Joe Ralls

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Joe Ralls
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Ralls playing for Cardiff City in 2012
Personal information
Full name Joseph William Ralls[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Aldershot, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 8
Youth career
Aldershot Town
2008–2010 Farnborough
2010–2011 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Cardiff City 85 (4)
2013–2014 → Yeovil Town (loan) 37 (3)
International career‡
2012 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:47, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2012

Joseph William "Joe" Ralls (born 13 October 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City as a midfielder.

Career

Early career

Ralls played for Aldershot Town, where he played one game in the Aldershot Senior Cup tie against Bagshot, before joining Farnborough under-16s. After he was spotted by Cardiff City scouts along with Jordan Carter, a small compensation was paid by Cardiff to sign the two players. He agreed to play in a trial match for Premier League side Fulham, although this was postponed before he joined Cardiff.[3] Then Cardiff academy manager Neal Ardley has stated that he had to convince other staff at the club about Ralls after he declared his intention to offer him a contract.[4]

Cardiff City

Ralls made his first team debut against Oxford United in the League Cup on 10 August 2011.[5] His first start came against Huddersfield Town 13 days later. He signed his first professional contract on 30 September.[6] Ralls made his league debut a day later against Hull City, where he also scored a stunning volley for his debut goal.[7] His first league start came on 10 December in a goalless draw at Millwall.[8]

In the 2012/2013 pre-season friendlies, Ralls scored the second goal in a 4–1 victory against Premier League team Newcastle United. He started the first competitive match of the season against Northampton Town in the League Cup. On 17 November 2012, Ralls filled in at left-back following an injury to Andrew Taylor as City saw off Middlesbrough 1–0 at Cardiff City Stadium.

Loan to Yeovil Town

On 14 August 2013, Ralls moved to Football League Championship side Yeovil Town on loan until January 2014 in order to gain first team opportunities and experience.[9] On 11 January 2014, Ralls extended his loan with Yeovil until the end of the season.[10]

Return to Cardiff

Ralls (in blue) attacking against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Under new Cardiff boss Russell Slade, Ralls became a regular in the first team during the 2014–15 season, altogether playing 31 games and scoring 4 goals. At the start of the following season, he was handed the number 8 shirt and started in the left sided midfield role against Fulham on the opening day.[11][12] Ralls scored his only goal of the campaign in January against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3–1 win.[13] Ralls effort throughout the season had earned him the Young Player of the year award, whilst Cardiff just missed out on a play-off place to Sheffield Wednesday.[14]

International career

Ralls received his first international call for the England Under-19s to replace the injured Robert Hall to play Czech Republic in February.[15] Ralls came on in the games to make his English debut.[16]

Career statistics

As of 9 May 2016.[17]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City
2011–12[18]
 Championship 10 1 0 0 4 0 14 1
2012–13[19]
 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
2013–14[20]
 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15[21]
 Championship 28 2 1 1 2 1 31 4
2015–16[22]
 43 1 0 0 1 0 44 1
Total 85 4 2 1 8 1 95 6
Yeovil Town (loan)
2013–14[20]
 Championship 37 3 1 0 0 0 38 3
Career totals 119 7 3 1 8 1 132 9

References

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  8. ↑ "Millwall 0–0 Cardiff" BBC Sport. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
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