Tyrell Belford (born 6 May 1994 in Nuneaton), is an

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former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Belford started his career as a junior with

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before joining

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's youth system in 2009. Belford signed a two-year contract with

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

on 31 July 2013 after being released from Liverpool and later made his debut for the

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club when he played the whole 90 minutes of Swindon's 2–1

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victory over

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park ...

. On 28 June 2016, Belford joined

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side

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on a season-long loan. On the opening day of the 2016–17 campaign, Belford made his Southport debut in a 3–0 away defeat to newly relegated side

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

. However, after appearing only nine times by November, due to a change in management, Belford returned to Swindon Town. On 11 November 2016, Swindon Town announced that Belford would leave the club after a mutual termination within his contract. After being released from Swindon Town, Belford joined

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side

Oxford City Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane. ...

on the same day. Tyrell joined

Nuneaton Town Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

the following year, but was released by mutual consent on 25 September 2017. Following this Belford, had spells at Hinckley AFC and

Swindon Supermarine Swindon Supermarine Football Club is a semi-professional association football, football club based in South Marston, near Swindon, England. The club plays in the and is affiliated to the Wiltshire Football Association. The club plays at Webbsw ...

, before announcing he would be taking a break from football. He started the 2018–19 season at

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. In late 2019 he returned to

Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...

. He joined

Stratford Town Stratford Town Football Club is a association football, football club representing the town of Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England, but currently based in nearby Tiddington, Warwickshire, Tiddington. They are currently members of the and ...

in June 2020 before a move to

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

in December 2021.

International career

Belford represented

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at both Under-16 and Under-17 level.

Personal life

He is the son of the

Dale Belford Dale Belford (born 11 July 1967) is an English football manager and former player who is the assistant manager of side Stafford rangers. As a player, he spent most of his career playing as a goalkeeper. Playing career Aston Villa and Sutton ...

and the brother of

Cameron Belford Cameron Dale Belford (born 16 October 1988) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Stafford Rangers. Playing career Early career Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Be ...

, who also plays as a goalkeeper.

Career statistics

Honours

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues ...

squad member

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belford, Tyrell 1994 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liverpool F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Southport F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Hinckley A.F.C. players Swindon Supermarine F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players England men's youth international footballers Romulus F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Stratford Town F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Footballers from Nuneaton