Owen John Edward Bailey (born 22 January 1999) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Doncaster Rovers, as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Born in

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

, Bailey began his career at

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

, captaining the under-23 team. Bailey suffered from injuries which saw him out-of-action for 538 days. After being released by Newcastle, he played in non-league with

Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...

, before signing for Doncaster Rovers in June 2023, having trialled with the club in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Owen 1999 births Living people English men's footballers Newcastle United F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Men's association football midfielders