| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Daniel Charles | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Isleworth, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Unattached | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Brookhouse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2001 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Hyde United (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Hayes | 14 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Aldershot Town | 31 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Farnborough Town | 33 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Barnet | 66 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Aldershot Town (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Aldershot Town | 152 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:41, 15 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anthony Daniel Charles (born 11 March 1981 in Isleworth, Greater London) is an English professional footballer who is currently without a club after leaving Aldershot Town at the expiry of his contract.
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A defender, Charles began his career with Brookhouse. before being signed by Crewe Alexandra. However, he never made a first team appearance for the club. He returned south in 2001, and played for several non-league clubs winning the Isthmian League Premier Division with Aldershot Town in 2002–03 season.
Charles then joined Farnborough Town,[1] before joining Barnet during their Conference promotion season of 2004–05.[2]
Charles was then loaned to Aldershot Town for the end of the 2006–07 season,[3] his second spell with the club and made the deal permanent after being released by Barnet.[4] He was a championship winning defender in the season 2007–08,[5] and in recognition of this feat he was named in the Conference National team of the year along with Aldershot Town's Nikki Bull, Ben Harding, Lewis Chalmers and John Grant.[6] At the end of the 2007–08 season, Charles signed a new two year contract.[7] Charles was a regular starter for Aldershot Town, in their first season back in the Football League and he was rewarded with a double award by winning the Supporters Club Player of the Season Award and Players Player Award.[8] In June 2010, Charles signed a new one year contract with Aldershot Town.[9]
Charles sustained a knee injury during Aldershot's last game of the 2010-11 campaign at Lincoln City. The injury would keep him out for at least six months and with his contract expiring in July 2011, he was not offered a new deal.[10]