Alex Reid (footballer, born 1995)

Alex Michael Reid (born 6 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Dagenham & Redbridge, on loan from League Two club Stevenage.

Alex Reid
Personal information
Full name Alex Michael Reid[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Dagenham & Redbridge
(on loan from Stevenage)
Number 18
Youth career
2006–2013 Aston Villa
2013–2014 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Ånge
2015 Solihull Moors
2015–2017 Rushall Olympic
2017–2018 Fleetwood Town 0 (0)
2017 → Wrexham (loan) 18 (3)
2018 → Solihull Moors (loan) 15 (4)
2018– Stevenage 11 (2)
2019 → AFC Fylde (loan) 14 (2)
2019–2020 → Ebbsfleet United (loan) 21 (5)
2020– → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 6 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:44, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Reid began his career at Aston Villa's academy before becoming an apprentice at Walsall. He joined Swedish club Ånge IF in 2014, before returning to England to play for Solihull Moors in 2015. He then joined Rushall Olympic of the Northern Premier League and spent a year-and-a-half there. Following a successful trial, Reid signed for League One club Fleetwood Town in January 2017. During his time at Fleetwood, he was loaned out to National League clubs in the form of Wrexham and former employers Solihull Moors throughout the 2017–18 season. Reid signed for Stevenage in July 2018. He spent the last three months of the 2018–19 season on loan at A.F.C. Fylde and helped the club to win the FA Trophy during his time there.

Career

Early career

Reid began his career at Aston Villa at the age of ten and remained at the club's academy until 2013.[3] He subsequently joined Walsall's academy later that year and spent one year as an apprentice at the West Midlands club.[4] Reid thought about quitting football after not being offered professional terms at Walsall,[4] but instead took up the League Football Education's Player Placement Programme in Sweden, joining Ånge IF in 2014.[4] He returned to England a year later and had spells at Solihull Moors and Rushall Olympic.[5]

Fleetwood Town and loan spells

Having scored 14 times during the first half of the 2016–17 season for Rushall,[6] Reid went on trial with League One club Fleetwood Town in December 2016.[6][7] The trial period proved successful and he signed for Fleetwood for an undisclosed fee on 4 January 2017.[7] Reid did not make any first-team appearances for Fleetwood during the remainder of the campaign,[8] spending it with the club's development squad.[9][10]

Reid joined Wrexham of the National League on a two-month loan deal on 15 August 2017.[10] He made his Wrexham debut on the same day his signing was announced, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute and scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 home win over Gateshead.[11] Having scored three times during the two-month loan spell,[8] the deal was extended until 25 November 2017.[12] He made 18 appearances during his time on loan at Wrexham, scoring three goals.[8] On his return to his parent club, Reid made his Fleetwood debut in the EFL Trophy against Chesterfield on 5 December 2017, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 victory in what turned out to be his solitary first-team appearance for the club.[8][13]

He was loaned out for a second time during the season, this time joining former club Solihull Moors of the National League.[8][14] Reid signed for Solihull on 1 February 2018, on a loan deal that ran for the remainder of the 2017–18 campaign.[14][15] He made his second debut for Solihull in a 1–0 away loss to Ebbsfleet United on 10 February 2018,[8][16] before scoring his first goal of the loan spell a week later in a 3–2 comeback victory over Dover Athletic.[17] Reid's second-half goal in Solihull's 2–1 away win against promotion-chasing Tranmere Rovers on 24 April 2018 meant that Solihull had guaranteed their place in the National League for another season.[18] He scored four times in 15 appearances during the loan spell before returning to Fleetwood upon the conclusion of the season.[8]

Stevenage

Whilst still contracted to Fleetwood, Reid went on trial at League Two club Stevenage in July 2018.[19] He subsequently signed for Stevenage on a free transfer on 19 July 2018.[20] Reid made his Stevenage debut in the club's opening match of the 2018–19 season, a 2–2 draw with Tranmere Rovers at Broadhall Way, playing the first 58 minutes of the match.[21]

Reid joined National League club A.F.C. Fylde on loan for the rest of the season on 8 February 2019.[22] In August 2019 he moved on loan to Ebbsfleet United.[23] He said he was looking forward to playing games and scoring goals for the club.[24]

On 17 January 2020 he joined National League side Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until the end of the season.[25]

Style of play

Reid was described as "strong and athletic", as well as "having an eye for goal" by Fleetwood Town development coach Paul Murray.[3] Stevenage manager Dino Maamria called Reid a "pure athlete" and stated that "he will add pace to our forward-line".[26]

Career statistics
As of match played 10 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fleetwood Town 2016–17[27] League One 0000000000
2017–18[28] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]111
Total 0000001111
Wrexham (loan) 2017–18[8] National League 183———183
Solihull Moors (loan) 2017–18[8] National League 154———154
Stevenage 2018–19[29] League Two 11200101[lower-alpha 1]0132
2019–20[30] League Two 00—000000
Total 112001010132
A.F.C. Fylde (loan) 2018–19[8] National League 142——7[lower-alpha 2]1213
Ebbsfleet United (loan) 2019–20[8] National League 21532—1[lower-alpha 3]1258
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2019–20[8] National League 63———63
Career total 851932101039924
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, three in National League play-offs
  3. Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

A.F.C. Fylde

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References
  1. "EFL: Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 20 May 2017. p. 52. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Fleetwood Town complete signing of Alex Reid". Fleetwood Town F.C. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. "Reid Signs for Fleetwood". League Football Education. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. "Profile". Rushall Olympic F.C. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  6. "Rushall Olympic top scorer Alex Reid earns move to League One side Fleetwood Town". The Non-League Football Paper. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. "Alex Reid: Fleetwood Town sign Rushall Olympic striker". BBC Sport. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. "Alex Reid – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. "Alex Reid – Fleetwood Town – Development Squad". Fleetwood Town F.C. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. "Alex Reid joins Wrexham on short-term loan deal". Fleetwood Town F.C. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  11. "Wrexham 1–0 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  12. "Wrexham AFC officially extend Alex Reid's loan spell". Daily Post. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  13. "Fleetwood 2–0 Chesterfield". Sky Sports. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  14. "Alex Reid joins Solihull Moors on loan". Fleetwood Town F.C. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  15. "Thomas and Reid sign for Solihull Moors". Solihull Moors F.C. 1 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  16. "Ebbsfleet United 1–0 Solihull Moors". BBC Sport. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  17. "Solihull Moors 3–2 Dover Athletic". BBC Sport. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  18. "Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Solihull Moors". BBC Sport. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  19. "Stevenage sign Alex Reid from Fleetwood Town on a free transfer after impressing boss Dino Maamria". The Comet. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  20. "Alex Reid: Stevenage sign Fleetwood Town striker". BBC Sport. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  21. "Stevenage 2–2 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  22. "Reid signs with AFC Fylde on loan". Stevenage F.C. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  23. Ebbsfleet United sign Botti Biabi and Alex Reid
  24. Striker Alex Reid eager to show his worth to Ebbsfleet boss Garry Hill
  25. "Daggers sign attacker Reid on loan from Stevenage". Barking & Dagenham Post. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  26. "Alex Reid signs with Stevenage". Stevenage F.C. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  27. "Games played by Alex Reid in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  28. "Games played by Alex Reid in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  29. "Games played by Alex Reid in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  30. "Games played by Alex Reid in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  31. Stevens, Rob (19 May 2019). "AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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