Reece Deakin (born 12 December 1996) is a Welsh professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
.
Career
Deakin played youth football for
Crystal Palace
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* Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick
* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition buildin ...
and spent time with
Cray Wanderers
Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional association football, football club based in Chislehurst, London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St ...
,
before signing for
Conwy Borough in October 2016. He moved to
Airbus UK Broughton in January 2017,
before turning professional with
Morecambe
Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011 the parish had a population of 34,768.
Name
The first use of the name was by John Whit ...
in July 2017. He was released by Morecambe at the end of the 2017–18 season,
having made three cup appearances for them.
Career statistics
References
1996 births
Living people
Welsh men's footballers
Crystal Palace F.C. players
Cray Wanderers F.C. players
Conwy Borough F.C. players
Airbus UK Broughton F.C. players
Morecambe F.C. players
Men's association football forwards
Cymru Premier players
21st-century Welsh sportsmen
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