| Alex Bray | |
| Fullname: | Alexander George Bray[1] |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1995[2] |
| Birth Place: | Bath, England |
| Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet)[3] |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Chippenham Town |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthclubs1: | Swindon Town |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Swansea City |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Swansea City |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Rotherham United (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs4: | Rotherham United |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs6: | → York City (loan) |
| Caps6: | 8 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | → Weston-super-Mare (loan) |
| Caps7: | 10 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Years8: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs8: | Hereford |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2020– |
| Clubs9: | Chippenham Town |
| Caps9: | 77 |
| Goals9: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 11:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC) |
Alexander George Bray (born 25 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for National League South club Chippenham Town.
Bray was born in Bath, Somerset.[4] He joined Swansea City's academy at the age of 15 following his release from Swindon Town.[5] He was offered his first professional contract in April 2013[6] and was included in Swansea City's 2014–15 pre-season squad.[7]
On 1 September 2014, Bray joined League Two club Plymouth Argyle on loan until 10 January 2015.[5] He made his first-team debut on 6 September as a 58th-minute substitute for Jason Banton in a 1–0 win away against Luton Town. Bray had an eventful debut, earning a yellow card and playing a part in Plymouth's goal before suffering an injury after just 11 minutes on the pitch.[8] It was later confirmed that Bray had suffered a ruptured anterior ligament which would require surgery. He returned to Swansea for treatment.[9]
After returning to training in March 2015, Bray was ruled out for a further nine months with injury.[10] Bray signed a one-year contract extension with Swansea in July 2015, keeping him at the club until June 2016.[11]
Bray returned from injury in February 2016, and in March signed a one-year contract extension until June 2017.[12]
On 27 January 2017, Bray joined Championship club Rotherham United, initially on loan until 9 June 2017.[13] The loan was made permanent on 10 March 2017 for an undisclosed fee, with Bray signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[14]
Having failed to make a league appearance for Rotherham since November 2017, Bray joined Forest Green Rovers on loan on 31 January 2018 for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[15]
Bray joined National League North club York City on 9 November 2018 on loan until 12 January 2019.[16] He made his debut the following day, starting in a 2–1 defeat away to Swindon Town in the FA Cup first round.[17] He returned to Rotherham on 11 January 2019 having made 11 appearances for York, scoring once.[18]
Bray joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 12 February 2019 on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[19] On return from the loan spell, he was released by Rotherham United at the end of his contract.[20]
On 23 May 2019, Bray signed a one-year deal with Hereford.[21]
On 14 February 2020, Bray signed for Chippenham Town.[22]
Bray has represented Wales at under-19 level.[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Swansea City | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2014–15 | League Two | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Swansea City U23 | 2016–17 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Rotherham United | 2016–17 | Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2017–18 | League Two | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| York City (loan) | 2018–19[23] | National League North | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Weston-super-Mare (loan) | 2018–19[24] | National League South | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Hereford | 2019–20 | National League North | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Chippenham Town | 2019–20 | National League South | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | National League South | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | National League South | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | National League South | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 39 | 7 | |||
| Total | 77 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 126 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 146 | 13 | |||