Andrew Thomas Philip Fox (born 15 January 1993) is an English professional

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who currently plays for

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club

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games at ...

. Fox played

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in the United States for

St. Edward's University St. Edward's University is a private, Catholic university in Austin, Texas. It was founded and is operated in the Holy Cross tradition. History Founding and early history St. Edward's University was founded by the Reverend Edward Sorin, CSC ...

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. After a short spell at Midland/Odessa Sockers, Fox moved back to England in July 2015, where he joined

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Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

on a free transfer. He joined

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Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on loan in August 2015, less than one month later he returned to Peterborough. In June 2016, Fox signed for

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in League Two. After being released, Fox spent a season in the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

–

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's top tier with

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in August 2017. Having become a

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, he signed for

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Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

until the end of season, having previously being on trial at the start of the season.

College career

Fox studied at

, where he played for their soccer team and finished having scored 36 goals in 64 appearances.

Club career

Midland/Odessa Sockers

Fox played for the Midland/Odessa Sockers for two months. In his nine matches with the Sockers, he tallied three goals and three assists in his role as a play-making midfielder. He then went back to England for a two-week trial with

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

in June 2015.

Peterborough United

On 20 June 2015, Fox was signed by

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along with Irishman

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and Ivorian

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. His debut came on 24 October 2015 as a 67th minute substitution, on for Jermaine Anderson in a 4–0 win against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 16 April 2016 having only been on pitch two minutes in the 4–1 win at

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, a right footed shot from 8-yards to put them 2–0 up. Fox was released by Peterborough at the end of the 2015–16 season after the expiry of his one-year contract.

Kidderminster Harriers (loan)

Fox joined

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on a month loan deal from Peterborough United on 18 August 2015. He started 6 games and returned to Peterborough a month later.

Stevenage

Fox joined

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on a one-year deal in June 2016. After making 9 league appearances for Stevenage in the 2016–17 season he was released by the club on 12 May 2017.

AFC Eskilstuna

Fox joined

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for the remainder of the season in August 2017.

Grimsby Town

Fox had been a

after the season ended in Sweden, he joined

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on 9 March 2018 until the end of the season, he became Michael Jolley's first signing of his tenure. He had previously been on trial with the club under manager

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in July 2017. He was offered a new contract by Grimsby at the end of the 2017–18 season. Fox achieved infamy on 5 January 2019 when he became the first player in English football to receive a

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following a

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decision. At the end of his contract, Fox moved to

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, USA to be with his wife, having left the club at the end of January 2019.

El Paso Locomotive

On 4 February 2019, Fox joined

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ahead of their inaugural season. He made 90 appearances for the club over four seasons before departing following the lackluster 2022 season.

Orange County SC

Fox signed a multi-year contract with

on 14 December 2022.

Career statistics

References

External links

Andrew Fox profile
at the Grimsby Town F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Andrew 1993 births Living people People from Huntingdon St. Edward's University alumni English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden English footballers National Premier Soccer League players National League (English football) players Allsvenskan players English Football League players Men's association football defenders West Texas FC players Peterborough United F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players AFC Eskilstuna players Grimsby Town F.C. players El Paso Locomotive FC players Orange County SC players USL Championship players St. Edward's Hilltoppers College men's soccer players in the United States