Elliott Charles

Elliott Grant Charles (born 1 April 1990) is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for the Grenada national football team.

Elliott Charles
Charles celebrating a goal against Arsenal in a pre-season friendly in 2009
Personal information
Full name Elliott Grant Charles[1]
Date of birth (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990[2]
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Welwyn Garden City
Barnet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Barnet 8 (0)
2008 → Farnborough (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → Lewes (loan) 5 (0)
2009 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 6 (0)
2009 → Ebbsfleet United (loan) 2 (0)
2009–2010 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 1 (0)
2010 Kettering Town 7 (0)
2010–2011 Dover Athletic 26 (4)
2011 Concord Rangers 2 (1)
2011–2012 Hendon 24 (11)
2012–2013 Eastbourne Borough 24 (11)
2013–2014 Dover Athletic 25 (1)
2014 Eastbourne Borough 11 (1)
2014–2015 Staines Town 8 (2)
2016–2017 Metropolitan Police 7 (1)
2017 Hendon 10 (1)
2017 Ware 5 (2)
2017–2018 Hampton & Richmond Borough 10 (4)
2018 Braintree Town 2 (0)
2018 Wealdstone 5 (3)
2019 Hendon 2 (1)
Total 193 (43)
International career
2011 Grenada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:03, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Early life

As a youngster Elliot attended St. Gildas Junior School. Aged 10 while playing an inter-borough tournament against St.Mary's he attracted the attention of a scout for Arsenal. He was later scrapped from their youth system. He later attended Bishop Douglass, Finchley.

Career

Charles signed a three-year professional contract with Barnet in May 2008 after scoring 20 goals for the Protec U18 side.[3] He made his debut against Brentford on 23 August 2008. In October 2008 he joined Farnborough on an initial one-month loan period. He then joined Lewes on loan in January 2009 along with Kieron St Aimie,[4] scoring on his debut in the FA Trophy against Havant & Waterlooville. He went out on loan for the third time that season in March, joining Hemel Hempstead Town. A fourth loan spell followed in October 2009 when he joined Ebbsfleet United, before another loan spell at Havant & Waterlooville in December.[5] On 21 January 2010, he was released by Barnet and signed for Kettering, who also released him at the end of the season.[6]

In August 2010, Charles signed for Conference South club Dover Athletic alongside Harry Baker, Luke I'Anson and Jackson Ohakam.[7] He was released at the end of the 2010–11 season. In September 2011, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon after a spell with Concord Rangers.

In November 2012, Charles joined Conference South club Eastbourne Borough.[8] He ended the season as the club's top scorer scoring 14 goals in all competitions (11 league) in 26 appearances (24 league).[9]

Before the start of the 2013/14 season, Elliott moved along the south coast to join Eastbourne's league rivals Dover Athletic. After a season at Dover, Elliott re-signed for Eastbourne on 21 August 2014.[10]

Charles had stints at Staines Town and Metropolitan Police, before rejoining Hendon in January 2017.[11] After leaving at the end of the season, he joined Hampton & Richmond Borough in December 2017.[12] Although he signed in early December, Charles had to be patient for his first action for The Beavers. He finally made his debut away to Wealdstone on New Year's Day 2018. His first start for Hampton could not have gone any better for Charles with a Hat-Trick in the first 30 minutes.[13]

On 7 September 2018, Charles joined National League side, Braintree Town.[14] After two appearances, he joined Wealdstone the following month.[15] Charles joined Hendon for a third time in January 2019.[16]

International

Charles was called to play for Grenada the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round. He made two appearances, the first on 2 September 2011 against Belize in the 3–0 home defeat and in the 2–1 away defeat to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 18 September.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 January 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barnet 2008–09[18] League Two 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
2009–10[19] 3000102[lower-alpha 1]060
Barnet total 80001030120
Farnborough (loan) 2008–09[20] Southern League Premier Division 3000—0030
Lewes (loan) 2008–09[18] Conference Premier 5000—0050
Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 2008–09 Southern League Premier Division 6000—0060
Ebbsfleet United (loan) 2009–10[19] Conference Premier 2000—0020
Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 2009–10[20] Conference South 1000—1[lower-alpha 2]020
Kettering Town 2009–10[19] Conference Premier 7000—0070
Dover Athletic 2010–11[20] Conference South 26453—00317
Concord Rangers 2011–12 Isthmian Premier Division 2100—0021
Hendon 2011–12[20] Isthmian Premier Division 2111—512612
2012–13[20] 30—5282
Hendon total 2411001033414
Eastbourne Borough 2012–13[20] Conference South 241100—2[lower-alpha 3]32614
Dover Athletic 2013–14[20] Conference South 25130—7[lower-alpha 4]3354
Eastbourne Borough 2014–15[21] Conference South 11130—1[lower-alpha 3]0151
Staines Town 2014–15[21] Conference South 82——0082
Metropolitan Police 2016–17 Isthmian Premier Division 71??—??71
Hendon 2016–17[20] Isthmian Premier Division 101—20121
Ware 2017–18[22] Isthmian Division One North 5211—2[lower-alpha 5]184
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2017–18[21] National League South 10400—6[lower-alpha 6]3167
Braintree Town 2018–19[21] National League 2000—0020
Wealdstone 2018–19[21] National League South 5310—0063
Wealdstone 2018–19[21] Southern Premier Division South 1100—0011
Career total 1924313410341324060
  1. Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  4. Five appearances and three goals in the Kent Senior Cup; two appearances in the FA Trophy
  5. One appearance and one goal in the Herts Senior Cup; one appearance in the FA Trophy
  6. One appearance in the Middlesex Senior Cup; two appearances and three goals in the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup; three appearances in National League South play-offs

International
As of match played 18 September 2011[23]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Grenada 201120
Total20

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/10/2009 and 31/10/2009" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. "Profiles". Barnet F.C. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  3. "Bees Sign Two Youngsters". Barnet F.C. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  4. "Rooks borrow two Bees". Non-League Daily. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  5. "Hawks borrow Charles". Non-League Daily. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  6. "Elliott Charles leaves the Bees". Barnet F.C. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  7. "Four for Dover". Non-League Daily. 7 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  8. "Grenada international striker joins Boro". Pitchero. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  9. "Keeping Elliott is top priority". Eastbourne Herald. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  10. "Striker Charles signs for Borough". Eastbourne Herald. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  11. "McCann adds two more new Greens". Hendon FC. Pitchero. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  12. Dowse signs Granadan international
  13. "Wealdstone v Hampton & Richmond Borough". Football Web Pages.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. "Braintree Town FC on Twitter". Twitter. Braintree Town F.C. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  15. Stones sign striker Elliott Charles
  16. Charles re-signs for Hendon
  17. "Elliott Charles – Grenada". Caribbean Football. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  18. "Games played by Elliott Charles in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  19. "Games played by Elliott Charles in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  20. "Jamie Charles". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  21. Elliott Charles at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  22. "Elliott Charles – Ware FC 1st Team".
  23. "Charles, Elliott". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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