Miles Winfield Welch-Hayes (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender for club

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Career

Welch-Hayes signed a professional contract with

Oxford United Oxford United Football Club is a professional football club in the city of Oxford, England. The team plays in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The chairman is Grant Ferguson, the manager is Karl Robinson and th ...

in May 2016, at the age of 19. He made his League One debut for the club on 17 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat to

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

at Highbury Stadium. He was released without making further appearances in May 2017 and joined Bath City on a permanent contract a week or so later. In October 2017 he began a one-month loan at Oxford City and started in the team that beat Colchester United of

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in a first-round FA Cup upset on 4 November 2017. He was named in the Conference South team of the year in the 2017−18 season just after missing out on the play-offs with Bath City. In June 2018, he signed for

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

, newly promoted to

. He scored his first goal for the club at Walsall on 14 December 2019. On 1 February 2020 it was announced that he was one of three players to have left financially troubled Macclesfield during the January 2020 transfer window, following a meeting with the English Football League. On 21 February 2020, Welch-Hayes joined Colchester United on a contract until summer 2022. He made his debut in Colchester's 3–2 aggregate League Two play-off semi-final defeat to Exeter City on 22 June 2020. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 October 2020 during their 3–3 draw with Oldham Athletic. Welch-Hayes was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. In June 2022 he signed for

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, also of League Two. In January 2023, he joined National League club Altrincham on loan until the end of the season. Welch-Hayes signed for

in June 2023. On 22 February 2024, Welch-Hayes joined Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the rest of the season.

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* * Living people 1996 births English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Oxford United F.C. players Daventry Town F.C. players North Leigh F.C. players Banbury United F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Southern Football League players National League (English football) players English Football League players Footballers from Oxford Livingston F.C. players {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players