Brandon Comley

Brandon Comley (born 18 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for League Two club Bolton Wanderers.

Brandon Comley
Personal information
Full name Brandon Comley[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-18) 18 November 1995[2]
Place of birth Islington, London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 8
Youth career
2005–2015 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Queens Park Rangers 2 (0)
2016 → Carlisle United (loan) 12 (0)
2016–2017 → Grimsby Town (loan) 20 (0)
2017 → Grimsby Town (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 → Colchester United (loan) 21 (0)
2018–2020 Colchester United 54 (2)
2020– Bolton Wanderers 8 (0)
National team‡
2018– Montserrat 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:56, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Comley came through the Queens Park Rangers Academy, joining at the age of nine and made his first-team debut in 2015 in the Premier League. He had loan spells in League Two with Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, and Colchester United. He joined the latter on a permanent basis in January 2018.

He has represented Montserrat at international level.

Club career

Queens Park Rangers

Born in Islington, London,[2] Comley joined Queens Park Rangers Academy at the age of nine, where he progressed through the age groups to eventually make his first-team debut in 2015.[3] He made his club and Premier League debut on 24 May 2015 as an 80th-minute substitute for Karl Henry during QPR's 5–1 defeat at Leicester City on the final day of the season.[4]

After facing Carlisle United in the League Cup first round on 25 August 2015,[5] Comley made a loan move to the League Two club on 21 January 2016 in an initial month-long deal.[6] He made his United debut ten days later, starting in their 3–0 home defeat by Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[7] In just his third appearance for the club, Comley was sent off for a second bookable offence during Carlisle's 1–0 league defeat to Newport County on 13 February.[8] His loan was extended until the end of the season in March 2016.[9] He went on to make 13 appearances for the Cumbrians.[10]

On 31 August 2016, Comley signed for League Two side Grimsby Town on loan until January 2017.[11] He made his debut on 3 September during Grimsby's 2–2 draw at Notts County.[12] He made 22 appearances for Grimsby in all competitions before he returned to QPR in January. He made one appearance for his parent club,[13] before rejoining Grimsby on loan until the end of the season.[14] He made a further 13 league appearances for the club.[13]

On 31 August 2017, Comley joined League Two club Colchester United on loan until January 2018.[15] He made his Colchester debut on 9 September in their 3–1 win against Crawley Town.[16] At the completion of his loan, he had made 23 first-team appearances for the U's.[17]

Colchester United

Colchester United signed their former loanee Comley on a permanent basis on 17 January 2018 for an undisclosed fee.[18] He joined on a ​2 1⁄2-year contract.[19] He made his second debut for the club on 27 January 2018 as a substitute for Courtney Senior in Colchester's 2–2 draw at Port Vale.[20] He scored his first professional goal on 10 March in a 1–1 draw at Mansfield Town.[21] On 28 April 2020 Colchester confirmed that Comley would be released at the end his contract in June 2020.[22]

Bolton Wanderers

On 21 July 2020, Comley joined Bolton Wanderers on a two-year deal.[23] His debut came on 5 September in Bolton's first match of the season, a 1–2 home defeat against Bradford in the first round of the EFL Cup.[24]

International career

In March 2015, Comley was called up by the Montserrat national team to represent them in two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying first round fixtures against Curaçao.[25] He did not appear in either fixture.[26][27]

In August 2018, Comley was again called up by Montserrat ahead of their CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against El Salvador on 8 September.[28] He played the full 90 minutes as Montserrat fell to a 2–1 defeat to the Central American nation.[29]

Personal life

Brandon has an older brother James who is also a footballer.[30] He played alongside James on his international debut against El Salvador in September 2018.[29]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queens Park Rangers 2014–15[31] Premier League 100000—10
2015–16[10] Championship 00–10—10
2016–17[13] Championship 10–00—10
2017–18[17] Championship 00–00—00
Total 200010–30
Carlisle United (loan) 2015–16[10] League Two 120100000130
Grimsby Town (loan) 2016–17[13] League Two 20010001[lower-alpha 1]0220
2016–17[13] League Two 130–––130
Total 330100010350
Colchester United (loan) 2017–18[17] League Two 21010001[lower-alpha 1]0230
Colchester United 2017–18[17] League Two 171––00171
2018–19[32] League Two 13000101[lower-alpha 1]0150
2019–20[33] League Two 24110513[lower-alpha 1]0332
Total 542106140653
Career total 12224071601393
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 19 November 2019[34]
Montserrat senior team
YearAppsGoals
201830
201960
Total90

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Colchester United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 18. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. "FootballSquads - Colchester United - 2017/2018". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. "Player Profile: Midfielder Brandon Comley". Queens Park Rangers FC. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. Canavan, Steve (24 May 2015). "Leicester City 5–1 Queens Park Rangers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. "Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Carlisle United". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. "Brandon Comley: QPR midfielder joins Carlisle United on loan". BBC Sport. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. Gheerbrant, James (31 January 2016). "Carlisle United 0–3 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. "Newport County 1–0 Carlisle United". BBC Sport. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. "Brandon Comley remains on loan at Carlisle United from QPR". Sky Sports. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. "Grimsby Town: Shaun Tuton, Dean Henderson and Brandon Comley join League Two club". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. "Notts County 2–2 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  13. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  14. "Brandon Comley: QPR midfielder rejoins Grimsby Town on loan". BBC Sport. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  15. Hudson, Matt (31 August 2017). "U's Flash: Comley Signs". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  16. "Colchester United 3–1 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  17. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. Taylor, Ian (17 January 2018). "Comley joins Colchester on permanent deal". Queens Park Rangers FC. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  19. Waldron, Jonathan (17 January 2018). "Colchester United have agreed permanent deal with QPR for Brandon Comley". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  20. "Port Vale 2–2 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  21. "Mansfield Town 1–1 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  22. Jackson released
  23. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2020/july/evatt-brings-in-midfielder-comley/
  24. BWFC.co.uk: "Report: Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Bradford City"
  25. "Brandon Comley called up for Montserrat". Queens Park Rangers FC. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  26. "Curacao 2–1 Montserrat". FIFA. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  27. "Montserrat 2–2 Curacao". FIFA. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  28. Waldron, Jonathan (31 August 2018). "Colchester United midfielder Brandon Comley selected for Montserrat". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  29. "Game Detail". Concacaf Nations League. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  30. "Loan man Comley would 'tackle your granny' - Curle". News & Star. Carlisle. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  31. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  32. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  33. "Games played by Brandon Comley in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  34. "B. Comley". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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