Zachery George Aley (born 17 August 1991) is a semi-professional footballer who plays for City of Liverpool as a midfielder. He played in the English Football League with

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Football career

Aley progressed through non-League club Southport's youth system before breaking into the first team, scoring on his league debut against

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. He gained

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s and NVQs, as well as becoming a qualified

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whilst with the club. He signed for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers in March 2010, after a two-day trial. He joined League Two club,

on loan for a month on 18 March 2011. Aley made his debut for Morecambe on 22 March, in the 2–1 home defeat against Macclesfield Town when he came on as a substitute for Kevan Hurst in the 75th minute. Aley re-joined

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side Southport on an initial one-month loan on 21 October 2011. He went out on loan again at the end of that season, this time at Macclesfield Town. In the summer of 2012 Zac was released by Blackburn Rovers, Aley went on trial with Southport. On 14 September 2012, he joined

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side Warrington Town on a free transfer, but left the club less than two months later in November 2012 by mutual consent. On 9 November 2012, Zac signed with Ashton Town in the

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. In October 2016, he signed for Runcorn Linnets. In December 2020, Aley signed for City of Liverpool.

Club career statistics

References

External links

Blackburn Rovers profile
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