Connal Trueman

Early life and career

Trueman was born in Birmingham and attended King Edward VI Aston School. He joined Birmingham City's academy in 2007, and took up a scholarship in July 2012. He signed his first professional contract, of one year with the option of a second, in June 2014. When first-choice goalkeeper Darren Randolph had to miss the visit to Blackburn Rovers in October 2014 through suspension and previous third-choice Nick Townsend's loan had no recall clause, Trueman was given a squad number and a place among the substitutes; he remained unused. He then spent time on loan at Leamington, for whom he played twice in the Conference North and once in the FA Trophy.

Birmingham City

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Birmingham took up their option for another year on Trueman's contract, and in April 2016, he signed a one-year contract, with the option for a further year. He made his first appearance of the season in a matchday squad on 30 April, at home to Middlesbrough, when Adam Legzdins took over in goal after Tomasz Kuszczak underwent surgery on a broken nose, and kept his place on the bench for the last match of the campaign, away to Cardiff City. In between, he was an unused substitute for the Birmingham reserve team that lost the 2016 Birmingham Senior Cup final to National League North champions Solihull Moors. On 13 September 2016, away to Reading, Kuszczak was injured during the warm-up, so Legzdins took his place in the starting eleven and Trueman…

As of 6 October 2026