Max Sheaf

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Max Sheaf

| image = Sheaf, Max.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = Sheaf with Redditch United in April 2023

| fullname = Max Daniel Sheaf{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/image/201920/general-news/efl-squad-numbering-06.09.2019.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Hull City |publisher=English Football League |page=33 |accessdate=15 October 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2000|3|10}}

| birth_place = Gravesend, Kent, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Gateshead

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2018–2021

| clubs1 = Hull City

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2019–2020

| clubs2 = → Cheltenham Town (loan)

| caps2 = 19

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2021

| clubs3 = → Torquay United (loan)

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–2022

| clubs4 = Gloucester City

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022

| clubs5 = → Hungerford Town (loan)

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022–2023

| clubs6 = Redditch United

| caps6 = 42

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2023–2025

| clubs7 = Ross County

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2025–

| clubs8 = Gateshead

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| club-update = 17:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

}}

Max Daniel Sheaf (born 10 March 2000) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|Gateshea}} club Gateshead.

Career

Born in Gravesend,{{cite web |url=https://www.hullcitytigers.com/behind-the-stripes-max-sheaf/ |title=Behind The Stripes: Max Sheaf |date=26 September 2018 |publisher=Hull City A.F.C. |language=en |access-date=12 April 2020}} he made his league debut in the final match of the 2018–19 season when he came on in the 54th-minute as a substitute for Fraizer Campbell against Bristol City.{{cite news

| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48081772

| title = Hull City 1–1 Bristol City

| date = 5 May 2019

| work = BBC Sport

| publisher = BBC

| accessdate = 13 May 2019}}

On 29 July 2019, Sheaf joined Cheltenham Town on loan until January 2020.{{cite web

| title = Hull City midfielder Max Sheaf completes loan move to Cheltenham Town

| url = https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/hull-city-arsenal-max-sheaf-3150046

| date = 29 July 2019

| work = Gloucester Live

| accessdate = 29 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49153749|title=Max Sheaf: Hull City teenager joins Cheltenham Town on six-month loan|date=29 July 2019|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=30 July 2019}} He made his debut for the Robins in the first match of the 2019–20 season playing 75 mins in a 1–0 loss to Leyton Orient.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49135888|title=Leyton Orient 1–0 Cheltenham Town|date=3 August 2019|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 August 2019}} He scored his first professional in an EFL Trophy tie against Newport County on 12 November 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18032069.cheltenham-town-4-newport-county-7-two-hat-tricks-rampant-exiles/ |title=Cheltenham Town 4 Newport County 7: Two hat-tricks for rampant Exiles |date=13 November 2019 |website=southwalesargus.co.uk |accessdate=13 November 2019}}

Sheaf's loan at Cheltenham was extended until the end of the season on 8 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2020/january/greaves--sheaf-agree-loan-extensions/|title=Greaves & Sheaf agree loan extensions |date=8 January 2020 |website=ctfc.com |accessdate=8 January 2020}}

On 18 January 2021, Sheaf joined National League side Torquay United on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |url=https://torquayunited.com/hull-city-midfielder-max-sheaf-joins-on-loan/ |title=Hull City midfielder Max Sheaf joins on loan |publisher=Torquay United FC |date=18 January 2021|accessdate=18 January 2021}}

Sheaf was released by Hull City at the end of the 2020–21 season.{{cite web

| title = Retained List Confirmed

| url = https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/2021/may/retained-list-confirmed/

| publisher = Hull City A.F.C.

| date = 18 May 2021

| accessdate = 21 January 2022}}

On 27 August 2021, Sheaf signed a one-year contract with Gloucester City.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestercityafc.com/post/max-sheaf-joins-city|title=Max Sheaf Joins City|date=27 August 2021|publisher=Gloucester City A.F.C.|accessdate=21 March 2022}} He was released at the end of the 2021-22 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestercityafc.com/post/retained-list-announced|title=Retained List Announced|date=9 May 2022|publisher=Gloucester City A.F.C|accessdate=12 September 2022}}

On 18 February 2022, Sheaf was sent on a month-long loan spell to Hungerford Town.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestercityafc.com/post/sheaf-loaned-to-hungerford|title=Sheaf loaned to Hungerford|date=18 February 2022|publisher=Gloucester City A.F.C.|accessdate=21 March 2022}}

On 5 August 2022, Redditch United announced the signing of Sheaf on a free transfer following his release from Gloucester City.{{cite web|url=https://www.rufcofficial.co.uk/news/new-signing--max-sheaf-2719014.html|title=New Signing - Max Sheaf|date=5 August 2022|publisher=Redditch United F.C.|accessdate=12 September 2022}}

Sheaf joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on 28 June 2023 on a two-year deal after County paid an undisclosed fee to Redditch United.{{cite web|url=https://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk/news-items/max-sheaf-joins-from-redditch-united|title= Max Sheaf joins from Redditch United!|publisher=Ross County FC|date= 28 June 2023|access-date= 28 June 2023}}

On 10 January 2025, Sheaf joined National League side Gateshead on an eighteen-month deal. {{cite web|url=https://gateshead-fc.com/max-sheaf-joins-gateshead-from-ross-county/|title=Max Sheaf joins Gateshead from Ross County|website=gateshead-fc.com|date=10 January 2025|accessdate=10 January 2025}}

Personal life

Sheaf's older brother Ben is also a footballer.{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-sign-highly-rated-arsenal-midfielder-ben-sheaf-on-a-six-month-loan-1-9873048|title=Doncaster Rovers sign highly-rated Arsenal midfielder Ben Sheaf on a six-month loan|first=Leon|last=Wobschall|website=Yorkshire Post|date=12 July 2019|accessdate=14 August 2019}}

He went to The Anthony Roper Primary School, then moved on to Wilmington Grammar School for Boys in 2011.

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 27 February 2021}}{{cite web|title=Max Sheaf|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=114856|website=Soccerbase}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="4"\|Hull City \|2018–19 \|Championship \|1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2019–20 \|Championship \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020–21 \|League One \|0	0	0	0	0	0	3Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy	0	3	0
colspan="2"\|Total !1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6	0
Cheltenham Town (loan) \|2019–20 \|League Two \|19	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	22	3
Torquay United (loan) \|2020–21{{soccerway\|max-sheaf/563586\|Max Sheaf\|accessdate=5 April 2021}} \|National League \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy \|0 \|5 \|0
colspan="3"\|Career total !23	2	3	0	1	0	6	1	33	3