Lloyd warming up for Port Vale before the match against Northampton Town on 20 April 2013.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Anthony Lloyd | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Left-winger / central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2011 | Port Vale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2017 | Port Vale | 17 | (0) |
2013 | → Tamworth (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Chester (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Chester (loan) | 41 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:05, 30 April 2017 (UTC). |
Ryan Anthony Lloyd (born 1 February 1994) is an English football midfielder; he left Port Vale in May 2017. He helped Port Vale to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13, and then played on loan at Tamworth in September 2013 and Chester in the 2015–16 and 2016–17 campaigns.
Born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Lloyd started his career in the youth ranks at Port Vale, starting in the club's under-nine side. His debut came on 30 April 2011, as he came off the bench at Vale Park to replace Rob Taylor seventy minutes into a 7–2 win over Morecambe; Joe Davis also made his debut at the same time. This came days before a week-long trial at Premier League side Fulham. He was identified as a technically gifted player. Still a youth team player in 2011–12, he made his second senior appearance in a 2–0 defeat at Whaddon Road on 19 November, replacing Doug Loft after Cheltenham Town had already made the game safe. He agreed a new two-year deal with the club in June 2012. He started the 2012–13 season on the bench, and assistant manager Mark Grew said his performances as a substitute "proved he's good enough" for a first team place, though he would only start a game due to suspensions or injuries to the highly impressive wing duo Ashley Vincent and Jennison Myrie-Williams. Vale were promoted at the end of the season, with Lloyd largely restricted to reserve team football.