Oliver Arblaster

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Oliver Arblaster
Personal information
Full name Oliver Luke Arblaster[1]
Date of birth (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Sheffield, England[1]
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Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Port Vale
(on loan from Sheffield United)
Number 18
Youth career
2010–2021 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Sheffield United 4 (0)
2021 → Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan) 5 (0)
2023– → Port Vale (loan) 14 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 England U18 4 (1)
2023– England U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:58, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:30, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Oliver Luke Arblaster (born 5 May 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Port Vale, on loan from EFL Championship club Sheffield United.

Arblaster turned professional at Sheffield United in May 2018. He was loaned out to Bradford (Park Avenue) in October 2021. He played four games of United's 2022–23 Championship promotion-winning campaign. He was loaned out to Port Vale for the 2023–24 season.

Club career

Sheffield United

Arblaster joined the Academy at Sheffield United at the age of six.[2] He turned professional at the club in May 2018.[3] On 22 October 2021, he joined Bradford (Park Avenue) on a youth-loan until 3 January, alongside Nickseon Gomis.[4] He made his senior debut later that day in a 5–1 defeat at Kidderminster Harriers.[5] He impressed manager Mark Bower and retained his starting place for a total of five matches at the Horsfall Stadium.[6] He was recalled to Bramall Lane by Sheffield United on 3 December.[7] He was twice named in United's matchday squads in the 2021–22 season.[8]

He made his debut for Sheffield United in an EFL Cup match as the Blades lost 1–0 at West Bromwich Albion on 11 August 2022.[9] He made his Championship debut on 4 September, coming on as a late substitute in a 2–0 win at Hull City.[10] He made his first league start on 12 November, playing the first half of 1–0 win at Cardiff City.[11][12] He played no further part in the 2022–23 promotion-winning season, though was deemed too useful to loan out as the club management feared a possible injury crisis could develop.[13][14]

On 17 July 2023, Arblaster signed for League One club Port Vale on a season-long loan deal, becoming manager Andy Crosby's tenth signing of the summer.[15] David Flitcroft, the club's director of football, said that "he is a player that has great potential ahead of him we would like like to thank Paul Heckingbottom of Sheffield United for entrusting us with the further development of him".[16] He made an immediate impact to the 2023–24 season, being named as the club's Player of the Month as he "played a key role in the engine room of a Port Vale side that accumulated 10 points throughout August".[17] He scored his first goal in the English Football League at Vale Park on 19 September, when he fired in a late consolation during a 3–2 defeat to Burton Albion.[18]

International career

In November 2021, Arblaster was called up to the England under-18 squad by head coach Neil Ryan for the Pinatar Tournament in Spain, featuring against Belgium.[2] He scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory over Austria on 7 June 2022.[19] He was called up to the England under-20 squad for the first time in August 2023.[20] In October 2023, he was called up to the England U-20 side for matches against Portugal U-20 and Romania U-20.[21] He made his U20 debut on 12 October 2023 during a 2–0 away defeat to Romania.[22]

Style of play

Arblaster is a technically gifted midfielder with an eye for goal.[23] Coach Jack Lester said that he had a "brilliant footballing brain".[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sheffield United 2021–22[24] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23[13] Championship 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2023–24[25] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Bradford (Park Avenue) (loan) 2021–22[1] National League North 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Port Vale (loan) 2023–24[25] League One 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 1
Career total 23 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 26 1

Honours

Sheffield United

References

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