Alex Bradley (footballer)

Alexander Benjamin Bradley (born 27 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Lincoln City.

Alex Bradley
Personal information
Full name Alexander Benjamin Bradley[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999
Place of birth Worcester, England
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lincoln City
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2018 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 9 (2)
2019 → Burton Albion (loan) 7 (1)
2019– Lincoln City 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Harrogate Town (loan) 22 (3)
National team‡
2015 Finland U17 2 (0)
2018 Finland U19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:51, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:45, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Born in England, he is a Finnish youth international.

Early life

Bradley was born in Worcester.[3] He is half-Finnish; his mother is from Finland.[4] He attended Royal Grammar School Worcester.[4]

Club career

Bradley joined West Bromwich Albion at the age of 7.[5] He spent the first half of the 2018–19 season on loan at Havant & Waterlooville,[6] before moving on loan to Burton Albion in January 2019.[7]

He was released by West Brom at the end of his contract[8] and after a successful trial, he joined Lincoln City on 24 July 2019.[9][10] He moved on loan to Harrogate Town in August 2019.[11]

International career

He has represented Finland at international youth levels,[7] and played at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[5][12]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 August 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Bromwich Albion 2016-17 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
2017-18 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 3 0
2018-19 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 1 1
Havant and Waterlooville (loan) 2018-19 National League 9210001[lower-alpha 2]0112
Burton Albion (loan) 2018-19 League One 7100000071
Lincoln City 2019-20 League One 0000000000
Career total 163 100061234
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in FA Trophy
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References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Lincoln City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 38. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "A.Bradley". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. Danny Owen (27 November 2018). "'Absolute rocket': West Brom react to Alex Bradley's stunning goal on Twitter". HITC. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. Geoff Berkeley (13 January 2016). "Former RGS Worcester pupil Alex Bradley determined to make it at West Bromwich Albion after injury". Worcester News. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  5. "Profile". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. Alex Bradley at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. "Alex Bradley: Burton Albion sign West Bromwich Albion midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. "Dowling maps vision for future". West Bromwich Albion F.C. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  9. "Imps sign former Baggies midfielder". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. "Alex Bradley: Lincoln City sign former West Bromwich Albion youngster". BBC Sport. 24 July 2019.
  11. "Alex Bradley Signs On Loan". Harrogate Town A.F.C. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. "Suomen U19-poikien EM-kotiturnauksen joukkue nimetty" [Finnish U19 European Championship home tournament team named] (in Finnish). MTV3. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  13. "Finland - A. Bradley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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