| Intro | English association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 3 May 2001, Coventry, United Kingdom |
| Age: | 19 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Walsall.
Career
Bates was born in Coventry and joined the Academy at Coventry City at the age of seven after leaving Coundon Court Juniors. He went on to endure a difficult start to his career, losing his mother to cancer in 2013 and then being released by Birmingham City at the age of 15. He signed for Walsall in March 2017 and scored on his youth-team debut against Morecambe, before featuring in 28 under-18 and six Development Squad matches during the 2017–18 season. He made his first-team debut for the “Saddlers” on 9 October 2018, in a 3–1 victory over Middlesbrough U21 in an EFL Trophy group stage match at the Bescot Stadium.
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 October 2019
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Walsall | 2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | League Two | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| Career total | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||