Brad Walker (footballer)

Brad Walker
Walker playing for Port Vale (August 2022)
Personal information
Full name Bradley Paul Walker[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Billingham, England[3]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers
Number 4
Youth career
2009–2013 Hartlepool United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Hartlepool United 107 (10)
2017–2019 Crewe Alexandra 28 (1)
2018–2019 → Wrexham (loan) 18 (4)
2019–2021 Shrewsbury Town 38 (1)
2019 → Wrexham (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2023 Port Vale 35 (1)
2023– Tranmere Rovers 38 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Bradley Paul Walker (born 25 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers.

Walker began his career at Hartlepool United, turning professional in July 2013 and making his first-team debut the following month. He made 123 appearances in all competitions for the club over the next four seasons before joining Crewe Alexandra in July 2017. He spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Wrexham in the National League despite switching from Crewe to Shrewsbury Town in January 2019. Finding first-team games hard to come by in the 2019–20 season, he began 2020–21 in good form before being sidelined with a serious ankle injury. Released by Shrewsbury, he signed with Port Vale in June 2021. He spent 18 months with the club before being sold to Tranmere Rovers in January 2023.

  1. ^ "Players given a free transfer: Shrewsbury Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 103. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Brad Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2021/2022". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Brad Walker: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2021.