Zachery George Aley (born 17 August 1991) is a semi-professional

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who plays for City of Liverpool as a

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. He played in the

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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 ...

Football career

Aley progressed through

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club

Southport Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of ...

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before breaking into the first team, scoring on his league debut against Farsley Celtic. He gained BTECs and

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s, as well as becoming a qualified

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whilst with the club. He signed for

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club

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in March 2010, after a two-day trial. He joined League Two club,

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for a month on 18 March 2011. Aley made his debut for Morecambe on 22 March, in the 2–1 home defeat against Macclesfield Town when he came on as a substitute for

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in the 75th minute. Aley re-joined

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side

on an initial one-month loan on 21 October 2011. He went out on loan again at the end of that season, this time at Macclesfield Town. In the summer of 2012 Zac was released by Blackburn Rovers, Aley went on trial with Southport. On 14 September 2012, he joined

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side Warrington Town on a free transfer, but left the club less than two months later in November 2012 by mutual consent. On 9 November 2012, Zac signed with Ashton Town in the

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. In October 2016, he signed for Runcorn Linnets. In December 2020, Aley signed for City of Liverpool.

Club career statistics

References

External links

Blackburn Rovers profile
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