Charlie O'Loughlin

Charlie Michael Patrick O'Loughlin (born 17 March 1989), is an English former footballer who played as a defender.

Charlie O'Loughlin
Personal information
Full name Charlie Michael Patrick O'Loughlin[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2005–2007 Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Port Vale 3 (0)
2007 → Nantwich Town (loan)
2008 → Hinckley United (loan)
2008–2009 Nantwich Town
2009–2010 Ilkeston Town
2010–2011 Solihull Moors
2011–2014 Boreham Wood
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played Football League games for Port Vale in the 2007–08 season. Following a loan spell with Hinckley United, he joined non-League Nantwich Town. In 2009, he signed with Ilkeston Town, before joining Solihull Moors the following year. He joined Boreham Wood in May 2011.

Career

O'Loughlin, a tall centre half, started his career with Port Vale, signing professional forms in May 2007.[3] He joined Nantwich Town on a month-long loan in November 2007, scoring twice on his debut for the club at Spalding United on the 24th of that month. After returning to Vale he made just three substitute appearances for the club, the first being in a 1–0 defeat at Cheltenham Town on 2 January 2008. He enjoyed a second non-League loan spell in February 2008, this time with Hinckley United, where he made seven league appearances in the Conference North.[4] He was released by Vale at the end of the season after manager Lee Sinnott was pressured by low funds,[5][6] and saw the players wage bill as the place to save money.[7] He signed for Nantwich on a permanent basis in June 2008.

Not long into his Nantwich career he was sidelined with a cartilage injury.[8] Around this time he enrolled at Nottingham Trent University to attempt to become a qualified quantity surveyor.[9] At the end of the season he moved on to Ilkeston Town.[10] After a season with his new club he was forced to move on once again, as Ilkeston were hit with a transfer embargo.[11] Faced with a number of offers he decided to sign with Solihull Moors.[12] Solihull finished seventh in 2010–11. He signed for league rivals Boreham Wood in May 2011.[13] The "Wood" finished eighth in 2011–12, ninth in 2012–13, and 13th in 2013–14.

Personal life

O'Loughlin attended Nottingham Trent University and graduated with a degree in Quantity Surveying, going on to become a Private Quantity Surveyor in London.[14]

Career statistics

Source:[15][16]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale2007–08League One30000030

References
  1. "Charlie O'Loughlin". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "Charlie O'Loughlin – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. "Vale boss Foyle clears the decks". BBC Sport. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  4. "Charlie O'Loughlin Profile". nantwichtownfc.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  5. "More defenders to leave Vale Park". BBC Sport. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  6. "Port Vale players to learn future". BBC Sport. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  7. "Birmingham youngster joins Vale". BBC Sport. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  8. charper (14 November 2008). "Non-league football: Nantwich suffer O'Loughlin blow". The Sentinel. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  9. "Non-league football: Nantwich defender O'Loughlin ready to return". The Sentinel. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  10. "Football: Nantwich No 2 wants to be top man". The Sentinel. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  11. "Robins lose a couple of players as embargo bites into squad". Nottingham Post. 2 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  12. Stoner, Colin (4 August 2010). "Solihull Moors newcomer Charlie O'Loughlin set for debut against Birmingham City". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  13. Smith, Frank (17 May 2011). "Boreham Wood make former Port Vale defender Charlie O'Loughlin first summer signing". Borehamwood Times. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  14. "Charlie O'Loughlin". ntu.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  15. Charlie O'Loughlin at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  16. Charlie O'Loughlin at Soccerbase
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