Corey Milton Whitely (born 11 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two club Bromley.

Corey Whitely
Personal information
Full name Corey Milton Whitely[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Enfield Town, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Bromley
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2008 Boreham Wood
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Boreham Wood 3 (0)
2009–2012 Yalova
2012 Waltham Forest 15 (7)
2013 Cheshunt 22 (11)
2013–2016 Enfield Town 120 (46)
2016–2018 Dagenham & Redbridge 56 (23)
2018–2019 Ebbsfleet United 59 (11)
2019–2021 Newport County 10 (0)
2020Bromley (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2021Boreham Wood (loan) 35 (5)
2021– Bromley 131 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:58, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Career

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Whitely began his senior career at Boreham Wood, where he played a handful of games in the 2008–09 season.[2] After three seasons playing in the non-pyramid TTFF League for Yalova, in which he was top scorer,[3] Whitely joined Isthmian League side Waltham Forest for the 2012–13 season.[4] Whitely joined Cheshunt in January 2013,[5] before moving up a division to join Enfield Town that summer. He scored 46 goals for Town over three seasons before moving up to the National League to join Dagenham & Redbridge in summer 2016. He won the Daggers' player of the season award the following summer before joining Ebbsfleet United in February 2018.[6]

On 25 June 2019 Whitely joined Newport County on a two-year deal.[7] He made his EFL League Two debut on the opening day of the 2019–20 season against Mansfield Town.[8] On 4 September 2019 he scored his first goal for Newport in the 5–4 defeat to West Ham United Under-21s in the EFL Trophy Southern Group E.[8] On 10 January 2020 Whitely joined Bromley on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.[9] On 20 August 2020 Whitely rejoined Boreham Wood on loan for the 2020–21 season.[10] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that he would leave Newport County at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[11] Whitely joined Bromley permanently in July 2021.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 1 July 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
Waltham Forest 2012–13[13] Isthmian League Division One North 15 7 0 0 --- 0 0 15 7
Enfield Town 2013–14[14] Isthmian League Premier Division 41 10 1 0 0 0 42 10
2014–15[15] Isthmian League Premier Division 42 15 0 0 0 0 42 15
2015–16[16] Isthmian League Premier Division 37 21 2 0 5[a] 3 42 23
Total 120 46 3 0 5 3 128 49
Dagenham & Redbridge 2016–17[17] National League 39 15 3 1 1[b] 0 43 16
2017–18[17] National League 27 8 2 0 1[b] 0 30 8
Total 56 23 5 1 2 0 63 24
Ebbsfleet United 2017–18[17] National League 15 3 0 0 0 0 15 3
2018–19[17] National League 44 8 3 0 1[b] 0 48 8
Total 59 11 3 0 1 0 63 11
Newport County 2019–20[8] League Two 10 0 2 0 2 0 4[c] 1 18 1
Bromley (loan) 2019–20[17] National League 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Boreham Wood (loan) 2020–21[17] National League 35 5 2 0 1[b] 0 38 5
Bromley 2021–22[17] National League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 328 104 15 1 2 0 13 4 358 109
  1. ^ Two appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in the Alan Turvey Trophy.
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

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Bromley

References

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  1. ^ "Premier Division Goal scorers – The BetVictor Isthmian League". www.betvictoristhmian.co.uk.
  2. ^ Elliott, Sam (6 April 2018). "The Pain Game! But Fleet's Corey Wants Another Crack". www.thenationalleague.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Waltham Forest v Grays Athletic (18–8–12)". Issuu.
  4. ^ "Summer Moves (Part Eleven)..." 19 August 2012.
  5. ^ "January 2013 Moves (Part One)..." 9 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Corey Whitely: Ebbsfleet United sign Dagenham & Redbridge forward". BBC Sport. 16 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Corey Whitely: Newport County sign forward from Ebbsfleet". BBC Sport. 25 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Games played by Corey Whitely in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Newport County winger joins National League hopefuls on loan". South Wales Argus.
  10. ^ "Newport County sign Ryan Taylor and David Longe-King". BBC Sport. 20 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Newport County AFC retained list confirmed". www.newport-county.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Corey Whitely returns". 1 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Corey Whitely Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "StackPath". www.enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  15. ^ "StackPath". www.enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  16. ^ "StackPath". www.enfieldtownfootballclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g "England – C. Whitely – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  18. ^ "Bromley beat Wrexham to win FA Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Bromley 2–2 Solihull Moors: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.