Reece Hales
Personal information
Full name Reece Brett Hales[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Kidderminster Harriers
Number 20
Youth career
2007–2012 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Birmingham City 0 (0)
2013 → Worcester City (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2016 Kidderminster Harriers 6 (0)
2014 → Stourbridge (loan) 9 (4)
2015 → Stourbridge (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Halesowen Town (loan) 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:08, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Reece Brett Hales (born 12 February 1995) is an English footballer who plays for Kidderminster Harriers.

A forward, Hales made his first-team debut for Birmingham City in the third-round FA Cup draw at Leeds United in January 2013, but that was his only appearance for the first team. He spent time on loan at Conference North club Worcester City in 2013, before Birmingham released him at the end of the 2013–14 season. He signed for Conference Premier club Kidderminster Harriers, and spent time on loan at Northern Premier League club Stourbridge before making his debut for his parent club.

Club career

Birmingham City

Hales was born in Birmingham and lived in the West Heath district of the city. He joined Birmingham City's academy when he was 12,[3] and took up a two-year scholarship in July 2011.[1] He scored one of the goals that took Birmingham's reserve team through to the quarter-final of the 2013 Birmingham Senior Cup,[4] According to the Birmingham Mail, "he plays with a tremendous work ethic, is aggressive and possesses good movement in and around the penalty area. His attitude and character delights Blues' coaches and he is striving hard to improve all aspects of his game".[3]

His first competitive involvement with the first team came when he was given a squad number in December 2012, as injury cover before the visit to Barnsley.[5] He made his debut in the third round FA Cup tie away at Leeds United, replacing Ravel Morrison with five minutes plus a lengthy period of stoppage time remaining. The match ended 1–1.[6]

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Hales signed his first professional contract, of one year with an option for a second.[7] He scored for the development squad both in pre-season[8] and in the Professional Development League,[9] before joining Conference North club Worcester City in mid-October on loan for a month.[10] He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the FA Cup third qualifying round against Rugby Town on 12 October,[11] and was in the starting eleven for the replay three days later; Worcester won 2–0.[12] He made five appearances in all during his loan spell, four in the FA Cup and one in the Conference North, without scoring.[13] Hales spent time training with Notts County in early 2014,[14] and played regularly for Birmingham's development squad,[15] but Birmingham released him when his contract expired at the end of the 2013–14 season.[16]

Kidderminster Harriers

After spending the 2014–15 pre-season with Kidderminster Harriers, Hales signed a one-year contract with the Conference Premier club on 25 July.[17] On 2 September, he joined Northern Premier League side Stourbridge on a month's loan to gain experience of first-team football.[18] He scored on his first-team debut against Trafford, "brilliantly back-heeling into the bottom corner" for Stourbridge's first goal in a 2–2 draw.[19] The loan was extended for a further month,[20] and by the time he returned to his parent club, he had played nine matches, all in the league[21] – Kidderminster refused permission for him to play in the FA Cup[22] – and scored four goals.[23]

Hales made his Kidderminster debut – his first appearance at Conference Premier level – on 12 November as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 defeat at home to Aldershot, and his first start ten days later in a 2–0 win away at Grimsby Town.[24] After failing to make an impact with Harriers, Hales returned to Stourbridge on loan until the end on the season.[25]

In June 2016, Hales went on trial at Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 December 2014
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2012–13[2] Championship 001000—10
2013–14[27] Championship 000000—00
Birmingham City total 001000—10
Worcester City (loan) 2013–14[13] Conference North 1040——50
Kidderminster Harriers 2014–15[28] Conference Premier 6000—1[lower-alpha 1]070
Stourbridge (loan) 2014–15[21][23] Northern Premier League 94———94
Career total 16450—10224
  1. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Games played by Reece Hales in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 Tattum, Colin (5 January 2013). "Blues young guns may get FA Cup chance". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "No cup upset for Continental Star as Blues cruise through". Birmingham Mail. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Jake Jervis recalled". Birmingham City F.C. 23 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Leeds United 1–1 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Walker, Andy (9 May 2013). "Hales and Fry sign". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Tattum, Colin (25 July 2013). "Solihull Moors 1 Blues Development Squad 3". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
    "Hales is the difference for Blues despite inclusion of Lovenkrands". Leamington Courier. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Tattum, Colin (21 August 2013). "Reece Hales: 'Obviously if goals come that can only help my cause.'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Exodus Geohaghon released by Worcester after FA Cup snub". BBC Sport. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Goalless draw keeps Cup hopes alive". Worcester City F.C. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Carley, Steve (15 October 2013). "Rugby Town 0 Worcester City 2". Worcester News. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  13. 1 2 "Reece Hales". Worcester City F.C. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Birmingham youngster Reece Hales set for trial at Notts County". Sky Sports. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Lewis, Peter, ed. (29 April 2014). "Development squad". Blues Official Matchday Magazine. Birmingham City F.C. p. 75.
  16. ↑ Walker, Andy (30 April 2014). "Decision made on future of seven youngsters". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Exclusive: Young duo Jake Green and Reece Hales sign one-year contracts to join Harriers". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  18. ↑ "Youngster Reece Hales heads for Stourbridge on loan..." Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  19. ↑ Law, Dave (8 September 2014). "Trafford 2 Stourbridge 2". Stretford & Urmston Messenger. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  20. ↑ Flavell, Chris (2 October 2014). "Glassboys' boss targeting new additions". Halesowen News. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Club news". Stourbridge F.C. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2014. Appearances counted from linked match reports.
  22. ↑ Clark, Richard (13 September 2014). "Market Drayton Town 1 Stourbridge 3". Stourbridge F.C. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  23. 1 2 "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – September". The Evo-Stik League. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
    "The Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Results – October". The Evo-Stik League. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Reece Hales in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  25. ↑ "Reece Hales joins Stourbridge on loan; Haydn Whitcombe signs non-contract terms". Kidderminster Harriers F.C. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  26. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (21 June 2016). "Morton boss to run the rule over trialists". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Reece Hales in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  28. ↑ "R. Hales". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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