Oscar Halls

Oscar Halls
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-11-15) 15 November 2004[1]
Place of birth Watford, England
Position Defender
Youth career
2016–2022 Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Plymouth Argyle 0 (0)
2023-2024 → Plymouth Parkway (loan) 30 (2)
2024- → Loyola University 27 (1)
2024- → Mousehole 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Oscar Halls (born 15 November 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Loyola Greyhounds of the Patriot League in the US. He previously played for EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle.

Career

Halls signed a professional contract with Plymouth Argyle on his seventeenth birthday, having been with the club since being in the under-10s and travelling to training from his hometown of Penzance three times a week.[2] He attended Mounts Bay Academy.[2] He made his first-team debut on 30 August 2022, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw with Bristol Rovers at Home Park in a group stage match in the EFL Trophy.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 20 September, scoring a headed goal in a 3–1 victory at Swindon Town.[4][5] He was one of four second-year apprentices to turn professional at the end of the 2022–23 season.[6]

On 10 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired.[7]

In summer 2024 Halls joined Loyola Greyhounds, the soccer team representing Loyola University Maryland.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Plymouth Argyle 2022–23[9]EFL League One0000006161
Plymouth Parkway (loan) 2023–24 Southern League Premier 30231—10343
Career total 302310071404

References

  1. ↑ Oscar Halls at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "Halls signs pro deal | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Errington, Chris (30 August 2022). "Argyle in penalty shoot-out success against Bristol Rovers". PlymouthLive. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Swindon Town 1-3 Plymouth Argyle". www.swindontownfc.co.uk. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Errington, Chris (22 September 2022). "Oscar Halls on what it meant to get first senior Argyle goal". PlymouthLive. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Academy Retained List". www.pafc.co.uk. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle offer Brendan Galloway and Mickel Miller new deals". BBC Sport. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Oscar Halls - Men's Soccer". Loyola University Maryland Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Oscar Halls in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2022.