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Roco Rees
Personal information
Full name Roco Rees[1]
Date of birth (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Chichester, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2011 Elite Training Centre
2011–2013 Portsmouth
2013–2021 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2019 → Worthing (loan) 11 (0)
2020 → Worthing (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2023 Brentford 0 (0)
2023– Worthing 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Roco Rees (born 3 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for National League South club Worthing as a goalkeeper.

Rees is a product of the Portsmouth and Brighton & Hove Albion academies and began his professional career with the latter club. He played his first senior football on loan with non-League club Worthing in 2019 and 2020. Following two seasons with Brentford B, Rees transferred to Worthing permanently in 2023.

Club career[edit]

Youth years[edit]

A goalkeeper, Rees progressed through the Elite Training Centre and the Portsmouth Academy before moving into the Brighton & Hove Albion Academy at the age of 12.[3][4] By 2018, Rees had progressed sufficiently to be named in the U21 squad for an EFL Trophy group stage match versus Peterborough United on 9 October.[5] He remained an unused substitute during the shoot-out defeat.[6] Following a work experience loan at Isthmian League Premier Division club Worthing during the 2019–20 season,[7] Rees signed his first professional contract in July 2020.[8] He returned to Worthing on a season-long loan in September 2020 and by November 2020,[9] when match play ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[10] he had made 24 appearances during his two spells with the club.[11][12] Rees was released by Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 2020–21 season.[13]

Brentford[edit]

On 10 September 2021, Rees signed a one-year contract with the B team at Premier League club Brentford, with the option of a further year.[4] He was a part of the B team's 2021–22 London Senior Cup-winning squad and the option on his contract was taken up at the end of the season.[14][15] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2022–23 season.[16]

Return to Worthing[edit]

On 30 June 2023, Rees returned to Worthing and signed a permanent contract.[17] With the club now playing National League South football,[18] Rees began the 2023–24 season as the club's starting goalkeeper,[19] before being dropped in mid-February 2024.[5] He made just one further appearance during the 2023–24 season and did not appear in Worthing's National League South unsuccessful playoff campaign.[5][18]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 24 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 2018–19[20] ― 0 0 0 0
Worthing (loan) 2019–20[11] Isthmian League Premier Division 11 0 4 0 0 0 15 0
Worthing (loan) 2020–21[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 7 0 ― 2[b] 0 9 0
Worthing 2023–24[19] National League South 27 0 4 0 2[b] 0 33 0
Total 45 0 8 0 4 0 57 0
Career total 45 0 8 0 4 0 57 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ a b 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup

Honours[edit]

Brentford B

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ Beatpoet/sandboxRees at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame". Elite Training Centre. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Roco Rees joins Brentford B". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Beatpoet/sandboxRees at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Report: Peterborough United 2 Albion 2 (4–5 On Pens)". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Red's Recruit Rushworth". worthingfc.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Academy: Rees and Talley sign first professional contracts". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Rees joins Worthing for the season". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  10. ^ "FA update on steps 3–6". The Pitching In Northern Premier League. Retrieved 11 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ a b "Worthing | Appearances | Roco Rees | 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ a b "Worthing | Appearances | Roco Rees | 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Under-23s retained and released list confirmed". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Brentford B Squad Update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Brentford B squad update". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Roco Returns". worthingfc.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  18. ^ a b Worthing F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  19. ^ a b "Roco Rees | Player Profile". Aylesbury United Archive. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Games played by Beatpoet/sandboxRees in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

External links[edit]


Category:Living people Category:English footballers Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:Sportspeople from London Category:2001 births Category:People from Chichester Category:Worthing F.C. players Category:Isthmian League players Category:National League (English football) players

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