Alex Rhodes (footballer)

Alex Rhodes

Rhodes playing for Grays Athletic in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Graham Rhodes
Date of birth	(1982-01-23) 23 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Cambridge, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Striker, winger
Youth career
	Newmarket Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Newmarket Town
2003–2007	Brentford	57	(5)
2006	→ Swindon Town (loan)	4	(0)
2007	→ Grays Athletic (loan)	12	(1)
2007–2008	Bradford City	28	(3)
2008–2009	Rotherham United	18	(2)
2009	→ Woking (loan)	3	(1)
2009	Oxford United	4	(0)
2009–2010	Braintree Town
2010	Grays Athletic	15	(0)
2010–2012	Canvey Island	52	(10)
2012–2013	Margate	21	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Graham Rhodes (born 23 January 1982) is an English former professional footballer who predominantly played as a left winger but also as a striker.^[1][2]

Rhodes started his career with Eastern Counties League Premier Division side Newmarket Town, where he came to prominence after scoring hat-tricks in three successive games in 2003. Rhodes scored 20 goals in the early part of the 2003–04 season, including 14 goals in 11 games in the league.^[3] After trials with several Football League clubs, he joined Brentford in November 2003^[4] and scored the goal that ensured they were not relegated six months later. Rhodes scored five goals during his four seasons at Brentford, which were hampered by injury and included loan spells at Swindon Town and Grays Athletic. He signed for Bradford City in August 2007 but was released after one season, before joining Rotherham United. A loan spell at Woking was followed by his release from Rotherham in May 2009, when he dropped back out of the Football League to join Oxford United. He played just four games before leaving Oxford by mutual consent, and moved to Braintree Town, initially on a short-term deal. Rhodes rejoined Grays Athletic in January 2010, but was released at the end of the 2009–10 season.