Charlie Michael Patrick O'Loughlin (born 17 March 1989), is an English former

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who played as a defender. He played

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games for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

in the 2007–08 season. Following a

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spell with Hinckley United, he joined

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Nantwich Town Nantwich Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1884 and is nicknamed ''The Dabbers'', a reference to the town's tanning industry. They currently compete in and play ...

. In 2009, he signed with Ilkeston Town before joining

Solihull Moors Solihull Moors Football Club is a professional football club based in Solihull, England. The club currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system, after achieving promotion from the National Leag ...

the following year. He joined

Boreham Wood Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known ...

in May 2011.

Career

O'Loughlin, a tall centre-half, started his career with

, signing professional forms in May 2007. He joined

on a month-long

in November 2007, scoring twice on his debut for the club at Spalding United on the 24th of that month. After returning to Vale, he made just three substitute appearances for the club, the first being in a 1–0 defeat at

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on 2 January 2008. He enjoyed a second

loan spell in February 2008, this time with Hinckley United, where he made seven league appearances in the

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. He was released by Vale at the end of the season after

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was pressured by low funds, and saw the players wage bill as the place to save money. He signed for Nantwich on a permanent basis in June 2008. Not long into his Nantwich career he was sidelined with a

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injury. Around this time he enrolled at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...

to attempt to become a qualified

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. At the end of the season he moved on to Ilkeston Town. After a season with his new club he was forced to move on once again, as Ilkeston were hit with a

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embargo. Faced with a number of offers he decided to sign with

. Solihull finished seventh in

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. He signed for league rivals

in May 2011. The "Wood" finished eighth in 2011–12, ninth in

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, and 13th in 2013–14.

Personal life

O'Loughlin attended

and graduated with a degree in Quantity Surveying, going on to become a Private Quantity Surveyor in

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Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oloughlin, Charlie Living people 1989 births Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Port Vale F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players Hinckley United F.C. players Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Solihull Moors F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Alumni of Nottingham Trent University