Anthony Charles

Anthony Charles
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Daniel Charles[1]
Date of birth11 March 1981
Place of birthIsleworth, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Worcester City
Youth career
1999Brookhouse
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2001Crewe Alexandra0(0)
2000–2001→ Hyde United (loan)11(2)
2001–2002Hayes14(3)
2002–2003Aldershot Town37(1)
2003–2005Farnborough33(1)
2005–2007Barnet66(0)
2007→ Aldershot Town (loan)13(0)
2007–2011Aldershot Town152(12)
2012–2013Northampton Town18(0)
2013Plymouth Argyle11(0)
2013–2014Luton Town4(0)
2014Nuneaton Town10(0)
2015–Worcester City1(0)
National team
2004England C1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:19, 13 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Anthony Daniel Charles (born 11 March 1981) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Worcester City.[3]

Born in Isleworth, he has played in the Football League for Barnet, Aldershot Town, Northampton Town and Plymouth Argyle. He has won four promotions with three different clubs.

Career

Charles in defence for Aldershot.

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 to the south of England in 2001, and played for several non-league clubs, winning the Isthmian League Premier Division with Aldershot Town in the 2002–03 season.

Charles then joined Farnborough Town,[4] before joining Barnet during their Conference promotion season of 2004–05.[5]

Charles was loaned to Aldershot Town for the end of the 2006–07 season,[6] his second spell with the club and made the deal permanent after being released by Barnet.[7] He was a championship winning defender in the 2007–08 season,[8] and in recognition of this feat he was named in the Conference Premier team of the year along with Aldershot's Nikki Bull, Ben Harding, Lewis Chalmers and John Grant.[9] At the end of the 2007–08 season, Charles signed a new two-year contract.[10] 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.[11] In June 2010, Charles signed a new one-year contract with Aldershot Town.[12]

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.[13] Charles joined Northampton Town in March 2012 on an initial contract to the end of the season.[14][15] He signed a new one-year contract in May.[16] Having made 20 appearances in all competitions, Charles left the club in January 2013 after having his contract terminated,[17] and joined Plymouth Argyle for the remainder of the 2012–13 season.[18][19] He made 11 appearances for the club before being released at the end of the campaign.[20][21]

Charles joined Conference Premier side Luton Town on a one-year contract on 19 June 2013.[22] He suffered with injuries throughout the 2013–14 season, but made eight appearances as Luton won promotion to League Two. On 9 May 2014, it was announced that Charles would not be offered a new contract and would leave Luton the next month. On 3 October 2014 he joined Nuneaton Town.[23]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Player Details: Anthony Charles". The English National Football Archive. SoccerData. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
  3. ↑ "Charles' debut pleases Heeley | Worcester Observer". worcesterobserver.co.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boro sign Charles". BBC. 7 October 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2003.
  5. ↑ "Boro defender Charles joins Bees". BBC. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2005.
  6. ↑ "Aldershot recruit Charles on loan". BBC. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  7. ↑ "Aldershot sign defender Charles". BBC. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.
  8. ↑ "Exeter 1–1 Aldershot". BBC News. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Shots Receive Awards at Conference Weekend". Aldershot Town FC. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  10. ↑ "Shots Sign Up Two". Aldershot Town FC. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
  11. ↑ "Anthony Charles Scoops Double Award". Aldershot Town FC. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  12. ↑ "Aldershot Town skipper Anthony Charles signs new deal". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  13. ↑ "Anthony Charles". Aldershot Town. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  14. ↑ "Charles Signs on at Sixfields". Northampton Town F.C. 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "Northampton sign defender Anthony Charles on free transfer". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Defender Anthony Charles to stay on at Northampton". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  17. ↑ Willsher, Gareth (17 January 2013). "Charles Leaves Sixfields". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  18. ↑ Cowdery, Rick (17 January 2013). "Charles The Second". Plymouth Argyle F.C. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Charles is aiming to make most of chance at Argyle". The Herald (Plymouth). 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Anthony Charles". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  21. ↑ Errington, Chris (30 April 2013). "John Sheridan announces retained list at Plymouth Argyle". The Herald (Plymouth). Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  22. ↑ "Hatters snap up defender Charles". Luton News (Luton). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  23. ↑ "Shaw, Charles and Viana exit Town while Martin and Taiwo both listed". Luton News. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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