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Ollie Banks

Ollie Banks

English footballer

Oliver Ian Banks (born 21 September 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League side Chesterfield.

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Banks formerly played for Rotherham United, Sheffield, Buxton, Stalybridge Celtic, Gainsborough Trinity, Scarborough Athletic, North Ferriby United, FC United of Manchester, Chesterfield, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, Tranmere Rovers, Swindon Town and Barrow.

Early and personal life

Banks is the son of former professional footballer Ian Banks.[2][3]

Career

Banks began his career with Rotherham United, scoring on his professional debut in May 2011.[2][4] While with Rotherham he spent loan spells at Sheffield, Buxton and Stalybridge Celtic.[3] He made a total of 11 appearances for Stalybridge in all competitions.[5]

He was released by Rotherham in May 2012.[6] He then went on trial with York City in July 2012.[7] Following a trial with the club, he signed for Gainsborough Trinity in August 2012.[8] He later played for Scarborough Athletic, North Ferriby United and FC United of Manchester.[3] He made a total of 18 appearances for FC United of Manchester in all competitions.[9] While playing semi-professionally for FCUM he also worked part-time as a kitchen fitter.[10]

In September 2013, Banks signed a professional contract with Chesterfield.[11][12] In November 2013 he received the Football League's Young Player of the Month award.[10] In April 2014 it was announced that Banks would be ruled out of the rest of the 2013–14 season through injury.[13] He signed a new contract with the club in May 2014.[14]

He moved on loan to Northampton Town in November 2014.[15]

He signed for Oldham Athletic in July 2016.[16] He scored his first goal for Oldham in an EFL Trophy tie against Carlisle United on 30 August 2016.[17]

In November 2017, Banks signed for Tranmere Rovers on a one-month loan deal.[18] He moved on loan to Swindon Town in January 2018.[19]

At the end of the 2017–18 season, when Oldham were relegated to League Two, Banks was one of seven players released by the club.[20]

Following his release he re-signed for Tranmere Rovers in May 2018 on a two year contract.[21] Banks signed a further one year deal with the club ahead of the 2020–21 season.[22]

In January 2021 he moved to Barrow.[23][24] he signed a new two-and-a-half year contract with the club in January 2022.[25][26] In June 2022, Banks had his contract terminated by mutual consent.[27][28]

On 1 July 2022, Banks rejoined National League club Chesterfield on a two-year deal, six years after he had previously left the club.[29] In the first league match of the season, he had to play for over an hour as a goalkeeper, after Lucas Covolan was sent off.[30]

Career statistics

As of 22 April 2023[4][5][9]
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Honours

Chesterfield

Tranmere Rovers

References

  1. [1]
    "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Profile". Rotherham United F.C. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Profile". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. [4]
    Ollie Banks at Soccerbase
  5. [5]
    "Profile". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Evans announces retained list". Rotherham United F.C. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. [7]
    "Midfielder Oliver Banks joins York City on trial". York Press. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Banks Pens Trinity Deal". Football Conference. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. [9]
    "Profile". F.C. United of Manchester. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  10. [10]
    Ian Woodcock (20 December 2013). "Chesterfield: Ollie Banks aims to stay away from the kitchen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  11. [11]
    "Banks Signs for Spireites". Chesterfield F.C. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. [12]
    "Chesterfield sign FC United midfielder Ollie Banks". BBC Sport. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  13. [13]
    "Banks Out for Season". Chesterfield F.C. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  14. [14]
    "Chesterfield midfielder Ollie Banks signs new deal". BBC Sport. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  15. [15]
    "Ollie Banks joins Northampton on loan from Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  16. [16]
    "Oldham Athletic: Ollie Banks and Peter Clarke join League One side". BBC Sport. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  17. [17]
    "Oldham 4 Carlisle 5". newsandstar.co.uk. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  18. [18]
    "Tranmere sign Oldham's Ollie Banks and Barnsley's Josh Kay on one-month loans". BBC Sport. 18 November 2017.
  19. [19]
    "Ollie Banks: Oldham midfielder joins Swindon Town on loan". BBC Sport. 12 January 2018.
  20. [20]
    "Oldham Athletic release seven after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  21. [21]
    "Ollie Banks: Tranmere Rovers re-sign ex-Oldham Athletic midfielder on a two-year deal". BBC Sport. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  22. [22]
    "Ollie Banks agrees new one year contract". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  23. [23]
    "Barrow AFC announce their third signing of the day". The Mail. 18 January 2021.
  24. [24]
    "Barrow sign Banks, Bramall and Davies". BBC Sport.
  25. [25]
    "Ollie Banks Signs New Barrow Contract". www.barrowafc.com.
  26. [26]
    "Barrow midfielder Banks signs new deal". BBC Sport.
  27. [27]
    @BarrowAFC (20 June 2022). "𝚃𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙺 𝚈𝙾𝚄, 𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙴: The club can confirm they have agreed to cancel Ollie Banks' contract by mutual consent. We wish Ollie all the best for the future and thank him for his efforts in a Barrow shirt. #BarrowAFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. [28]
    "Barrow sign full-back Tyrell Warren & release midfielder Ollie Banks". BBC Sport. 20 June 2022.
  29. [29]
    "Banks re-joins Spireites". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  30. [30]
    "Dorking Wanderers 2-2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport.
  31. [31]
    Ollie Banks at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  32. [32]
    "Chesterfield 2–1 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  33. [33]
    "Chesterfield 3–0 Boreham Wood: Spireites seal promotion back to the Football League". BBC Sport. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  34. [34]
    Woodcock, Ian (30 March 2014). "Chesterfield 1–3 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  35. [35]
    Pearlman, Michael (25 May 2019). "Newport County 0–1 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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