Max Sheaf

Max Sheaf
Sheaf with Redditch United in April 2023
Personal information
Full name Max Daniel Sheaf[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gravesend, Kent, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gateshead
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Hull City 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 19 (2)
2021 → Torquay United (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 Gloucester City 19 (0)
2022 → Hungerford Town (loan) 7 (0)
2022–2023 Redditch United 42 (7)
2023–2025 Ross County 15 (0)
2025– Gateshead 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Max Daniel Sheaf (born 10 March 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Gateshead.

Career

Born in Gravesend,[2] he made his league debut in the final match of the 2018–19 season when he came on in the 54th-minute as a substitute for Fraizer Campbell against Bristol City.[3]

On 29 July 2019, Sheaf joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020.[4][5] He made his debut for the Robins in the first match of the 2019–20 season playing 75 mins in a 1–0 loss to Leyton Orient.[6] He scored his first professional in an EFL Trophy tie against Newport County on 12 November 2019.[7]

Sheaf's loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020.[8]

On 18 January 2021, Sheaf joined National League side Torquay United on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[9]

Sheaf was released by Hull City at the end of the 2020–21 season.[10]

On 27 August 2021, Sheaf signed a one-year contract with Gloucester City.[11] He was released at the end of the 2021-22 season.[12]

On 18 February 2022, Sheaf was sent on a month-long loan spell to Hungerford Town.[13]

On 5 August 2022, Redditch United announced the signing of Sheaf on a free transfer following his release from Gloucester City.[14]

Sheaf joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 28 June 2023 on a two-year deal after County paid an undisclosed fee to Redditch United.[15]

On 10 January 2025, Sheaf joined National League side Gateshead on an eighteen-month deal.[16]

Personal life

Sheaf's older brother Ben is also a footballer.[17] He went to The Anthony Roper Primary School, then moved on to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys in 2011.

Career statistics

As of match played 27 February 2021[18]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hull City 2018–19 Championship 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2019–20 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
Total 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6 0
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2019–20 League Two 19 2 2 0 0 0 1[a] 1 22 3
Torquay United (loan) 2020–21[19] National League 3 0 0 0 0 0 2[b] 0 5 0
Career total 23 2 3 0 1 0 6 1 33 3
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 33. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Behind The Stripes: Max Sheaf". Hull City A.F.C. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Hull City 1–1 Bristol City". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Hull City midfielder Max Sheaf completes loan move to Cheltenham Town". Gloucester Live. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Max Sheaf: Hull City teenager joins Cheltenham Town on six-month loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Leyton Orient 1–0 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Cheltenham Town 4 Newport County 7: Two hat-tricks for rampant Exiles". southwalesargus.co.uk. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions". ctfc.com. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Hull City midfielder Max Sheaf joins on loan". Torquay United FC. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Retained List Confirmed". Hull City A.F.C. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Max Sheaf Joins City". Gloucester City A.F.C. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Retained List Announced". Gloucester City A.F.C. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Sheaf loaned to Hungerford". Gloucester City A.F.C. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  14. ^ "New Signing - Max Sheaf". Redditch United F.C. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Max Sheaf joins from Redditch United!". Ross County FC. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Max Sheaf joins Gateshead from Ross County". gateshead-fc.com. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  17. ^ Wobschall, Leon (12 July 2019). "Doncaster Rovers sign highly-rated Arsenal midfielder Ben Sheaf on a six-month loan". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Max Sheaf". Soccerbase.
  19. ^ Max Sheaf at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2021.