Joe Rafferty

Joe Rafferty
Personal information
Full name Joseph Gerard Rafferty[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rochdale
Number 2
Youth career
2003–2012 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Rochdale 193 (3)
National team‡
2010–2011 Republic of Ireland U18 3 (0)
2011 Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:39, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:09, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Joseph Gerard Rafferty (born 6 October 1993) is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays as a right back for English club Rochdale. Rafferty can operate as a full-back and as a midfielder.

Rafferty has played internationally for the Republic of Ireland three times at under-18 and once at under-19 level.

Club career

Liverpool

Rafferty spent his youth career with Liverpool, and in 2011 was made captain of the Under-18 side.[3] Whilst at Liverpool he was capped by the Republic of Ireland at Under 18 level making his debut in 2010 in the Jerez tournament against Czech Republic in Prague.[4] The following season Rafferty represented Republic of Ireland at Under 19 levels.[5]

Rochdale

He joined Football League Two side Rochdale on 2 July 2012.[6] On 4 September 2012 Rafferty made his first-team debut for Rochdale in the Football League Trophy against Fleetwood Town coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Brian Barry-Murphy.[7] On 16 May 2013 Rafferty signed a new 1-year contract at Rochdale. on 8 October 2013 Rafferty scored his first professional goal with a header against Port Vale in the Football League Trophy. On 26 April 2014 Rafferty was part of the Rochdale team which won promotion to League One. On 1 July 2014, Rafferty agreed a new two-year contract extending his stay at Spotland until May 2016.[8]

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Rochdale AFC confirmed Rafferty had signed a new two-year deal with the club.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rochdale 2012–13[10] League Two 21000002[lower-alpha 1]0230
2013–14[11] League Two 31010101[lower-alpha 1]1341
2014–15[12] League One 31150102[lower-alpha 1]0391
2015–16[13] League One 311002000331
2016–17[14] League One 40050203[lower-alpha 1]0500
2017–18[15] League One 5000200070
Career total 159211080811863
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Joe Rafferty". 11v11. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Pearce, James (1 September 2011). "Joe Rafferty speaks of pride at captaining Liverpool FC under-18s". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Late brace condemns U18s to defeat". Football Association of Ireland. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Under-19s lose season opener". Football Association of Ireland. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "McIntyre, Rafferty and Edwards join Rochdale". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Rochdale 2–2 Fleetwood Town". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Contracts: Bunney, Rafferty & Rose". Rochdale A.F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Joe Rafferty Commits His Future To Rochdale Football Club". Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Joe Rafferty in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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