Greg Thomas Olley (born 2 February 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as an

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for club

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 ...

Club career

Olley signed for

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

in 2015 after being released by

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 ...

at the end of the 2014–15 season. He made his first-team debut for Hull on 23 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1

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victory over

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. He was released by Hull at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Gateshead

Olley signed for

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club

on 15 July 2018 on a one-year contract. Olley, like the majority of Gateshead's players and staff, did not have his contract renewed at the end of the season due to financial issues. However, he signed a new one-year contract with the club on 5 July 2019. Olley was awarded the National League North's Player of the Month award for January 2022 as his side sat top of the league.

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Profile
at the Gateshead F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Olley, Greg 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Durham, England Footballers from County Durham English footballers Association football midfielders Hull City A.F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players National League (English football) players