Adam Le Fondre

Adam Le Fondre
Le Fondre in 2010
Personal information
Full name Glenville Adam James Le Fondre[1]
Date of birth (1986-12-02) 2 December 1986 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Stockport, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
FC United of Manchester
Youth career
0000–2004 Stockport County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Stockport County 63 (18)
2007Rochdale (loan) 7 (4)
2007–2009 Rochdale 91 (34)
2009–2011 Rotherham United 93 (52)
2011–2014 Reading 104 (39)
2014–2017 Cardiff City 23 (3)
2015Bolton Wanderers (loan) 17 (8)
2015–2016Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 26 (3)
2016–2017Wigan Athletic (loan) 12 (1)
2017Bolton Wanderers (loan) 19 (6)
2017–2018 Bolton Wanderers 36 (7)
2018–2023 Sydney FC 97 (56)
2020–2021Mumbai City (loan) 20 (11)
2023–2024 Hibernian 23 (5)
2024– FC United of Manchester 11 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Glenville Adam James Le Fondre (born 2 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Northern Premier League club FC United of Manchester.

He previously played for his hometown club Stockport County as well as Rochdale, Rotherham United, and Reading. He is also known by the nicknames ALF or, subsequently, Alfie, derived from his initials.[3]

As of 2021, Le Fondre owns the fourth-best career minutes-per-goal ratio in Premier League history, at 124.4. He netted 12 times in his only season in the English top flight in 2012–13.

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Bolton Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 7. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 366. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  3. ^ "Alfie denies Silkmen". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 November 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011.