Conal Platt
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| Conal Platt | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 14, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Preston, England | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Forest Green Rovers | |
| Number | TBA | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Liverpool | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004–2005 2006–2007 2006 2007 2007–2008 2008 2008– |
Liverpool Bournemouth → Morecambe (loan) → Weymouth (loan) Weymouth → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) Forest Green Rovers |
0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0) 11 (0) 20 (1) 10 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Rep. Ireland Under-19 | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Conal Platt (born October 14, 1986, in Preston) is a Republic Of Ireland under-19 international footballer currently playing for Forest Green Rovers. He is noted as an attacking footballer and his best position is centre forward or left forward.
Platt has one older brother and two younger sisters. He is eligible to play for Ireland due to his Irish descent from his grandfather, Timothy Bryan. He was discovered by a Liverpool scout whilst playing for Fulwood and Cadley boys football club.
He played for Preston Schoolboys aged 14-15, one of the most successful schoolboy teams Preston ever had, and Platt was noted as the best player in the team. Aged 16 he went on to play for Lancashire Schools, Northwest Counties Schools and was finally selected for the English Schools squad (teams are selected on where you go school not on nationality). He was also an Irish Youth international.
After finishing his high school studies at Our Lady's High School he continued his studies on a scholarship at Liverpool Football Academy. After regular appearances with both the youth team and Liverpool reserves although he was released by Liverpool at the end of the 2005 season.
He joined Bournemouth in May 2006 but struggled to break into the first team. He joined Morecambe on loan, initially for a period of one month, in November 2006. Limited to a few appearances at Morecambe, Platt picked up an injury in a match against Southport, and returned to Bournemouth when his loan ended in January 2007, before being loaned again to Weymouth. He was released by Bournemouth in May 2007 and joined Weymouth permanently.
Platt joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan in February 2008 where he made a total of 10 appearances.
On May 20, 2008 it was announced that Platt had joined Forest Green Rovers.
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