Alex Bailey is a professional footballer

Football (soccer)

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A right-back, Bailey began as an Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 trainee, winning the FA Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

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 in 2001, but was released by the Gunners and signed by Chesterfield

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

 prior to the start of the 2004–05

2004-05 in English football

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 season. He remained at Saltergate for three years.

Early career

Alex Bailey Attended St Bonaventures RC School from age 11 to 14. Alex played for the scholar football team and captained while he attended St Bons. Alex attended St Bonaventures alongside other notable footballers such as Jermain Defoe

Jermain Defoe

Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....

 of Tottenham Hotspur and Clayton Fortune

Clayton Fortune

Clayton Alexander Fortune is an English football defender now without a club after being released by League Two side Aldershot Town at the end of the 2010–11 season....

, who plays for Rushden & Diamonds on loan from Darlington. Alex was spotted and subsequently taken in as an Arsenal trainee thereafter.

Honours

Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

• FA Youth Cup
  FA Youth Cup
  The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under–18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part...
  
  : 2000–01

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