Julian Charles

{{Short description|Former footballer}} {{For|the Saint Lucian cricketer|Julian Charles (cricketer)}} {{Use British English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Julian Charles | image = | caption = | fullname = Julian Ian Charles<ref>{{Hugman|3384|accessdate=26 December 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|2|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Plaistow, England | height = | position = Forward | years1 = 1994–1996 | clubs1 = Cheshunt | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1996–1998 | clubs2 = Grays Athletic | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = Billericay Town | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1998–1999 | clubs4 = Witham Town | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1999 | clubs5 = Barking | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1999 | clubs6 = Hampton & Richmond Borough | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1999–2002 | clubs7 = Brentford | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2000 | clubs8 = → Woking (loan) | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2001 | clubs9 = → Farnborough Town (loan) | caps9 = 4 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2002 | clubs10 = Billericay Town | caps10 = 3 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2002–2003 | clubs11 = Weymouth | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 3 | years12 = 2003 | clubs12 = → Aylesbury United (loan) | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 1 | years13 = 2003 | clubs13 = → Leatherhead (loan) | caps13 = | goals13 = | years14 = 2003 | clubs14 = Aylesbury United | caps14 = 4 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2003 | clubs15 = → Wingate & Finchley (loan) | caps15 = | goals15 = | years16 = 2003–2004 | clubs16 = Clacton Town | caps16 = 15 | goals16 = 1 | years17 = 2004–2006 | clubs17 = Weymouth | caps17 = | goals17 = | years18 = 2006 | clubs18 = Ilford | caps18 = | goals18 = | years19 = 2006–2007 | clubs19 = Hounslow Borough | caps19 = | goals19 = | years20 = 2007 | clubs20 = Redbridge | caps20 = 8 | goals20 = 2 | years21 = 2010– | clubs21 = Ilford | caps21 = | goals21 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2000 | nationalteam1 = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Julian Ian Charles''' (born 5 February 1977) is a former footballer from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who played as a striker.

==Career==

===Club career=== Charles moved from Hampton & Richmond Borough to Brentford in December 1999, for a fee of £25,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-on-the-move-1133475.html|title=FOOTBALL: ON THE MOVE|access-date=19 August 2009|date=19 December 1999|newspaper=The Independent | location=London}}</ref> While at Brentford, Charles made 12 appearances in the Football League,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/brentford/brentford.html|title=BRENTFORD : 1946/47 – 2007/08|access-date=19 August 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database}}</ref> before later moving to Billericay Town in October 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3016330/October-transfers-and-managerial-changes.html|title=October transfers and managerial changes|access-date=19 August 2009|date=1 November 2001|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=London | first=John | last=Ley}}</ref> Charles rejoined Ilford in April 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/sport/football/foxes_woe_after_points_deduction_1_491191|title=Foxes woe after points deduction|access-date=27 August 2010|date=1 April 2010|publisher=Ilford Recorder | location=Ilford | first=Iain | last=Liddle}}</ref>

===International career=== Charles played international football for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1281373.stm|title=Brentford pen pictures|access-date=19 August 2009|date=18 April 2001|author=Ian Westbrook|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> earning two caps in 2000.<ref>{{NFT player|pid=5614}}</ref>

== Personal life == Charles has three brothers, Ian, Darren and Jason,<ref name="bees">{{cite book |year=2001 |title=TW8: The Home Of Real Football – Brentford Official Matchday Programme versus Colchester United 29/09/01 |location= Charlton, London|publisher= The Yellow Printing Company|pages=16, 17}}</ref> and as of 2002 had a son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/team/view/featured_player/0,,10421~103482,00.html|title=Brentford Football Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811180633/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/team/view/featured_player/0,,10421~103482,00.html|archive-date=11 August 2002|url-status=dead|access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> Prior to taking up football, Charles was a ski instructor in Switzerland, Italy and Austria.<ref name="bees" /> He also holds an HND in Graphic Design, a degree in Design and later worked as a graphic designer.<ref name="bees" /> At the time he was playing for Brentford, Charles lived in Newbury Park.<ref name="bees" /> He is a Liverpool supporter.<ref name="bees" />

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==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}

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