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Oliver Anthony Turton (born 6 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back or central midfielder for Huddersfield Town. He has also played for Crewe Alexandra and Blackpool.

Ollie Turton

Turton playing for Crewe Alexandra in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Oliver Anthony Turton[1]
Date of birth	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)	Right back / Central midfielder[4]
Club information
Current team	Huddersfield Town
Number	2
Youth career
000–2010	Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2017	Crewe Alexandra	170	(4)
2011–2012	→ Market Drayton Town (loan)
2017–2021	Blackpool	140	(2)
2021–	Huddersfield Town	55	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Turton was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester.[5]

Career

Crewe Alexandra

Turton began his professional career with Crewe Alexandra in 2010.^{[citation needed]} He joined Northern Premier League Division One South club Market Drayton Town on loan along with Jason Oswell.[6] He made his debut, aged 18, for Crewe in a League Two match against Stockport County at Gresty Road on 30 April 2011, which ended in a 2–0 win for Crewe. He came on as a late substitute for Mat Mitchel-King.[7]

He scored his first Crewe goal in a 1–1 draw at Oldham Athletic on 21 September 2013.[8]

On 9 May 2017, Crewe announced that Turton had been offered a new contract,[9] though manager David Artell gave a 22 May deadline for a decision otherwise the offer would be rescinded.[10] On 23 May Turton reported for training but had not yet clarified his decision to Artell.[11] After a further 24 hours reflection, Turton decided not to accept the club's contract offer and opted to become a free agent.[12]

Blackpool

In June 2017, Turton signed a two-year contract with League One side Blackpool.[13] He made his Blackpool debut in the club's season-opening fixture at Bradford City on 5 August 2017,[14] and scored his first goal for the club in a 3-3 draw at Doncaster Rovers two weeks later.[15]

Turton signed a new one-year contract with the club in July 2020.[16]

Huddersfield Town

Turton turned down the offer of a new contract at Blackpool, instead opting to sign for Huddersfield Town on 3 June 2021.[17] Ollie Turton has been regarded by Huddersfield Town fans as the ‘Ginger Cafu’ which is testament to his hard work and determination. A versatile defender who is comfortable in possession and gets up and down the right hand side. Stamina for days.

Career statistics

As of match played 30 May 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	2009–10[18]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2010–11[19]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011–12[20]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2012–13[21]	League One	20	0	1	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	24	0
	2013–14[8]	League One	12	1	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	14	1
	2014–15[22]	League One	44	1	2	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	49	1
	2015–16[23]	League One	46	1	1	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	49	1
	2016–17[24]	League Two	45	1	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	50	1
	Total		170	4	5	0	8	0	7	0	190	4
Blackpool	2017–18[25]	League One	41	1	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	43	1
	2018–19[26]	League One	32	1	1	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	1
	2019–20[27]	League One	30	0	4	0	1	1	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	39	1
	2020–21[28]	League One	37	0	2	0	1	0	5[lower-alpha 3]	1	45	1
	Total		140	2	8	0	5	1	12	1	165	4
Career total			310	6	13	0	13	1	19	1	355	8

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

• Football League Trophy: 2012–13[29]

References

External links

• Profile at the Blackpool F.C. website
• Ollie Turton at Soccerbase

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