Alex Finney (footballer, born 1996)

Alex Finney
Personal information
Full name Alex Connor Finney[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-08) June 8, 1996
Place of birth Huddersfield, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Maidstone United
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2014 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Bolton Wanderers 2 (0)
2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
2017–2018Maidstone United (loan) 13 (1)
2018Maidstone United (loan) 15 (0)
2018– Maidstone United 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 june 2018

Alex Connor Finney (born 8 June 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a centre-back for Maidstone United. He most recently played for Queens Park Rangers.

Career

Bolton Wanderers

Finney began his career with Bolton Wanderers. He started in the youth ranks at Leyton Orient before joining Bolton in 2014. He made his debut for the club on 19 September 2015 when he came on as a late substitute for Stephen Dobbie in Bolton's 4–1 defeat to Huddersfield Town.[2] He left the club by mutual consent on 12 August 2016, three days after appearing in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool.[3]

Queens Park Rangers

After being without a club for 3 months Finney signed for Queens Park Rangers on 18 November 2016.[4]

He left the club at the end of the 2017/18 season, failing to make a senior appearance. [5]

Maidstone United

On 3 August 2017 it was announced that Finney would play for Maidstone United on loan until 6 January 2018,[6] he was ruled out of the final few weeks of his loan after breaking his jaw in two places on Boxing Day 2017.[7] On 22 January it was announced that Maidstone United would be extending Finney's loan until the end of the 2017/18 season. Finney was named Maidstone United's Player of the Season. [8]. On 18 June 2018 it was announced that Finney had signed a two-year deal to stay at Maidstone [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 January 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 2015–16[10] Championship 20000020
2016–17[11] League One 0000100010
Bolton total 2000100030
Queens Park Rangers 2017–18[12] Championship 0000000000
Maidstone United (loan) 2017–18[13] National League 131001[lower-alpha 1]0141
Career total 151001010171
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy

References

  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. "Huddersfield 4-1 Bolton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "Alex Finney leaves Bolton Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers Official Website. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. "QPR confirm signing of defender Finney". West London Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/under-23s-news/seven-u23s-players-released/
  6. "Alex Finney: Maidstone United sign QPR centre-half on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. "Loan Rangers: Ingram suffers Wigan loss". QPR FC. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. "Loan Rangers: Alex Finney wins Maidstone POTY". QPR FC. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. "Alex Finney: Finney Finalises Stones Deal". Maidstone United. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  10. "Games played by Alex Finney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. "Games played by Alex Finney in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  12. "Games played by Alex Finney in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  13. "A Finney". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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