Alex Bray
Personal information
Full name Alexander George Bray[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995[2]
Place of birth Bath, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Winger[4]
Team information
Current team
 Chippenham Town
Number 11
Youth career
Swindon Town
2010–2014 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Swansea City 0 (0)
2014 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Rotherham United (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Rotherham United 3 (0)
2018 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 11 (1)
2018–2019 → York City (loan) 8 (0)
2019 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 10 (3)
2019–2020 Hereford 14 (0)
2020– Chippenham Town 77 (7)
International career
Wales U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Alexander George Bray (born 25 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Chippenham Town.

Club career

Swansea City

Bray was born in Bath, Somerset.[5] He joined Swansea City's academy at the age of 15 following his release from Swindon Town.[6] He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013[7] and was included in Swansea City's 2014–15 pre-season squad.[8]

On 1 September 2014, Bray joined League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan until 10 January 2015.[6] He made his first-team debut on 6 September as a 58th-minute substitute for Jason Banton in a 1–0 win away against Luton Town.[9] Bray had an eventful debut, earning a yellow card and playing a part in Plymouth's goal before suffering an injury after just 11 minutes on the pitch.[10] It was later confirmed that Bray had suffered a ruptured anterior ligament which would require surgery. He returned to Swansea for treatment.[11]

After returning to training in March 2015, Bray was ruled out for a further nine months with injury.[12] Bray signed a one-year contract extension with Swansea in July 2015, keeping him at the club until June 2016.[13]

Bray returned from injury in February 2016, and in March signed a one-year contract extension until June 2017.[14]

Rotherham United

On 27 January 2017, Bray joined Championship club Rotherham United, initially on loan until 9 June 2017.[15] The loan was made permanent on 10 March 2017 for an undisclosed fee, with Bray signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[16]

Having failed to make a league appearance for Rotherham since November 2017,[17] Bray joined Forest Green Rovers on loan on 31 January 2018 for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[18]

Bray joined National League North club York City on 9 November 2018 on loan until 12 January 2019.[19] He made his debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 defeat away to Swindon Town in the FA Cup first round.[20] He returned to Rotherham on 11 January 2019 having made 11 appearances for York, scoring once.[21]

Bray joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 12 February 2019 on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[22] On return from the loan spell, he was released by Rotherham United at the end of his contract.[23]

Hereford

On 23 May 2019, Bray signed a one-year deal with Hereford.[24]

Chippenham Town

On 14 February 2020, Bray signed for Chippenham Town.[25]

International career

Bray has represented Wales at under-19 level.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swansea City 2014–15[9] Premier League000000—00
2015–16[26] Premier League000000—00
2016–17[27] Premier League000000—00
Total 000000—00
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2014–15[9] League Two10———10
Swansea City U23 2016–17[27] ———5[lower-alpha 1]050
Rotherham United 2016–17[27] Championship50———50
2017–18[17] League One0000103[lower-alpha 1]040
2018–19[28] Championship00—00—00
Total 5000103090
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2017–18[17] League Two111———111
York City (loan) 2018–19[29][30] National League North8010—2[lower-alpha 2]1111
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2018–19[29] National League South103———103
Hereford 2019–20[29] National League North 14000——140
Chippenham Town 2019–20[29] National League South 60———60
2020–21[29] National League South 11010—1[lower-alpha 2]0130
2021–22[29] National League South 27100—00271
2022–23[29] National League South 33640—2[lower-alpha 2]1397
Total 777500031858
Career total 12611601013214613
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Rotherham United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 63. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alex Bray". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alex Bray". Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Alex Bray". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Wobschall, Alex (27 January 2017). "Rotherham United land young Swansea prospect Alex Bray". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Errington, Chris (1 September 2014). "Plymouth Argyle sign 19-year-old winger Alex Bray on loan from Swansea City". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Young guns get pro contracts". Swansea City A.F.C. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Alex Bray's chance to impress at Swansea City". Swansea City A.F.C. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Games played by Alex Bray in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Luton Town 0–1 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Bray's loan cut short by injury". Swansea City A.F.C. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Swansea City starlet Alex Bray suffers huge fitness blow". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Kenji Gorre signs new Swansea City contract". Swansea City A.F.C. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Swansea City Under-21s Bray contract extension". Swansea City A.F.C. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Millers swoop for Swans winger Bray". Rotherham United F.C. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Alex Bray: Rotherham United sign Swansea City winger on a permanent deal". BBC Sport. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  17. 1 2 3 "Games played by Alex Bray in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Bray joins Forest Green". Rotherham United F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Bray joins Minstermen on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018.
  20. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (10 November 2018). "Honour in defeat as City exit Cup". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  21. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (11 January 2019). "Winger Bray returns to Rotherham". York City F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "Bray joins Weston-Super-Mare on loan". Rotherham United F.C. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "Rotherham United: Jon Taylor & Ryan Williams among five players in talks with Millers". BBC Sport. 15 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "NEWS | Bulls Bring in Bray". Hereford F.C. Official Site. 23 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "NEWS: Alex Bray signs". Chippenham Town FC. 14 February 2020.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Alex Bray in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  27. 1 2 3 "Games played by Alex Bray in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Alex Bray in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A. Bray: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  30. ↑ For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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