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Hasney Aljofree
Personal information
Full name	Hasney Aljofree
Date of birth	11 July 1978 (1978-07-11) (age 31)
Place of birth	Blackley, Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Swindon Town
Number	16
Youth career
1995–1996 1996–1997	Manchester United Bolton Wanderers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2007 2004 2007 2007-	Bolton Wanderers Dundee United Plymouth Argyle → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) → Oldham Athletic (loan) Swindon Town	014 (0) 054 (4) 117 (3) 002 (0) 005 (0) 057 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Hasney Aljofree (born 11 July 1978 in Blackley, Manchester) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Swindon Town.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 2.1 Plymouth Argyle 3 Career statistics 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Aljofree started his career as a youth player with Manchester United, before transferring to Bolton Wanderers in July 1996. He made 22 first team appearances for Bolton, scoring three goals, before being transferred in 2000 to Scottish Premier League side Dundee United,^[1] who were managed at the time by Paul Sturrock. Aljofree scored his first goal in his fourth match for the club, netting in a 2-1 defeat to St Johnstone, and he scored again in December, again in a defeat. Established as a first-team regular, Aljofree scored five times in the 2001-02 season, finishing on the winning side every time. After starting one match at the beginning of the following season, Aljofree was released from Tannadice,^[2] subsequently moving to by English Second Division side Plymouth Argyle, now managed by Sturrock.

During the 2004–05 season, he moved on loan to Sheffield Wednesday, again managed by Sturrock, and many thought that the manager would sign Aljofree again permanently. After just 2 appearances for Wednesday, he picked up an injury and returned to Argyle. Following the injury, he continued to make regular starts for Plymouth Argyle and captained the side during a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid in 2006. He appeared to have picked up a serious injury after 31 minutes of an away game against Southampton on 16 September 2006 and left the field on a stretcher with a neck brace. It was soon announced that he had been taken to hospital, and announced that he had suffered no injury at all.

In January 2007, Aljofree caused controversy with a goal celebration after scoring in an FA Cup match at Peterborough United. After celebrating in front of the opposing fans, bottles were thrown at the player, prompting a police investigation. Aljofree made a written apology to Peterborough fans, which was displayed on the club's official website,^[3] with then Plymouth manager Ian Holloway saying, "To celebrate like that was a disgrace and I would have thrown a bottle at him myself."^[4]

Aljofree had his fourth spell with manager Paul Sturrock by signing for Swindon Town in 2007,^[5] although Sturrock left for his former club, Plymouth Argyle, in November 2007, after naming Aljofree as Swindon's captain for the 2007–08 season.^[6] Under the management of Maurice Malpas he retained the captaincy.

As Malpas' Swindon team struggled at the wrong end of the table, Aljofree performances followed suit as he received criticism from the fans ofa lack of leadership and under-par performances. Aljofree hit back publicly by telling the Swindon Advertiser that the felt the players were "scared to play at the County Ground"^[7], a statement that received widespread ridicule from the Swindon faithful, as they expected results to turn around.

A month later, Hasney Aljofree captained the Swindon team to a 1-0 defeat at Conference side Histon in the FA Cup^[8], with an ankle injury keeping him out of the next two games, by which time Maurice Malpas had been given the sack. Aljofree is yet to play under current manager Danny Wilson as a knee injury forced him off in a relegation battle with Yeovil, a week prior to Wilson's arrival on Boxing Day. The knee injury was expected to keep him out of the festive period only, however, in early January, Aljofree underwent surgery on the injury, extending his layoff for another 5 weeks. To add insult to inury, during his 5 week recovery period it was announced he would have to have another operation, keeping him out for the remained of the season.

On Tuesday 20th October 2009, Hasney Aljofree made a return to football, playing 45 minutes for Swindon Reserves in a match against his old side Plymouth, after 10 months out of action. However, with stiff competition for defensive roles at the club, Aljofree has accepted that he may need to head out on loan to regain full recovery.^[9]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Plymouth Argyle

• Football League Division Two: 1
  

2003–04

[edit] Career statistics

(correct as of 5 September 2009)

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other 1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1997–98	2 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2 (0)	—
	1998–99	1 (3)	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	—	—	2 (3)	—
	1999–00	3 (5)	—	0 (2)	—	3 (2)	—	—	—	6 (9)	—
	Total	6 (8)	—	0 (2)	—	4 (2)	—	—	—	10 (12)	—
Dundee United	2000–01	24 (2)	2	2 (0)	—	3 (0)	—	—	—	29 (2)	2
	2001–02	27 (0)	2	3 (1)	3	2 (1)	—	—	—	32 (2)	5
	2002–03	1 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 (0)	—
	Total	52 (2)	4	5 (1)	3	5 (1)	—	—	—	62 (4)	7
Plymouth Argyle	2002–03	19 (0)	1	1 (0)	—	1 (0)	—	1 (0)	—	22 (0)	1
	2003–04	20 (4)	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	1 (0)	—	22 (4)	—
	2004–05	12 (0)	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	12 (0)	1
	2005–06	36 (1)	1	1 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	37 (1)	1
	2006–07	22 (3)	—	3 (0)	2	1 (0)	—	—	—	26 (3)	2
	Total	109 (8)	3	5 (0)	2	3 (0)	—	2 (0)	—	119 (8)	5
Sheffield Wednesday (On Loan)	2004–05	2 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	3 (0)	—
	Total	2 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	1 (0)	—	3 (0)	—
Oldham Athletic (On Loan)	2006–07	5 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5 (0)	—
	Total	5 (0)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5 (0)	—
Swindon Town	2007–08	38 (1)	2	4 (0)	1	1 (0)	—	—	—	43 (1)	3
	2008–09	17 (1)	—	1 (0)	—	1 (0)	—	—	—	19 (1)	—
	2009–10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Total	55 (2)	2	5 (0)	1	2 (0)	—	—	—	62 (2)	3
Career Total		229 (20)	9	15 (3)	6	14 (3)	—	3 (0)	—	261 (26)	15

Note 1: Football League Trophy

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hasney Aljofree career stats at Soccerbase

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