Alexander Michael McQuade (born 7 November 1992) is an English footballer playing for

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. He had a short spell playing in the

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for Shrewsbury Town.

Career

Bolton Wanderers and Shrewsbury Town

McQuade began his career with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

. Having progressed through the academy system, he signed a one-year professional contract in July 2012. He was released by the club when his contract was due to come to an end in the summer of 2013. McQuade joined Shrewsbury Town in a deal announced in April 2013. He made his

debut as a late substitute in a 0–0 draw against Milton Keynes Dons on 3 August 2013. On 28 February 2014, McQuade joined

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side Hyde on an initial one-month loan. He made his debut for the club a day later, in a 2–1 defeat away at

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. The loan was later extended until the end of the season. McQuade was released at the end of his contract in May 2014 having made only a single league appearance for Shrewsbury.

Non-league

In July 2014, McQuade joined

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on trial and played in a 1–0 win over

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

under 21s in the Dragons' first pre season friendly, however he was not offered a contract. In the 2014-15 season he had short spells at Guiseley, former loan club Hyde, and Farsley. Ahead of the 2015−16 season, he joined Warrington Town. McQuade emigrated to Australia in February 2016, spending time with

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, before returning to English non-league football, joining

Ossett Albion Ossett Albion Association Football Club was an English football club. They played at Queen's Terrace in Ossett, in West Yorkshire, more commonly known as Dimplewells, the area of Ossett the ground is situated in. History The club was formed in ...

in December 2017. He then moved to Ossett's new team, Ossett United, in the summer of 2018. In June 2019, he joined

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. On 30 August 2019, he joined

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on a short-term loan. At the end of January 2020, McQuade joined

.Widnes bring in McQuade and Jennings
nonleaguedaily.com, 27 January 2020

Career statistics

''Last updated 27 April 2014.'' "Other" column denotes performances in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McQuade, Alex 1992 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Farsley Celtic F.C. players Warrington Town F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Rotherham Ossett Albion A.F.C. players Ossett United F.C. players Buxton F.C. players Ossett Town A.F.C. players Widnes F.C. players Footballers from Manchester Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Australia