Oscar Halls
{{Short description|English footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Oscar Halls
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|11|15|df=y}}{{soccerway|oscar-halls/774182}}
| birth_place = Watford, England
| height =
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2016–2022| youthclubs1 = Plymouth Argyle
| years1 = 2022–2024
| clubs1 = Plymouth Argyle
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2023-2024
|clubs2 = → Plymouth Parkway (loan)
|caps2 = 30
|goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2024-
|clubs3 = → Loyola Greyhounds
|caps3 = 15
|goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2024-
|clubs4 = → Mousehole
|caps4 = 2
|goals4 = 0
| club-update = 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 {{English football updater|PlymoutA}} 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.{{cite news |title=Halls signs pro deal {{!}} Plymouth Argyle - PAFC |url=https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/halls-signs-pro-deal |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=www.pafc.co.uk |date=15 November 2022 |language=en}} He attended Mounts Bay Academy. 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.{{cite news |last1=Errington |first1=Chris |title=Argyle in penalty shoot-out success against Bristol Rovers |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/plymouth-argyle-penalty-shoot-out-7526717 |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=PlymouthLive |date=30 August 2022 |language=en}} He scored his first senior goal on 20 September, scoring a headed goal in a 3–1 victory at Swindon Town.{{cite news |title=MATCH REPORT: Swindon Town 1-3 Plymouth Argyle |url=https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2022/september/match-report-swindon-town-1-3-plymouth-argyle/ |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=www.swindontownfc.co.uk |date=20 September 2022 |language=en-gb}}{{cite news |last1=Errington |first1=Chris |title=Oscar Halls on what it meant to get first senior Argyle goal |url=https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/football/plymouth-argyle-prospect-oscar-halls-7614228 |access-date=24 November 2022 |work=PlymouthLive |date=22 September 2022 |language=en}} He was one of four second-year apprentices to turn professional at the end of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/academy-retained-list|title=Academy Retained List|website=www.pafc.co.uk|date=28 April 2023|accessdate=3 May 2023}}
On 10 May 2024, the club announced he would be released in the summer once his contract expired.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Plymouth Argyle offer Brendan Galloway and Mickel Miller new deals |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c72pgwjp8n1o |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
In summer 2024 Halls joined Loyola Greyhounds, the soccer team representing Loyola University Maryland.{{Cite web |title=Oscar Halls - Men's Soccer |url=https://loyolagreyhounds.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/oscar-halls/13059 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Loyola University Maryland Athletics |language=en}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 22 November 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Plymouth Argyle
|2022–23{{Soccerbase season|id=144505|season=2022|accessdate=1 July 2022}} | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 5
|Plymouth Parkway (loan) |Southern League Premier |30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 4 |
{{notelist}}