Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfie Joshua Bendle [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 2005 | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Forest Green Rovers | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | 1st Touch Football Academy | ||
2012–2021 | Brighton and Hove Albion | ||
2021 | Lewes | ||
2021–2022 | AFC Wimbledon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022–2023 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Corinthian Casuals (loan) | 32 | (5) |
2023 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2023– | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | (0) |
2024 | → Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 15 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC) |
Alfie Joshua Bendle (born 27 January 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for National League club Forest Green Rovers. [2]
Bendle, who had previously played youth football with Brighton and Hove Albion and spent time on loan with Corinthian Casuals, signed a professional contract for Wimbledon on his seventeenth birthday. [3] [4]
Bendle made his professional debut in the final game of the 2021–22 EFL League One season at home at Plough Lane on 30 April 2022 against Accrington Stanley in a 4–3 defeat that confirmed Wimbledon's relegation to EFL League Two. [5]
The next season, Bendle came on in the 88th minute for Ethan Chislett against Gillingham on 30 July 2022. [6]
On 20 January 2023, it was announced that Bendle would join National League South club Eastbourne Borough on loan until the end of the season. [7] Bendle was recalled early from his loan, after making 11 appearances for Borough, due to an injury crisis at Wimbledon. [8]
Bendle signed for Forest Green Rovers in August 2023 for a free transfer, with Wimbledon inserting a sell-on clause into the deal. [9]
On 2 February 2024, Bendle joined Eastbourne Borough on an initial one-month loan, making this his second spell at the club. [10]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
AFC Wimbledon | 2021–22 [11] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022–23 [12] | League Two | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Corinthian-Casuals (loan) | 2021–22 [13] |
Isthmian League Premier Division |
32 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 43 | 6 | |
Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 2022–23 [2] | National League South | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Forest Green Rovers | 2023–24 [14] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [a] | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Eastbourne Borough (loan) | 2023–24 [2] | National League South | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
Career total | 72 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 94 | 7 |