Alex Bray

Alex Bray
Personal information
Full name Alexander George Bray[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Bath, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Winger[4]
Team information
Current team
 Chippenham Town
Number 11
Youth career
Swindon Town
2010–2014 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Swansea City 0 (0)
2014 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Rotherham United (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Rotherham United 3 (0)
2018 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 → York City (loan) 8 (0)
2019 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 10 (3)
2019–2020 Hereford 14 (0)
2020– Chippenham Town 77 (7)
International career
Wales U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Alexander George Bray (born 25 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Chippenham Town.

Club career

Swansea City

Bray was born in Bath, Somerset.[5] He joined Swansea City's academy at the age of 15 following his release from Swindon Town.[6] He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013[7] and was included in Swansea City's 2014–15 pre-season squad.[8]

On 1 September 2014, Bray joined League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan until 10 January 2015.[6] He made his first-team debut on 6 September as a 58th-minute substitute for Jason Banton in a 1–0 win away against Luton Town.[9] Bray had an eventful debut, earning a yellow card and playing a part in Plymouth's goal before suffering an injury after just 11 minutes on the pitch.[10] It was later confirmed that Bray had suffered a ruptured anterior ligament which would require surgery. He returned to Swansea for treatment.[11]

After returning to training in March 2015, Bray was ruled out for a further nine months with injury.[12] Bray signed a one-year contract extension with Swansea in July 2015, keeping him at the club until June 2016.[13]

Bray returned from injury in February 2016, and in March signed a one-year contract extension until June 2017.[14]

Rotherham United

On 27 January 2017, Bray joined Championship club Rotherham United, initially on loan until 9 June 2017.[15] The loan was made permanent on 10 March 2017 for an undisclosed fee, with Bray signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]

Having failed to make a league appearance for Rotherham since November 2017,[17] Bray joined Forest Green Rovers on loan on 31 January 2018 for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[18]

Bray joined National League North club York City on 9 November 2018 on loan until 12 January 2019.[19] He made his debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 defeat away to Swindon Town in the FA Cup first round.[20] He returned to Rotherham on 11 January 2019 having made 11 appearances for York, scoring once.[21]

Bray joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 12 February 2019 on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[22] On return from the loan spell, he was released by Rotherham United at the end of his contract.[23]

Hereford

On 23 May 2019, Bray signed a one-year deal with Hereford.[24]

Chippenham Town

On 14 February 2020, Bray signed for Chippenham Town.[25]

International career

Bray has represented Wales at under-19 level.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swansea City 2014–15[9] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2015–16[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2016–17[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2014–15[9] League Two 1 0 — — — 1 0
Swansea City U23 2016–17[27] — — — 5[a] 0 5 0
Rotherham United 2016–17[27] Championship 5 0 — — — 5 0
2017–18[17] League One 0 0 0 0 1 0 3[a] 0 4 0
2018–19[28] Championship 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 9 0
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2017–18[17] League Two 11 1 — — — 11 1
York City (loan) 2018–19[29][30] National League North 8 0 1 0 — 2[b] 1 11 1
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2018–19[29] National League South 10 3 — — — 10 3
Hereford 2019–20[29] National League North 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Chippenham Town 2019–20[29] National League South 6 0 — — — 6 0
2020–21[29] National League South 11 0 1 0 — 1[b] 0 13 0
2021–22[29] National League South 27 1 0 0 — 0 0 27 1
2022–23[29] National League South 33 6 4 0 — 2[b] 1 39 7
Total 77 7 5 0 0 0 3 1 85 8
Career total 126 11 6 0 1 0 13 2 146 13
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in FA Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Rotherham United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 63. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Alex Bray". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Alex Bray". Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Alex Bray". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ^ Wobschall, Alex (27 January 2017). "Rotherham United land young Swansea prospect Alex Bray". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Errington, Chris (1 September 2014). "Plymouth Argyle sign 19-year-old winger Alex Bray on loan from Swansea City". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Young guns get pro contracts". Swansea City A.F.C. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Alex Bray's chance to impress at Swansea City". Swansea City A.F.C. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b c "Games played by Alex Bray in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Luton Town 0–1 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Bray's loan cut short by injury". Swansea City A.F.C. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Swansea City starlet Alex Bray suffers huge fitness blow". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Kenji Gorre signs new Swansea City contract". Swansea City A.F.C. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Swansea City Under-21s Bray contract extension". Swansea City A.F.C. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Millers swoop for Swans winger Bray". Rotherham United F.C. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Alex Bray: Rotherham United sign Swansea City winger on a permanent deal". BBC Sport. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  17. ^ a b c "Games played by Alex Bray in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Bray joins Forest Green". Rotherham United F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Bray joins Minstermen on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018.
  20. ^ Appleyard, Ian (10 November 2018). "Honour in defeat as City exit Cup". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  21. ^ Appleyard, Ian (11 January 2019). "Winger Bray returns to Rotherham". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Bray joins Weston-Super-Mare on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Rotherham United: Jon Taylor & Ryan Williams among five players in talks with Millers". BBC Sport. 15 May 2019.
  24. ^ "NEWS | Bulls Bring in Bray". Hereford F.C. Official Site. 23 May 2019.
  25. ^ "NEWS: Alex Bray signs". Chippenham Town FC. 14 February 2020.
  26. ^ "Games played by Alex Bray in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  27. ^ a b c "Games played by Alex Bray in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  28. ^ "Games played by Alex Bray in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g "A. Bray: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  30. ^ For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.