| Josh Coley | |
| Fullname: | Joshua Maxwell Coley[1] |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Stevenage, England |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Sutton United |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthclubs1: | York City |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Arlesey Town Reserves |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Letchworth Garden City Eagles |
| Years3: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Hitchin Town |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016 |
| Clubs4: | → Histon (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Arlesey Town (loan) |
| Years6: | 2017 |
| Clubs6: | → Langford (loan) |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs7: | → Baldock Town (loan) |
| Caps7: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 17 |
| Years8: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs8: | Norwich City |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs9: | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2020 |
| Clubs10: | Stotfold |
| Caps10: | 5 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Years11: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs11: | Maidenhead United |
| Caps11: | 37 |
| Goals11: | 5 |
| Years12: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs12: | Exeter City |
| Caps12: | 27 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs13: | → Harrogate Town (loan) |
| Caps13: | 11 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2023– |
| Clubs14: | Sutton United |
| Caps14: | 44 |
| Goals14: | 6 |
| Club-Update: | 12:44, 28 August 2024 (UTC) |
Joshua Maxwell Coley (born 24 July 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for club Sutton United.
Coley was born in Stevenage but grew up in York. He was in the youth team at York City before returning south.[2] Coley began his senior career in the Spartan South Midlands Football League with Arlesey Town Reserves, before moving on to Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the Herts Senior County League.[3]
In 2016 he joined Southern Football League side Hitchin Town. Coley only made a handful of appearances for the Canaries, and spent most of his time out on loan with Histon, Arlesey Town, Langford and Baldock Town,[4] where he scored 21 goals in all competitions in the 2017–18 season, combining non-league football with working as a bricklayer.[5]
After impressing in a trial, he signed a one-year deal with Norwich City in July 2018,[6] and featured regularly for their under-23 side, scoring once in twenty appearances. Coley's contract was extended for another year in February 2019.[7]
In June 2019, he joined Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a year-long loan deal,[8] with his first appearance coming in a Scottish League Cup match with St Mirren where he played the full 90 minutes of his side's 3–2 victory.[9] Coley briefly returned to Norwich in January 2020,[10] before having his contract cancelled by mutual consent in February.[11] Shortly after, he signed for Spartan South Midlands Football League side Stotfold.[12]
In July 2020, Coley signed for National League side Maidenhead United.[13] On 12 October 2020, he scored his first goal for the club to give his side their first win of the season against Wrexham.[14]
On 8 June 2021, it was announced that Coley had signed for Exeter City on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15]
On 1 September 2022, he joined EFL League Two's Harrogate Town on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[16] Coley was recalled in January 2023.[17]
On 30 June 2023, Coley signed for League Two club Sutton United for an undisclosed fee.[18]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Arlesey Town Reserves | 2014–15 | SSML Division One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[19] | 1 | 15 | 1 | |
| Letchworth Eagles | 2015–16 | HSCL Premier Division | No data currently available | ||||||||||
| Hitchin Town | 2016–17 | Southern League Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[20] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Southern League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Histon (loan) | 2016–17 | Southern League Division One Central | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[21] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Arlesey Town (loan) | 2016–17 | Southern League Division One Central | No data currently available | ||||||||||
| Langford (loan) | 2017–18 | SSML Division One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Baldock Town (loan) | 2017–18 | SSML Division One | 35 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[22] | 4 | 48 | 21 | |
| Norwich City | 2018–19 | EFL Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Stotfold | 2019–20 | SSML Division One | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[23] | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
| Maidenhead United | 2020–21 | National League | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[24] | 0 | 39 | 5 | ||
| Exeter City | 2021–22 | EFL League Two | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[25] | 2 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | EFL League One | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 3 | |||
| Harrogate Town (loan) | 2022–23 | EFL League Two | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 139 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 175 | 35 | |||
Exeter City