Charlie Trafford

Charlie Trafford (born 24 May 1992) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Scottish club Hamilton Academical as a midfielder.

Charlie Trafford

Personal information
Date of birth	24 May 1992
Place of birth	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hamilton Academical
Number	14
Youth career
	Calgary Foothills FC
	Whitecaps Residency
	De Graafschap
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	York Lions	15	(2)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	SC Toronto
2013–2014	IFK Mariehamn	7	(2)
2014	TPS	5	(0)
2014–2015	KuPS	49	(8)
2015–2017	Korona Kielce	3	(0)
2017	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	8	(0)
2017	RoPS	6	(1)
2017–2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	70	(1)
2020–	Hamilton Academical	11	(0)
National team^‡
2015–	Canada	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2017

Club career

Youth and College

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]

Finland

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]

Poland

Trafford signed with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on 24 November 2015.[5][6] He made his debut against Pogoń Szczecin on 15 February 2016. Trafford would struggle to receive playing time with Korona Kielce, and in March 2017 would transfer to Polish First League side Sandecja Nowy Sącz.[7]

Return to Finland

Trafford returned to Finland and signed with RoPS on 14 July 2017.[8] He made his debut for them against FC Lahti on 16 July.

Scotland

After only a month with RoPS, Trafford transferred to Scottish side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 18 August 2017.[9] He made his debut the next day against Greenock Morton. Trafford would start regularly for the club during his first two months, but would lose his starting spot after injuring his thumb.[10] Trafford would be in and out of the starting lineup during his first 2.5 years at Inverness, showing good form when getting a regular run of games.[11][12] He left the club at the end of the 2019–20 season.[13] He then signed for Hamilton Academical.[14]

International career

Trafford received his first call up to the Canadian national team on 6 October 2015 as a replacement for Kyle Bekker, who withdrew from the squad due to injury.[15] He would earn his first cap seven days later on 13 October, starting in central midfield against Ghana.[16]

Personal life

His cousin Mason Trafford is also a professional soccer player with Cavalry FC in Canada. Both have played for IFK Mariehamn and Mason arranged for Charlie to sign for the club.[2]

Career statistics

As of 9 January 2021[1]

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
Mariehamn	2013	Veikkausliiga	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
TPS	2014	Veikkausliiga	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9	0
KuPS	2014	Veikkausliiga	21	3	—		—		0	0	21	3
	2015		28	5	3	0	4	1	0	0	35	6
	Total		49	8	3	0	4	1	0	0	56	9
Korona Kielce	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
	2016–17		0	0	1	0	—		0	0	1	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
RoPS	2017	Veikkausliiga	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2017–18	Scottish Championship	26	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	0
	2018–19	24	1	6	0	3	0	5	1	38	2
	2019–20	20	0	3	1	3	0	4	1	30	2
	Total		70	1	10	1	6	0	10	2	96	4
Hamilton Academical	2020–21	Scottish Premiership	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	12	1
Career total			159	12	15	1	14	2	10	2	198	17

1. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. Charlie Trafford at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
2. Steve Bottjer (24 November 2013). "Red Nation Interview Series: Charlie Trafford". Red Nation Online. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
3. "Canadian Soccer League". 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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!". 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
6. Molinaro, John (24 November 2015). "Canadian midfielder Trafford joins Polish club".
7. "Charlie Trafford piłkarzem Sandecji". MKS Sanecja Nowy Sacz. 1 March 2017.
8. "Kanadalainen Charlie Trafford vahvistaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraa". 14 July 2017.
9. Skinner, Andy (18 August 2017). "Done deal: Caley Jags get Charlie Trafford".
10. "Charlie Trafford determined to win back Caley Thistle spot after "stupid" thumb injury". Highland News. 30 November 2017.
11. Andy Skinner (13 November 2019). "Trafford challenged to consolidate Caley Jags midfield place". The Press and Journal.
12. Andy Skinner (9 November 2019). "Caley Thistle's Gayfield trip nothing compared to Trafford's experiences playing in freezing Finland". The Press and Journal.
13. "End of Season 2019/20 Squad Update". 2 June 2020.
14. "Trafford agrees deal with Premiership side Accies after leaving Inverness".
15. "Canada loses 2 to injury ahead of Ghana friendly". 6 October 2015.
16. "Canada MNT deliver impressive performance in Ghana draw". 13 October 2015.

External links

• Charlie Trafford at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Canada Soccer profile