Charlie Trafford

Charlie Trafford
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-24) 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).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016

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. 1 2 Charlie Trafford profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Steve Bottjer (24 November 2013). "Red Nation Interview Series: Charlie Trafford". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League". 2012-06-06. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. ↑ Steve Bottjer (1 December 2014). "Trafford aiming to build on breakthrough year". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reprezentant Kanady w Koronie!". November 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ Molinaro, John (November 24, 2015). "Canadian midfielder Trafford joins Polish club".
  7. ↑ "Canada loses 2 to injury ahead of Ghana friendly". October 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". October 13, 2015.
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