Charlie O'Loughlin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charlie O'Loughlin | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Port Vale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2008 | Port Vale | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Nantwich Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Hinckley United (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Nantwich Town | ||
| 2009–2010 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 2010–2011 | Solihull Moors | 30 | (4) |
| 2011–2014 | Boreham Wood | 100 | (5) |
| Total | 145+ | (9+) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Charlie O'Loughlin (born 17 March 1989), is an English former football defender.
He played Football League games for Port Vale in the 2007–08 season. Following a loan spell with Hinckley United, he joined non-league Nantwich Town. In 2009 he signed with Ilkeston Town, before joining Solihull Moors the following year. He joined Boreham Wood in May 2011.
Playing career
O'Loughlin, a tall centre half, started his career with Port Vale, signing professional forms in May 2007.[1] He joined Nantwich Town on a month-long loan in November 2007, scoring twice on his debut for the club at Spalding United on the 24th of that month. After returning to Vale he made just three substitute appearances for the club, the first being in a 1–0 defeat at Cheltenham Town on 2 January 2008. He enjoyed a second non-league loan spell in February 2008, this time with Hinckley United, where he made seven league appearances in the Conference North.[2] He was released by Vale at the end of the season after manager Lee Sinnott was pressured by low funds,[3][4] and saw the players wage bill as the place to save money.[5] He signed for Nantwich on a permanent basis in June 2008.
Not long into his Nantwich career he was sidelined with a cartilage injury.[6] Around this time he enrolled at Nottingham Trent University to attempt to become a qualified quantity surveyor.[7] At the end of the season he moved on to Ilkeston Town.[8] After a season with his new club he was forced to move on once again, as Ilkeston were hit with a transfer embargo.[9] Faced with a number of offers he decided to sign with Solihull Moors.[10] Solihull finished seventh in 2010–11. He signed for league rivals Boreham Wood in May 2011.[11] The "Wood" finished eighth in 2011–12, ninth in 2012–13, and 13th in 2013–14.
Personal life
O'Loughlin attended Nottingham Trent University and graduated with a degree in Quantity Surveying, going on to become a Private Quantity Surveyor in London.[12]
References
- ↑ "Vale boss Foyle clears the decks". BBC Sport. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Charlie O'Loughlin Profile". nantwichtownfc.com. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "More defenders to leave Vale Park". BBC Sport. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Port Vale players to learn future". BBC Sport. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Birmingham youngster joins Vale". BBC Sport. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ charper (14 November 2008). "Non-league football: Nantwich suffer O'Loughlin blow". The Sentinel. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Non-league football: Nantwich defender O'Loughlin ready to return". The Sentinel. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Football: Nantwich No 2 wants to be top man". The Sentinel. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ "Robins lose a couple of players as embargo bites into squad". Nottingham Post. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Stoner, Colin (4 August 2010). "Solihull Moors newcomer Charlie O'Loughlin set for debut against Birmingham City". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ↑ Smith, Frank (17 May 2011). "Boreham Wood make former Port Vale defender Charlie O’Loughlin first summer signing". Borehamwood Times. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Charlie O’Loughlin". ntu.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2014.