Ethan Beckford

Ethan Beckford (born June 21, 1999) is an English footballer who currently plays for Hyde United in the Northern Premier League.

Ethan Beckford
Personal information
Full name Ethan Eamon Beckford[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-21) June 21, 1999[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Hyde United
Youth career
2012–2015 Richmond Hill SC
2015–2017 Toronto FC Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Penn State Nittany Lions 33 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Toronto FC III 34 (21)
2016 Toronto FC II 3 (0)
2019–2020 Curzon Ashton 1 (0)
2020– Hyde United 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 19, 2020

Born in Manchester, England into a family of former professional footballers, he joined Toronto FC in 2015 and was put into the club's Academy. He also played for Toronto FC II in 2016, before entering Pennsylvania State University the following year. He spent two years in college and represented Penn State Nittany Lions. He joined English non-league club Curzon Ashton in December 2019.

Career

Toronto FC

Beckford played for Richmond Hill SC, where in two seasons won the Coupe Quebec-Ontario Cup championship, secured a silver medal at the Ontario Summer Games, made the Ontario Indoor Cup finals, and claimed back to back championships in the Ontario Youth Soccer League.[3] He joined the Toronto FC Academy in February 2016, and was called up to the Toronto FC II squad during the 2016 USL season. Beckford made his professional debut on May 25, 2016, in a 2–1 defeat to Harrisburg City Islanders.[4] He also played with the TFC Academy in the USL League Two and League1 Ontario during 2016 and 2017.[5]

Penn State Nittany Lions

In fall of 2017, Beckford went to play college soccer at Pennsylvania State University. He played two seasons with the Nittany Lions, scoring seven goals and tallying one assist in 33 appearances.[1] During his time with Penn State, Beckford was named to the Big Ten All Freshman team in 2017. In early 2019, Beckford opted to leave Penn State to pursue a professional career in Europe.[6]

Curzon Ashton

On 2 December 2019, Beckford joined National League North side Curzon Ashton.[7] He played a total of 16 minutes for the "Nash" in one league and one FA Trophy game.[2] He had a trial at Port Vale in August 2020.[8]

Hyde United

On 3 November 2020, Beckford signed with Northern Premier League side Hyde United.[9][10]

Personal life

Ethan is from a family of former professional footballers, including his father Jason Beckford, uncle Darren Beckford and cousin Danny Webber.[1]

Career statistics
As of match played 14 December 2019
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III 2016[5] PDL 111———111
2016[11] League1 Ontario 119—11—1210
2017[12] 1211—??—1211
Total 34210011003421
Toronto FC II 2016[2] United Soccer League 30———30
Curzon Ashton 2019–20[2] National League North 1000001[lower-alpha 1]020
Career total 38210011104022
  1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References
  1. "Ethan Beckford - Men's Soccer". Penn State University Athletics.
  2. Ethan Beckford at Soccerway
  3. "Richmond Hill Soccer Club - RHSC's Ethan Beckford Joins Toronto FC Academy". www.richmondhillsoccer.com. February 3, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. "Penn vs. Toronto II - 25 May 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. "TFC Academy - 2016 Regular Season - Roster - # - Ethan Beckford -". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. "Beckford, Rafanello To Leave Penn State Men's Soccer To Play Professionally In Europe". Onward State. August 5, 2019.
  7. "Curzon Ashton FC : News". Curzon Ashton FC. December 2, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  8. Fielding, Rob (August 14, 2020). "Manager reveals identities of two more trialists training with Port Vale". onevalefan.co.uk. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  9. https://www.manchesterfootball.info/2020/11/ethan-beckford-hyde-utd-signing/
  10. https://hydeunited.co.uk/player/ethan-beckford/
  11. "TFC III stats 2016". League1 Ontario.
  12. "TFC III Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
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