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Alfie Bates

Bates in July 2025
Personal information
Full name Alfie Bates[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team Tamworth
Number 6
Youth career
Coundon Court Juniors
2008 Coventry City
2008–2016 Birmingham City
2017–2018 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Walsall 49 (1)
2022 SJK 13 (0)
2022 SJK Akatemia 1 (0)
2023–2025 Brackley Town 89 (5)
2025– Tamworth 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:51, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Alfie Bates (born 3 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Tamworth.

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

On 23 February 2022, Bates joined Veikkausliiga club SJK on a long-term deal.[5] In December 2022, he terminated his contract in order to return to England.[6] On 12 January 2023, Bates joined National League North side Brackley Town.[7]

In June 2025, Bates joined National League side Tamworth.[8]

As of end of 2024–25 season

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Walsall 2018–19[9] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2019–20[10] League Two 13 1 3 1 1 0 4[a] 0 21 2
2020–21[11] 36 0 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 41 0
2021–22[12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 4 0
Total 49 1 4 1 2 0 13 0 68 2
SJK 2022[13] Veikkausliiga 13 0 0 0 2 0 2[b] 0 17 0
SJK Akatemia 2022[13] Ykkönen 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Brackley Town 2022–23[13] National League North 16 2 0 0 — 3[c] 0 19 2
2023–24[13] 31 2 3 0 — 1[c] 0 35 2
2024–25[13] 42 1 6 0 — 1[d] 0 49 1
Total 89 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 103 5
Tamworth 2025–26[13] National League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 152 6 13 1 4 0 20 0 189 7
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in National League North play-offs
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Brackley Town:

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Walsall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 74. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ Turner, Andy (10 November 2018). "The Sky Blues fan striving for a career with Walsall". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Alfie Bates - Midfielder - Youth Team - Walsall FC". www.saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Checkatrade Trophy (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Alfie Bates Walsall FC:sta SJK-paitaan" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Alfie Bates palaa takaisin Englantiin" (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ "NEW SIGNING: BRACKLEY TOWN SWOOP FOR ALFIE BATES". Brackley Town F.C. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ @tamworthfc (27 June 2025). "Tamworth Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Alfie Bates on a permanent basis after leaving Brackley Town FC earlier this month. 🖊️" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 June 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  9. ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Games played by Alfie Bates in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Alfie Bates | Football Stats | Walsall | Season 2021/2022 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Alfie Bates at Soccerway
  14. ^ "Brackley delighted by 'extraordinary' promotion". BBC Sport. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

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