Les Afful

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Les Afful
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Afful
Date of birth	February 4, 1984
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5' 6"
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Forest Green Rovers
Youth clubs
2000-2002	Exeter City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2006 2006 2006-present	Exeter City Torquay United Forest Green Rovers	78 (3) 05 (0) 31 (1)
National team2
2006-	England National Game XI	02 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Les Afful (born February 4, 1984) is a professional footballer currently with Conference National side Forest Green Rovers.

Afful was born in Liverpool and joined Exeter City as a trainee after playing for a Merseyside youth team in Toxteth, after being brought to Exeter for a friendly by former Birmingham City and Liverpool player Howard Gayle.

He made his first team debut on November 17, 2001 in a 3-0 home FA Cup victory against non-league Cambridge City, prior to turning professional in April 2002. His league debut came later that season, on the 13th of April in a 1-1 draw away to Leyton Orient. He played once more that season, but failed to make any first team appearances the following season as Exeter were relegated out of the Football League and into the Nationwide Conference.

He played fairly regularly in Exeter's first two seasons in the Conference, but was out of favour by the time he joined local rivals Torquay United on loan in January 2006. He played five times for Torquay as they successfully battled against relegation to the Conference, but was not offered a permanent deal by either Exeter or Torquay at the end of the season, joining Forest Green Rovers.

He made a successful start to his career with Forest Green and in November 2006 was called up to the England National Game XI squad for the European Trophy decider against Holland ^[1].

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Les Afful career stats at Soccerbase

Forest Green Rovers F.C. - Current Squad
1 S. Williams | 2 Lawless | 3 Nicholson | 4 Jones | 6 Pitman | 7 Wanless | 8 Clist | 9 Rigoglioso | 10 Brough | 11 Hardiker | 17 Afful | 18 Beesley | 20 Harrison | 21 D. Williams | 22 Dodgson | 23 Carey-Bertram | 24 Lamb | 25 Giles | 32 Robinson | Manager: Harvey