Louie Annesley

Louie John Annesley (born 3 May 2000) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Blackburn Rovers and the Gibraltar national team. For the national team, he has also been utilised as a holding midfielder.

Louie Annesley
Personal information
Full name Louie John Annesley
Date of birth (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000
Place of birth St Helier, London, England
Position(s) Centre-back, Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Youth career
0000–2014 Chelsea
2015–2016 AFC Wimbledon
2016–2017 Cobham
2017–2018 Barnet
2019– Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Cobham 10 (0)
2018–2019 Lincoln Red Imps 3 (0)
National team‡
2015 Gibraltar U16 3 (1)
2015–2016 Gibraltar U17 5 (0)
2016 Gibraltar U19 3 (0)
2017–2018 Gibraltar U21 8 (0)
2018– Gibraltar 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC+1)

Career

As a youth Annesley spent time with both AFC Wimbledon[1] and Chelsea.[2] Annesley started his senior career at non-league side Cobham, breaking into the senior side and making 10 appearances in his only season at the club in the Combined Counties Football League.[3] This attracted the attention of Barnet, who signed him to their academy in 2017. He left in early 2018, signing for Gibraltar Premier Division champions Lincoln Red Imps in July 2018. He made his debut on 26 July 2018 in the UEFA Europa League first leg against The New Saints.

In January 2019, despite only playing 3 league games for the Red Imps and primarily featuring in their Intermediate League squad, he signed for EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers on a deal until June 2021, initially to play in their development side.[4] Annesley made his Rovers under-23 debut on 4 February, coming off the bench for the final 18 minutes of his side's 7–1 victory over Leicester City in the Premier League 2.[5] He picked up his first piece of silverware at Rovers on 7 May 2019, when he started in the 2–0 Lancashire Senior Cup final victory over local rivals Burnley.[6]

International career

Annesley is the first player to have represented Gibraltar at every level from U16 to senior level, first appearing for the under-16 side in March 2015 while on the books at Chelsea . Later that year, he made his debut for the under-17 side, with whom he earned 5 caps. In 2016, he played 3 games for the Gibraltar national under-19 football team[7] before earning a callup for the first Gibraltar national under-21 football team in 2017, with whom he has 8 caps to date. Annesley notably made a late goal-line clearance in Gibraltar U21s' 1–0 victory over Macedonia.

In March 2018, he made his debut for the Gibraltar national football team,[8] starting at the last minute after an injury to Joseph Chipolina in the warm-up. He was substituted in the second half as they held on for a 1–0 win over Latvia. He earned his second senior cap on 13 October, coming off the bench in another 1–0 victory, this time away at Armenia to win Gibraltar's first competitive points at senior level.[9]

Career statistics
As of 17 November 2020

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Gibraltar U-17
201530
201620
Total50
Gibraltar U-19
201630
Total30
Gibraltar U-21
201760
201820
Total80
Gibraltar
201830
201960
202060
Total150

Personal life

Annesley was born in St. Helier, London, and was educated at Wimbledon College.[10]

References
  1. "Dare to Dream" (PDF). Cobham F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Chelsea Foundation Plays Part in Children Forum". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Cobham FC Newsletter - Issue 7 2016/17
  4. Rovers land highly-rated Louie Blackburn Rovers Official Website. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. Report: Rovers U23s 7 Leicester City U23s 1 Blackburn Rovers Official Website. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. LSCF Report: Rovers 2 Burnley 0 Blackburn Rovers official website. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. GIBRALTAR UNDER-19S SQUAD NAMED FOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Football Gibraltar. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  8. GIBRALTAR VS SERBIA: LOUIE ANNESLEY Football Gibraltar. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  9. Wrong anthem, right result for Gibraltar in 1st win The Washington Post. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. "WC Sports Department on Twitter". Twitter. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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