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James Connolly

Crewe Alexandra
Height
18
Shirt
24 years
Nov 2, 2001
Left
Preferred foot
England
Country
€155.3K
Market value
Jun 30
Contract end
Position
Primary
Center-back
CB

Player traits

Stats compared to other center-backs
Touches30%Shot attempts77%Goals79%
Chances created47%Aerial duels won99%Defensive contributions100%

League Two 2025/2026

2
Goals
0
Assists
22
Started
23
Matches
1,921
Minutes played
7.17
Rating
6
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Jan 1

Cheltenham Town
W4-1
90
1
0
0
0
8.1

Dec 29, 2025

Newport County
L2-0
90
0
0
1
0
6.6

Dec 26, 2025

Walsall
L1-0
90
0
0
0
0
6.5

Dec 19, 2025

Bristol Rovers
D1-1
90
0
0
1
0
7.5

Dec 13, 2025

Tranmere Rovers
W1-4
90
0
0
0
0
7.1

Dec 10, 2025

Newport County
D2-2
90
0
0
0
0
6.8

Dec 3, 2025

Stockport County
D1-1
21
0
0
0
0
6.6

Nov 29, 2025

Cambridge United
L2-1
90
0
0
0
0
7.3

Nov 22, 2025

Chesterfield
D3-3
90
1
0
1
0
7.2

Nov 15, 2025

Oldham Athletic
D0-0
90
0
0
0
0
7.5
Crewe Alexandra

Jan 1

League Two
Cheltenham Town
4-1
90‎’‎
8.1

Dec 29, 2025

League Two
Newport County
2-0
90‎’‎
6.6

Dec 26, 2025

League Two
Walsall
1-0
90‎’‎
6.5

Dec 19, 2025

League Two
Bristol Rovers
1-1
90‎’‎
7.5

Dec 13, 2025

League Two
Tranmere Rovers
1-4
90‎’‎
7.1
2025/2026

Season shot map

On target: 38%
  • 16Shots
  • 2Goals
  • 2.17xG
4 - 1
Shot typeRight footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.10xG0.10xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 1,921

Shooting

Goals
2
Expected goals (xG)
2.07
xG on target (xGOT)
2.22
Non-penalty xG
2.07
Shots
16
Shots on target
6

Passing

Assists
0
Expected assists (xA)
0.94
Successful passes
568
Successful passes %
70.1%
Accurate long balls
72
Accurate long balls %
33.0%
Chances created
5

Possession

Successful dribbles
1
Successful dribbles %
33.3%
Touches
1,267
Touches in opposition box
37
Dispossessed
3
Fouls won
30

Defending

Tackles
23
Duels won
191
Duels won %
63.7%
Aerial duels won
144
Aerial duels won %
66.4%
Interceptions
22
Blocked shots
29
Fouls committed
31
Recoveries
40
Dribbled past
2

Discipline

Yellow cards
6
Red cards
0

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Player traits

Stats compared to other center-backs
Touches30%Shot attempts77%Goals79%
Chances created47%Aerial duels won99%Defensive contributions100%

Career

Senior career

Crewe AlexandraAug 2024 - now
53
2
Bristol Rovers (back from loan)Jan 2024 - Aug 2024
10
0
Morecambe (on loan)Aug 2023 - Jan 2024
17
2
Bristol RoversJun 2022 - Aug 2023
38
2
Bristol Rovers (on loan)Jan 2022 - May 2022
25
1

Youth career

Cardiff City FC Under 23 (back from loan)Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
Cardiff City FC Under 23 (Free transfer)Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
Blackburn Rovers U23Jan 2018 - Aug 2021
4
0
Blackburn Rovers U18Jan 2018 - Jun 2021
44
4

National team

Wales U21May 2022 - May 2023
1
0
  • Matches
  • Goals

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