Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liam Wakefield[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Doncaster, England | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Boston United | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | (1) |
2012 | → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Morecambe | 25 | (0) |
2017– | Boston United | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:20, 20 November 2017 (UTC) |
Liam Wakefield (born 9 April 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for Boston United.
Born in Doncaster, England, Wakefield was part of the Youth Alliance Cup winning Rovers team in 2012 who won 4–0 over Exeter City at Exeter[2] and signed his first professional contract prior to the tournament.[3]
Wakefield made his first appearance coming on as a sub in extra time in a first round League Cup game against York City on 11 August 2012 at the Keepmoat Stadium.[4] A week later, he went on loan to Bradford Park Avenue.[5] After making four league appearances, and one in the FA Cup qualifier against Curzon Ashton,[6] he returned to his parent club in October.[7] Whilst he only made 2 cup appearances for Doncaster in 2012–13, Wakefield was seen as a good prospect and given another years contract till the end of the 2013–14 season.[8] Wakefiled also reflect his first season at the club as a professional footballer.[9]
In the 2013–14 season, Wakefield made his first League appearance coming on as sub for Paul Quinn in the 67th minute at Pride Park in a 3–1 defeat to Derby County.[10][11] With Bongani Khumalo being injured and Paul Quinn moving to central defence, Wakefield had his first start, as right-back, in a 0–3 home defeat to Ipswich Town.[10][12] In an FA Cup game against Stevenage on 5 January 2014, he scored his first goal, chipping the keeper in the last minute of extra time as Rovers were defeated 2–3.[13] Although the club were relegated back to League One, Wakefield was offered a new contract with the club.[14]
In the 2014–15 season, Wakefield signed a contract extension for another year, with an option for another year.[15] Weeks later on 26 August 2015, Wakefield scored his first goal of the season, in a 2-1 shock win over Watford in the second round of the League Cup.[16] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Wakefield went on to make ten appearances and scoring once in all competitions and was offered a new contract.[17] However, Wakefield left the club after rejecting a six-month contract offered by the club, as well as, regaining his fitness after he suffered ruptured ankle ligaments which ended his season early.[18]
Despite being rumoured of going on trial at Walsall,[19] Wakefield signed for Accrington Stanley on a six-month contract until January on 7 August 2015.[20]
Wakefield made his Accrington Stanley on 15 August 2015, where he made his first start as a right-back position, in a 1–0 loss against Morecambe in the opening game of the season.[21] Having made seven appearances, he signed a contract with the club in January, which lasted until the end of the season.[22] However, Wakefield suffered injuries[23] and spent most of the season on the substitute bench, restricting his appearances to fourteen this season.
At the end of the 2015–16 season, Wakefield was released by the club.[24]
After spending a year with Accringston Stanley, Wakefield signed for Morecambe on a one-year contract on 28 June 2016.[25] Upon joining the club, Wakefield was given number two shirt ahead of the new season.[26]
Wakefield made his Morecambe debut, where he made his first start and played the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Grimsby Town in the opening game of the season.[27] Since making his debut, Wakefield since to established himself in the back four in the first team under the management of Jim Bentley.[28] Wakefield was released by Morecambe on 18 May having not been in Jim Bentley's plans for much of the season.
In September 2017 he joined Boston United.[29]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Doncaster Rovers | 2012–13[30] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2013–14[31] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | ||
2014–15[32] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) | 2012–13[33] | Conference North | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Accrington Stanley | 2015–16[34] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Morecambe | 2016–17[35] | League Two | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Boston United | 2017–18[33] | National League North | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Career total | 55 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 2 |