Charlie Trafford


Charlie Trafford is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Scottish club Hamilton Academical as a midfielder.

Club career

Youth and College

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Trafford spent time playing local youth soccer before joining the Whitecaps Residency. He later played college soccer with York University, and also spent time with Dutch club De Graafschap. In 2012, he played with SC Toronto of the Canadian Soccer League.

Finland

Trafford began his senior professional career in Finland, playing with IFK Mariehamn, TPS and KuPS. While with KuPS, Trafford won their 2014 Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards.

Poland

Trafford signed with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce on 24 November 2015. He made his debut against Pogoń Szczecin on 15 February 2016. Trafford would struggle to receive playing time with Korona Kielce, and in March 2017 would transfer to Polish First League side Sandecja Nowy Sącz.

Return to Finland

Trafford returned to Finland and signed with RoPS on 14 July 2017. He made his debut for them against FC Lahti on 16 July.

Scotland

After only a month with RoPS, Trafford transferred to Scottish side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 18 August 2017. He made his debut the next day against Greenock Morton. Trafford would start regularly for the club during his first two months, but would lose his starting spot after injuring his thumb. Trafford would be in and out of the starting lineup during his first 2.5 years at Inverness, showing good form when getting a regular run of games. He left the club at the end of the 2019–20 season. He then signed for Hamilton Academical.

International career

Trafford received his first call up to the Canadian national team on 6 October 2015 as a replacement for Kyle Bekker, who withdrew from the squad due to injury. He would earn his first cap seven days later on 13 October, starting in central midfield against Ghana.

Personal life

His cousin Mason Trafford is also a professional soccer player with Cavalry FC in Canada. Both have played for IFK Mariehamn and Mason arranged for Charlie to sign for the club.

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