Alex Varney

Alex Varney
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-12-27) 27 December 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Farnborough, London, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2001–2003 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2006 → Barnet (loan) 1 (0)
2007 Gravesend & Northfleet 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Varney (born 27 December 1984) is an English footballer who came through Charlton Athletic's academy and played in the Football League for Barnet.[2]

Varney was born in Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. He began his football career as a scholar with Charlton, and earned a professional contract in 2003, which was extended in 2004.[3] A forward, he was called up for Germany at youth level and spent time on loan at Barnet, for whom he made his Football League debut on 21 January 2006 as an 88th-minute substitute in the League Two goalless draw against Wycombe Wanderers.[4] He was released at the end of the 2005–06 season,[5] and spent the second half of the 2007–08 season with Gravesend & Northfleet in the Conference National.[2][6]

  1. ^ "Alex Varney". Barnet F.C. Archived from the original on 4 April 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Varney". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Alex Varney". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Barnet vs Wycombe". Barnet F.C. 21 January 2006. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Charlton release reserve team duo". BBC Sport. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Fleet in swoop for double signing". BBC Sport. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2009.