Josh Coley
English footballer (born 1998)
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Joshua Maxwell Coley (born 24 July 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for National League club Ebbsfleet United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Maxwell Coley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Stevenage, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ebbsfleet United | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| York City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Arlesey Town Reserves | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Letchworth Garden City Eagles | ||
| 2016–2018 | Hitchin Town | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Histon (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Arlesey Town (loan) | ||
| 2017 | → Langford (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Baldock Town (loan) | 35 | (17) |
| 2018–2020 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | Stotfold | 5 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Maidenhead United | 37 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | Exeter City | 27 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Harrogate Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Sutton United | 44 | (6) |
| 2025– | Ebbsfleet United | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:44, 28 August 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
Coley was born in Stevenage but grew up in York. He was in the youth team at York City before returning south.[2] Coley began his senior career in the Spartan South Midlands Football League with Arlesey Town Reserves, before moving on to Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the Herts Senior County League.[3]
In 2016 he joined Southern Football League side Hitchin Town. Coley only made a handful of appearances for the Canaries, and spent most of his time out on loan with Histon, Arlesey Town, Langford and Baldock Town,[4] where he scored 21 goals in all competitions in the 2017–18 season, combining non-league football with working as a bricklayer.[5]
After impressing in a trial, he signed a one-year deal with Norwich City in July 2018,[6] and featured regularly for their under-23 side, scoring once in twenty appearances. Coley's contract was extended for another year in February 2019.[7]
In June 2019, he joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a year-long loan deal,[8] with his first appearance coming in a Scottish League Cup match with St Mirren where he played the full 90 minutes of his side's 3–2 victory.[9] Coley briefly returned to Norwich in January 2020,[10] before having his contract cancelled by mutual consent in February.[11] Shortly after, he signed for Spartan South Midlands Football League side Stotfold.[12]
In July 2020, Coley signed for National League side Maidenhead United.[13] On 12 October 2020, he scored his first goal for the club to give his side their first win of the season against Wrexham.[14]
On 8 June 2021, it was announced that Coley had signed for Exeter City on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15]
On 1 September 2022, he joined EFL League Two's Harrogate Town on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[16] Coley was recalled in January 2023.[17]
On 30 June 2023, Coley signed for League Two club Sutton United for an undisclosed fee.[18]
Career statistics
- As of match played 8 October 2022[19]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arlesey Town Reserves | 2014–15 | SSML Division One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Letchworth Eagles | 2015–16 | HSCL Premier Division | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Hitchin Town | 2016–17 | Southern League Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Southern League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Histon (loan) | 2016–17 | Southern League Division One Central | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Arlesey Town (loan) | 2016–17 | Southern League Division One Central | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Langford (loan) | 2017–18 | SSML Division One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Baldock Town (loan) | 2017–18 | SSML Division One | 35 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[d] | 4 | 48 | 21 |
| Norwich City | 2018–19[20] | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2019–20[21] | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Stotfold | 2019–20 | SSML Division One | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[e] | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Maidenhead United | 2020–21[22] | National League | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 39 | 5 | |
| Exeter City | 2021–22[23] | EFL League Two | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[g] | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| 2022–23[24] | EFL League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[g] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Harrogate Town (loan) | 2022–23[24] | EFL League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Career Total | 139 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 175 | 35 | ||
- Two appearances and one goal in SSML Division One Cup; one appearance in SSML Challenge Trophy
- One appearance in Southern League Cup; one appearance in Herts Charity Cup
- One appearance in Cambridgeshire Invitation Cup
- One appearance and two goals in SSML Division One Cup; one appearance in Bedfordshire Senior Trophy
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Exeter City
- EFL League Two second-place promotion: 2021–22[25]