debut in a 3–0 away defeat to newly relegated side Dagenham & Redbridge.[4] However, after appearing only nine times by November, due to a change in management, Belford returned to Swindon Town.

On 11 November 2016, Swindon Town announced that Belford would leave the club after a mutual termination within his contract.[5]

Oxford City

After being released from Swindon Town, Belford joined National League South side Oxford City on the same day.[6]

International career

Belford represented England at both Under-16 and Under-17 level.[7]

Personal life

He is the son of the Dale Belford and the brother of Wrexham goalkeeper Cameron Belford.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 September 2016.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swindon Town 2013–14 League One 5010003[lower-alpha 1]090
2014–15 League One 2000002[lower-alpha 1]040
2015–16 League One 8000001[lower-alpha 1]090
Total 150100060220
Southport (loan) 2016–17 National League 9000—0090
Oxford City 2016–17 National League South 0000—0000
Career totals 240100060310

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Former Liverpool goalkeeper joins Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 31 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swindon boss Mark Cooper praises debutant keeper". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Southport: Tyrell Belford and John Cofie join National League side". BBC Sport. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0 Southport". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Town Part Company With Belford". Swindon Town Official Site. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Change in the sticks". Oxford City Official Site. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "England – Tyrell Belford". Football Association. 10 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "How Tamworth keeps on producing great 'keepers". This is Tamworth. 10 October 2013.

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