Anthony Daniel Charles (born 11 March 1981) is an English

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who most recently played as a defender for Rugby Town. Born in

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, he has played in the

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for

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Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

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and

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club has played ...

. He has won four promotions with three clubs.

Career

A defender, Charles began his career with Brook House before being signed by

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England. Its first team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' ...

. However, he never made a first team appearance for the club. He returned to the south of England in 2001, and played for several non-league clubs, winning the

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with

in the 2002–03 season. Charles then joined Farnborough Town, before joining

during their

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promotion season of 2004–05. Charles was loaned to Aldershot Town for the end of the 2006–07 season, his second spell with the club and made the deal permanent after being released by Barnet. He was a championship winning defender in the 2007–08 season, and in recognition of this feat he was named in the

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team of the year along with Aldershot's

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and John Grant. At the end of the 2007–08 season, Charles signed a new two-year contract. Charles was a regular starter for Aldershot Town, in their first season back in

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and he was rewarded with a double award by winning the Supporters Club Player of the Season Award and Players Player Award. In June 2010, Charles signed a new one-year contract with Aldershot Town. Charles sustained a knee injury during Aldershot's last game of the

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campaign at Lincoln City. The injury would keep him out for at least six months and with his contract expiring in July 2011, he was not offered a new deal. Charles joined

in March 2012 on an initial contract to the end of the season. He signed a new one-year contract in May. Having made 20 appearances in all competitions, Charles left the club in January 2013 after having his contract terminated, and joined

for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. He made 11 appearances for the club before being released at the end of the campaign. Charles joined

side

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

on a one-year contract on 19 June 2013. He suffered with injuries throughout the 2013–14 season, but made eight appearances as Luton won promotion to League Two. On 9 May 2014, it was announced that Charles would not be offered a new contract and would leave Luton the next month. On 3 October 2014 he joined Nuneaton Town. After playing in 11 fixtures at Nuneaton, in which they won 4, drew 6 and lost 1, he moved to

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in March 2015, until the end of the season. He moved to sign for

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in the

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ahead of the following season. After featuring heavily for The Yeltz, he was released in October 2015, subsequently joining Stratford Town. He was released at the end of the season, joining Halesowen Town. However, during the 2016–17 close-season he joined Walton & Hersham in the

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, making his debut on 6 August 2016 in the

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Extra Preliminary Round against Westfield. He joined Rugby Town from The Swans in October 2016, and made his debut away at

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. He left Rugby Town in May 2017.

Honours and awards

in 2002–03 with

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in 2004–05 with

in 2007–08 with Aldershot Town *Conference Premier Select XI for the 2007–08 season. *Supporters Club Player of the Season in 2008–09 with Aldershot Town *Players Player of the Season in 2008–09 with Aldershot Town *Conference Premier in 2013–14 with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Anthony 1981 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Hounslow People from Isleworth English men's footballers England men's semi-pro international footballers Men's association football defenders Brook House F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Hayes F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Nuneaton Town F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen