Barry Baggley

Barry Thomas Crowe (born 11 January 2002), known as Barry Baggley, is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland First Division side Waterford, on loan from League One club Fleetwood Town.

Barry Baggley
Personal information
Full name Barry Thomas Crowe[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002[2]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Waterford
(on loan from Fleetwood Town)
Number 8
Youth career
2017–2018 Linfield
2018 Glentoran
2018–2019 Fleetwood Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Fleetwood Town 12 (1)
2021 → Altrincham (loan) 2 (1)
2023– → Waterford (loan) 26 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Northern Ireland U17 8 (0)
2019 Northern Ireland U19 1 (0)
2021– Northern Ireland U21 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:29, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Baggley is from the Turf Lodge area of Belfast.[4] His father Barry Snr is an amateur football manager.[4]

Club career

Baggley began his career at Linfield and Glentoran,[5] moving to English club Fleetwood Town in September 2018 following two trial periods.[4] After initially playing for their youth team, he made his senior debut on 9 March 2019, appearing as a late substitute in a 2–0 league defeat away at Walsall.[6][7] In doing so he became Fleetwood's youngest ever league player, at the age of 17 years and 57 days.[8] He was later praised by manager Joey Barton.[9]

In July 2021 he signed a new three-year contract with Fleetwood.[10] On 26 October 2021, Baggley joined National League side Altrincham on loan for one month.[11] He scored on his debut for Altrincham against Solihull Moors,[12] and returned to Fleetwood in November 2021 having made a further two appearances during the loan spell.[13]

In January 2023, he was loaned out to Fleetwood's sister club Waterford for a season long loan until the end of their League of Ireland First Division campaign in November.[14][15]

International career

Baggley has represented Northern Ireland at youth level.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played on 11 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fleetwood Town 2018–19[6] League One 3000000030
2019–20[16] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2020–21[17] League One 2000001[lower-alpha 1]030
2021–22[18] League One 71—001[lower-alpha 1]081
2022–23[19] League One 0000000000
Total 121000030151
Altrincham (loan) 2021–22[18] National League 2110——31
Waterford (loan) 2023[20] LOI First Division 26210—1[lower-alpha 2]0282
Career total 404200040464
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in Munster Senior Cup

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Fleetwood Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 27. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. "Barry Crowe - - U17 EURO". UEFA.com.
  3. "Barry Baggley". Fleetwood Town F.C. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. "Northern Ireland U17 star completes Fleetwood Town move". Belfast Telegraph. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. Barry Baggley at WorldFootball.net
  6. "Games played by Barry Baggley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  7. Gareth Fullerton (9 April 2019). "Barry Baggley Fleetwood Town debut captured on camera by proud teenager's father". Belfast Live. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  8. "NI Under-17 midfielder Barry Baggley handed debut for Fleetwood". Irish FA. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  9. Fullerton, Gareth (10 March 2019). "Joey Barton predicts big things for young Barry Baggley". BelfastLive.
  10. Gould, James (1 July 2021). "NI Under-21s star Barry Baggley signs new three year deal with Fleetwood Town". BelfastLive.
  11. "Baggley joins Altrincham on initial month-long loan deal". Fleetwood Town FC. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  12. "Watch: Barry Baggley scores on full league debut just an hour after Belfast teenager's loan move to Altrincham confirmed" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  13. "Baggley heads back to Highbury after completing Alty loan | Altrincham Football Club". www.altrinchamfc.com.
  14. Team, The42 (18 January 2023). "Ex-Ireland U21 international returns home after 3-year America stint". The42.
  15. "Waterford FC". Waterford FC. 18 January 2023.
  16. "Games played by Barry Baggley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. "Games played by Barry Baggley in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  18. "Games played by Barry Baggley in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  19. "Games played by Barry Baggley in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  20. Barry Baggley at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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