Myles Anderson

Myles Anderson (born 9 January 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender. Anderson has been at several clubs in his career, having played in Scotland, England and Italy.

For the English actor, see Miles Anderson.

Myles Anderson
Personal information
Full name Myles Anderson[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990
Place of birth Westminster, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
2010–2011 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Aberdeen 1 (0)
2011–2013 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
2012 → Aldershot Town (loan) 5 (0)
2013 Exeter City 1 (0)
2013–2015 Monza 8 (0)
2014 → Pro Patria (loan) 15 (1)
2015 Chievo 0 (0)
2015–2016 L'Aquila 9 (0)
2016 → Lupa Castelli Romani (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2017 Barrow 0 (0)
2017–2018 Torquay United 23 (1)
2017–2018 → Chester (loan) 2 (0)
2018 Chester 12 (0)
2018–2020 Hartlepool United 40 (0)
2019–2020 → Aldershot Town (loan) 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:58, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Born in Westminster,[3] Anderson is the son of football agent Jerome Anderson.[4]

Career

Anderson moved from his youth club of Leyton Orient to Aberdeen in January 2011.[5][6] He made his professional debut on 19 February 2011, in a Scottish Premier League match against Kilmarnock.[7] In March 2011, Anderson signed a pre-contract with Blackburn Rovers, effective from 1 July 2011.[4][8]

Anderson joined Aldershot Town on loan in August 2012.[9] He left Blackburn on 4 January 2013 after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.[10] He signed for Exeter City three days later.[11][12] Anderson's time at Exeter was also short, and on 20 August 2013, he signed for Italian club Monza.[13] After a season at Monza, Anderson joined Lega Pro side Pro Patria on loan in August 2014.[6] After six months on loan at Pro Patria, on 1 February 2015 he Anderson moved to Serie A side Chievo.[6] On 21 July 2015, Anderson returned to Lega Pro, leaving Chievo for L'Aquila.[14] On 29 January 2016, Anderson joined fellow Lega Pro side Lupa Castelli Romani on loan for the remainder of the season.[15] By the time he left Italy after three years in the country, Anderson considered himself fluent in the language.[16]

Anderson signed for Barrow in October 2016,[17] before moving to Torquay United in February 2017.[18][19] He signed a new contract with Torquay in June 2017.[20]

He signed on loan from Chester in November 2017.[21] After his contract with Torquay was mutual terminated on 5 February 2018,[22][23] he signed a permanent deal with Chester three days later.[24]

After leaving Chester, he signed for Hartlepool United in May 2018.[25] Anderson signed a new deal with Hartlepool in May 2019 with Pools boss Craig Hignett describing him as a "model professional".[26] Anderson signed for Aldershot Town on loan on 25 November 2019.[27] Anderson was released from his contract at the end of the 2019–20 season. [28]

Career statistics
As of 18 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 2010–11[29] Scottish Premier League 100000—10
Blackburn Rovers 2011–12[7] Premier League 0000000000
2012–13[30] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Aldershot Town (loan) 2012–13[30] League Two 5000002[lower-alpha 1]070
Exeter City 2012–13[30] League Two 1000000010
Monza 2013–14[6] Lega Pro 2 8000—0080
2014–15[6] Lega Pro - Group A 0000—0000
Total 8000000080
Pro Patria (loan) 2014–15[6] Lega Pro - Group A 15100—00151
Chievo 2014–15[6] Serie A 0000—0000
L'Aquila 2015–16[6] Lega Pro - Group B 9020—00110
Lupa Castelli Romani (loan) 2015–16[6] Lega Pro - Group C 4000—0040
Barrow 2016–17[6] National League 0010—0010
Torquay United 2016–17[6] National League 14100—00141
2017–18[6] 9000—0090
Total 231000000231
Chester (loan) 2017–18[6] National League 2000—1[lower-alpha 2]030
Chester 2017–18[6] National League 12000—00120
Hartlepool United 2018–19[6] National League 36020—1[lower-alpha 2]1391
2019–20[6] 4000—0040
Total 400000000431
Aldershot Town (loan) 2019–20[6] National League 3000—1[lower-alpha 2]040
Career total 12325000411343
  1. Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy.
  2. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.

References
  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. "Myles Anderson". Hartlepool United F.C. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 429. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  4. Andy Cryer (22 March 2011). "Anderson has signed pre contract deal for Rovers". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  5. "Aberdeen land defender Myles Anderson". BBC Sport. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. Myles Anderson at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  7. "Games played by Myles Anderson in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  8. "Aberdeen land defender Myles Anderson". BBC Sport. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  9. "Blackburn's Myles Anderson joins Aldershot Town on loan". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  10. "Myles Anderson has Blackburn contract terminated by mutual consent". Sky Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. "Anderson completes City move". Exeter City F.C. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  12. "Exeter City: Myles Anderson joins Grecians after leaving Blackburn". BBC Sport. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  13. "Exeter City defender Myles Anderson departs for Italian adventure". Western Morning News. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  14. "Acquistato a titolo definitivo il giocatore inglese Myles Anderson" (in Italian). L'Aquila Calcio. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  15. "UFFICIALE: Arrivano Anderson e Djiby" (in Italian). A.S. Lupa Castelli Romani. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  16. Cam (10 June 2018). "An insight into Italian football with former Chievo defender Myles Anderson".
  17. "Coxy Lands Ex Italian Centre Back". Barrow A.F.C. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  18. Patrick Tinkler (9 February 2017). "Anderson Makes It Two". Torquay United F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  19. "Torquay United sign Myles Anderson from Barrow and Ruairi Keating". BBC Sport. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  20. "Myles Anderson: Torquay United defender signs new contract". BBC Sport. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  21. Wheelock, Paul (17 November 2017). "Chester FC sign defender Myles Anderson from Torquay United". chesterchronicle.
  22. Thomas, Dave (5 February 2018). "Anderson leaves Gulls as contract is cancelled by mutual consent". devonlive.
  23. "Myles Anderson: Defender leaves Torquay United after cancelling contract". BBC Sport. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  24. Myles Anderson completes move to Chester FC for rest of season with help of sponsor‚ chesterchronicle.co.uk, 8 February 2018
  25. "Matthew Bates seals in-demand defender as his first Hartlepool signing". www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk.
  26. https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news/2019/may/220519-hignett-anderson-is-model-professional/
  27. "New Signing: Shots Sign Anderson". www.theshots.co.uk.
  28. "Hartlepool United retained list". 18 May 2020.
  29. "Games played by Myles Anderson in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  30. "Games played by Myles Anderson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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