Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roco Rees[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Chichester, England | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
–2011 | Elite Training Centre | ||
2011–2013 | Portsmouth | ||
2013–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2019 | → Worthing (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2020 | → Worthing (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Worthing | 27 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC) |
Roco Rees (born 3 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for National League South club Worthing as a goalkeeper.
Rees is a product of the Portsmouth and Brighton & Hove Albion academies and began his professional career with the latter club. He played his first senior football on loan with non-League club Worthing in 2019 and 2020. Following two seasons with Brentford B, Rees transferred to Worthing permanently in 2023.
Club career
editYouth years
editA goalkeeper, Rees progressed through the Elite Training Centre and the Portsmouth Academy before moving into the Brighton & Hove Albion Academy at the age of 12.[3][4] By 2018, Rees had progressed sufficiently to be named in the U21 squad for an EFL Trophy group stage match versus Peterborough United on 9 October.[5] He remained an unused substitute during the shoot-out defeat.[6] Following a work experience loan at Isthmian League Premier Division club Worthing during the 2019–20 season,[7] Rees signed his first professional contract in July 2020.[8] He returned to Worthing on a season-long loan in September 2020 and by November 2020,[9] when match play ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[10] he had made 24 appearances during his two spells with the club.[11][12] Rees was released by Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 2020–21 season.[13]
Brentford
editOn 10 September 2021, Rees signed a one-year contract with the B team at Premier League club Brentford, with the option of a further year.[4] He was a part of the B team's 2021–22 London Senior Cup-winning squad and the option on his contract was taken up at the end of the season.[14][15] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2022–23 season.[16]
Return to Worthing
editOn 30 June 2023, Rees returned to Worthing and signed a permanent contract.[17] With the club now playing National League South football,[18] Rees began the 2023–24 season as the club's starting goalkeeper,[19] before being dropped in mid-February 2024.[5] He made just one further appearance during the 2023–24 season and did not appear in Worthing's National League South unsuccessful playoff campaign.[5][18] Rees was released at the end of the season and made 57 appearances across his three spells at Woodside Road.[11][12][19][20]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 24 March 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 2018–19[21] | ― | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Worthing (loan) | 2019–20[11] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Worthing (loan) | 2020–21[12] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | ― | 2[b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Worthing | 2023–24[19] | National League South | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Total | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
Career total | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
Honours
editBrentford B
- London Senior Cup: 2021–22[14]
References
edit- ^ "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Beatpoet/sandboxRees at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Elite Training Centre. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Roco Rees joins Brentford B". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b c Beatpoet/sandboxRees at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Report: Peterborough United 2 Albion 2 (4–5 On Pens)". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Red's Recruit Rushworth". worthingfc.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Academy: Rees and Talley sign first professional contracts". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Rees joins Worthing for the season". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "FA update on steps 3–6". The Pitching In Northern Premier League. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Worthing | Appearances | Roco Rees | 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Worthing | Appearances | Roco Rees | 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Under-23s retained and released list confirmed". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Brentford B Squad Update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Brentford B squad update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "Roco Returns". worthingfc.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ a b Worthing F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c "Roco Rees | Player Profile". Aylesbury United Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Several players to depart following seasons end". worthingfc.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Beatpoet/sandboxRees in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
External links
edit- Beatpoet/sandboxRees at Soccerbase
Category:Living people
Category:English footballers
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Category:Association football goalkeepers
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Category:People from Chichester
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Category:Isthmian League players
Category:National League (English football) players