Michael Symes was born on 31 October 1983 and is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
23 Facts About Michael Symes
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Michael Symes started his career as a trainee with Everton, playing in attack with future England international Wayne Rooney.
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Michael Symes moved to Bradford City after he failed to break into the Everton side but after two injury-ravaged seasons with Bradford he moved to Shrewsbury Town, following a short loan spell.
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Michael Symes spent three seasons with Shrewsbury, then joined Accrington Stanley in July 2009 after a loan period the previous season.
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Michael Symes started his career as a trainee at his boyhood heroes, Everton, with whom he reached the final of the 2002 FA Youth Cup, playing up-front with Wayne Rooney.
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Michael Symes scored 31 goals from 51 games at youth level for Everton, including 5 goals in 9 games for the reserves, however injuries over the next season and a half restricted his progress to the Everton first team.
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Michael Symes signed for the League One side in July 2004 with fellow former Everton trainee Steven Schumacher, with whom he lived during his spell at Bradford.
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Michael Symes was dropped from the first team after Bradford signed Dele Adebola.
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Michael Symes never played for Macclesfield meaning his action in 2005 was limited to just 35 minutes on New Year's Day.
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Michael Symes later admitted "it never happened" for him at City and that his confidence was shattered by manager Colin Todd.
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Michael Symes had started just six games in two seasons with Bradford.
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Michael Symes returned to the side a week later for new manager Keith Alexander's first match against Notts County when Macclesfield were denied a victory by a late goal from Richard Butcher.
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Michael Symes played 14 games, four as substitute, but scored just one goal during his stay with Macclesfield.
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Michael Symes returned to Shrewsbury at the end of his month loan spell, in which he failed to score from five appearances.
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Michael Symes scored goals in the FA Cup and the Football League Trophy, helping Accrington to the third round of the former competition and into the northern zone semi-finals against Leeds United in the latter.
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Michael Symes's goals helped Symes land December's League Two Player of the Month and an offer of a contract extension by Accrington to fend off reported interest from other clubs during the January 2010 transfer window.
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However, Michael Symes announced he would not sign a new contract during the transfer window increasing the chance he could leave on a free transfer during the summer on a Bosman ruling transfer.
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However, Michael Symes soon suffered a shoulder injury, which required specialist treatment and kept him out for nearly a month.
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Michael Symes instantly won a place in Bournemouth's starting team and followed up his goal-scoring performance by netting twice against Exeter City to put Bournemouth second in the table.
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On 28 June 2012, Mathieu Baudry, Michael Symes completed a free transfer to fellow League One club Leyton Orient on a two-year deal after being released by Bournemouth.
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Michael Symes was loaned to League Two Burton Albion on 31 January 2013, until the end of the season.
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Michael Symes scored 4 goals in 15 appearances as the team made the play-offs, being eliminated by his former employers Bradford.
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On 29 July 2013, Michael Symes signed a permanent deal for Burton.