Ryan Croasdale

Ryan Croasdale
Croasdale as a Stockport County player (July 2023)
Personal information
Full name Ryan Mark Croasdale[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Lancaster, England[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Port Vale
Number 18
Youth career
2003–2013 Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Preston North End 0 (0)
2013Tamworth (loan) 2 (0)
2014Stalybridge Celtic (loan) 14 (1)
2014–2016 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2016–2018 Kidderminster Harriers 75 (11)
2018–2020 AFC Fylde 80 (9)
2020–2024 Stockport County 158 (7)
2024– Port Vale 14 (2)
International career
2017–2019 England C 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Ryan Mark Croasdale (born 26 September 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Port Vale. He has also won six caps for the England C team.

Croasdale made his professional debut at Preston North End in 2013. From Preston, he was loaned out to Tamworth and Stalybridge Celtic. He was signed by Sheffield Wednesday in June 2014, though he did not feature in a first-team game in a two-year stay at the club. He entered non-League football with Kidderminster Harriers on a non-contract basis in August 2016. He signed a contract with the club and made 89 appearances in two seasons, scoring eleven goals and captaining the club. He was sold to AFC Fylde for £50,000 in June 2018 and won the FA Trophy with Fylde in 2019. He took a free transfer to Stockport County in September 2020. He made 184 appearances in four seasons with Stockport, winning promotion as champions from the National League in 2021–22 and League Two in 2023–24. He was released and joined Port Vale in June 2024.

  1. ^ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ryan Croasdale". Harriers Online. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Ryan Croasdale - stats, career and market value". FotMob. Retrieved 19 June 2024.