Mason Rhys Warren (born 28 March 1997) is an English

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who plays as a

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for Mickleover Sports. He played professionally for

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

in 2016.

Club career

Warren was born in

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and started his career with

, where he progressed from the youth team to sign a professional contract in May 2015. He was taken with the first team on the pre-season tour of Scotland and became a regular with the development squad before he was sent to NPL Division One South side

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on a two-month youth loan deal. He was a prominent figure in the side making six appearances during his loan spell before he was recalled in early January 2016. In February 2016, he was loaned out again joining

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side

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

on a one-month loan deal. After picking up the Player of the Month award for Harrogate during February, his loan was extended until April. He went on to make a total of eleven appearances for Town. Upon his return to Rotherham in April, he signed a new two-year contract extension until 2018. In August 2016, he made his first team debut for Rotherham in the

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first round 5–4 defeat to

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, completing the full ninety minutes. In October he was sent out on loan to NPL Premier Division side Grantham Town on a one-month loan deal. He only made one appearance for the club in a 1–0 win over Mickleover Sports. In December 2016 he was sent to NPL Premier Division side

Matlock Town Matlock Town Football Club is a association football, football club based in Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Nicknamed 'the Gladiators', they are currently members of the and play at Causeway Lane. History The club was esta ...

on a one-month youth loan. He only made two appearances for Matlock before returning to Rotherham in mid-January. In December 2017 Warren joined

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

on a youth loan. He was released by Rotherham at the end of the 2017–18 season, subsequently signing in August 2018 for Mickleover Sports, where he made his debut on 22 August at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Mason 1997 births Living people Footballers from Rotherham English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rotherham United F.C. players Sheffield F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Grantham Town F.C. players Mickleover F.C. players National League (English football) players Northern Premier League players