Charlie Trafford

Charlie Trafford
Personal information
Date of birth24 May 1992
Place of birthCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3 12 in)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
KuPS
Number19
Youth career
Whitecaps Residency
York Lions
De Graafschap
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014IFK Mariehamn7(2)
2014TPS5(0)
2014–KuPS21(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 11 January 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Charlie Trafford (born 24 May 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Finnish club KuPS, as a midfielder.[1]

Career

Born in Calgary, Trafford spent time playing local youth soccer before joining the Whitecaps Residency.[2] He later played college soccer with York University, and also spent time with Dutch club De Graafschap.[2]

Trafford began his senior professional career in Finland, playing with IFK Mariehamn, TPS and KuPS.[1] While with KuPS, Trafford won their 2014 Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards.[3]

Personal life

His cousin Mason Trafford is also a professional soccer player. Both have played for IFK Mariehamn and Mason arranged for Charlie to sign for the club.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charlie Trafford profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Steve Bottjer (24 November 2013). "Red Nation Interview Series: Charlie Trafford". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. Steve Bottjer (1 December 2014). "Trafford aiming to build on breakthrough year". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.