Charlie Wakefield (footballer, born 1998)

Charlie Mark Wakefield (born 10 April 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Woking.

Charlie Wakefield
Personal information
Full name Charlie Mark Wakefield[1]
Date of birth (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998
Place of birth Worthing, England
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Woking
Number 19
Youth career
Brighton & Hove Albion
2009–2017 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Chelsea 0 (0)
2017 → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 Coventry City 9 (0)
2020–2021 Wealdstone 11 (1)
2021 Bromley 12 (1)
2021–2023 Yeovil Town 57 (5)
2023 → Woking (loan) 3 (0)
2023– Woking 3 (0)
International career‡
England U16
2014 England U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:46, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Worthing, Wakefield began his career with Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea.[2] He signed a loan deal with Stevenage in August 2017,[3] but never played for the club due to injury.[2]

He moved to Coventry City in January 2019.[4][5] He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2019–20 season.[6]

Wakefield signed for Wealdstone on a short-term deal on 2 October 2020.[7]

On 7 January 2021, Wakefield signed for National League side Bromley following his departure from Wealdstone.[8]

At the end of the 2020–21 season, Wakefield signed for fellow National League side Yeovil Town on a one-year deal following his departure from Bromley.[9] He extended his contract for another season in June 2022.[10] On 23 March 2023, Wakefield joined National League side Woking on loan until the end of the season.[11] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Wakefield was released by Yeovil following the club's relegation from the National League.[12]

On 14 June 2023, it was announced that Wakefield would return to Woking on a permanent basis, signing a one-year deal.[13]

International career

He has represented England at under-16 and under-17 youth international levels.[2][14]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U23 2016–17[15] ———2[lower-alpha 1]020
Chelsea 2017–18[16] Premier League 0000000000
2018–19[17] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Stevenage (loan) 2017–18[16] League Two 0000000000
Coventry City 2018–19[17] League One 8000000080
2019–20[18] League One 1000002[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 90000020110
Wealdstone 2020–21[14] National League 11110—1[lower-alpha 2]1132
Bromley 2020–21[14] National League 121——00121
Yeovil Town 2021–22[14] National League 40553—1[lower-alpha 3]0468
2022–23[14] National League 17010—3[lower-alpha 4]0210
Total 57563—40678
Woking (loan) 2022–23[14] National League 30——1[lower-alpha 5]040
Woking 2023–24[14] National League 3010—0040
Career total 957830010111311
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance in FA Trophy
  3. Appearance in Somerset Premier Cup
  4. One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances in Somerset Premier Cup
  5. One appearance in National League play-offs

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. "Stevenage: Chelsea's Charlie Wakefield & Scunthorpe's Kyle Wootton join". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. "Charlie Wakefield: Coventry City sign winger, plus Reading's David Meyler on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. "TRANSFER: Charlie Wakefield signs for Coventry City!". Coventry City F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. Turner, Andy (12 June 2020). "Eight released as Coventry City reveal retained list". coventrytelegraph.
  7. Kundai Benyu: "The whole squad are a good bunch of lads"
  8. "Smith moves quickly to add Wakefield to squad". Bromley FC. 7 January 2021.
  9. "Signing | Charlie Wakefield signs for the season". Yeovil Town F.C. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. "CLUB NEWS : Charlie Wakefield signs for 22/23". www.ytfc.net. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  11. "Club News | Charlie Wakefield departs". www.ytfc.net. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. "Club News | Retained list". Yeovil Town F.C. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  13. O'Sullivan, Daniel (14 June 2023). "Charlie Wakefield Signs". Woking F.C. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  14. Charlie Wakefield at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  15. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  16. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  17. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  18. "Games played by Charlie Wakefield in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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