Charlie Trafford
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Calgary Foothills FC | |||
| Whitecaps Residency | |||
| York Lions | |||
| De Graafschap | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | SC Toronto | ||
| 2013–2014 | IFK Mariehamn | 7 | (2) |
| 2014 | TPS | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | KuPS | 49 | (8) |
| 2015–2017 | Korona Kielce | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | RoPS | 6 | (1) |
| 2017– | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 29 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Canada | 3 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2017 | |||
Charlie Trafford (born 24 May 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship.
Career
Club
Youth and College
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Trafford spent time playing local youth soccer before joining the Whitecaps Residency.[2] He later played college soccer with York University, and also spent time with Dutch club De Graafschap.[2] In 2012, he played with SC Toronto of the Canadian Soccer League.[3]
Finland
Trafford began his senior professional career in Finland, playing with IFK Mariehamn, TPS and KuPS.[1] While with KuPS, Trafford won their 2014 Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards.[4]
Poland
Trafford signed with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on November 24, 2015.[5][6] He made his debut against Pogoń Szczecin on February 15, 2016. Trafford would struggle to receive playing time with Korona Kielce, and in March 2017 would transfer to Polish First League side Sandecja Nowy Sącz.[7]
Return to Finland
Trafford returned to Finland and signed with RoPS on July 14, 2017.[8] He made his debut for them against FC Lahti on July 16.
Scotland
After only a month with RoPS, Trafford transferred to Scottish side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on August 18, 2017.[9] He made his debut the next day against Greenock Morton. Trafford would start regularly for the club during his first two months, but would lose his starting spot after injuring his thumb.[10]
International
Trafford received his first call up to the Canadian national team on October 6, 2015 as a replacement for Kyle Bekker, who withdrew from the squad due to injury.[11] He would earn his first cap seven days later on October 13, starting in central midfield against Ghana.[12]
Personal life
His cousin Mason Trafford is also a professional soccer player, currently with Miami FC. Both have played for IFK Mariehamn and Mason arranged for Charlie to sign for the club.[2]
Career statistics
- As of match played 1 September 2018[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mariehamn | 2013 | Veikkausliiga | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| TPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| KuPS | 2014 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2015 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Total | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 9 | ||
| Korona Kielce | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| RoPS | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 107 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 12 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
References
- 1 2 3 Charlie Trafford at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 Steve Bottjer (24 November 2013). "Red Nation Interview Series: Charlie Trafford". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian Soccer League". 2012-06-06. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ Steve Bottjer (1 December 2014). "Trafford aiming to build on breakthrough year". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Reprezentant Kanady w Koronie!". November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Molinaro, John (November 24, 2015). "Canadian midfielder Trafford joins Polish club".
- ↑ "Charlie Trafford piłkarzem Sandecji". MKS Sanecja Nowy Sacz. March 1, 2017.
- ↑ "Kanadalainen Charlie Trafford vahvistaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraa". July 14, 2017.
- ↑ Skinner, Andy (August 18, 2017). "Done deal: Caley Jags get Charlie Trafford".
- ↑ "Charlie Trafford determined to win back Caley Thistle spot after "stupid" thumb injury". Highland News. November 30, 2017.
- ↑ "Canada loses 2 to injury ahead of Ghana friendly". October 6, 2015.
- ↑ "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". October 13, 2015.
External links
- Charlie Trafford at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Canada Soccer profile