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)
2016Southport (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 90000090
Oxford City 2016–17 National League South 00000000
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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