Charlie Trafford
Personal information | |||
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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 | Korona Kielce | ||
Number | 4 | ||
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– | Korona Kielce | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Canada | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:37, 22 May 2016 (UTC). |
Charlie Trafford (born 24 May 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Polish club Korona Kielce.
Career
Club
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]
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]
Trafford signed with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on November 24, 2015.[5][6] He made his debut against Pogoń Szczecin on February 15, 2016.
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.[7] He would earn his first cap seven days later on October 13, starting in central midfield against Ghana.[8]
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]
References
- 1 2 Charlie Trafford profile 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".
- ↑ "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 profile at 90minut
- Canada Soccer profile