Early career Aljofree started his career as a youth player with
Manchester United, a move to
Bolton Wanderers in July 1996. He made 22 first-team appearances for Bolton before being transferred in 2000 to
Scottish Premier League side
Dundee United, who were managed at the time by
Paul Sturrock. Aljofree scored his first goal in his fourth match for the club, netting in a 2–1 defeat to
St Johnstone, and he scored again in December, again in a defeat. Established as a first-team regular, Aljofree scored five times in the
2001–02 season, finishing on the winning side every time. After starting one match at the beginning of the following season, Aljofree was released from
Tannadice, subsequently moving to by English
Second Division side
Plymouth Argyle, now managed by Sturrock.
Plymouth Argyle During the
2004–05 season, he moved on loan to
Sheffield Wednesday, again managed by Sturrock, and many thought that the manager would sign Aljofree again permanently. After just two appearances for Wednesday, he picked up an injury and returned to Argyle. Following the injury, he continued to make regular starts for Plymouth Argyle and captained the side during a pre-season friendly against
Real Madrid in 2006. He appeared to have picked up a serious injury after 31 minutes of an away game against
Southampton on 16 September 2006 and left the field on a stretcher with a neck brace. It was soon announced that he had been taken to hospital, and announced that he had suffered no injury at all. In January 2007, Aljofree caused controversy with a goal celebration after scoring in a
2006–07 FA Cup match at
Peterborough United. After celebrating in front of the opposing fans, bottles were thrown at the player, prompting a police investigation. Aljofree made a written apology to Peterborough fans, which was displayed on the club's official website, with then-Plymouth manager
Ian Holloway saying, "To celebrate like that was a disgrace and I would have thrown a bottle at him myself."
Swindon Town Aljofree had his fourth spell with manager
Paul Sturrock by signing for Swindon Town in 2007, although Sturrock left for his former club, Plymouth Argyle, in November 2007, after naming Aljofree as Swindon's captain for the
2007–08 season. Under the management of
Maurice Malpas he retained the captaincy. As Malpas' Swindon team struggled at the wrong end of the table, Aljofree performances followed suit as he received criticism from the fans of a lack of leadership and under-par performances. Aljofree hit back publicly by telling the Swindon Advertiser that the felt the players were "scared to play at the
County Ground", a statement that received widespread ridicule from the Swindon faithful, as they expected results to turn around. A month later, Aljofree captained the Swindon team to a 1–0 defeat at
Conference side
Histon in the
FA Cup, with an ankle injury keeping him out of the next two games, by which time Maurice Malpas had been given the sack. Aljofree is yet to play under current manager
Danny Wilson as a knee injury forced him off in a relegation battle with
Yeovil, a week prior to Wilson's arrival on Boxing Day. The knee injury was expected to keep him out of the festive period only, however, in early January, Aljofree underwent surgery on the injury, extending his layoff for another 5 weeks. To add insult to injury, during his five-week recovery period it was announced he would have to have another operation, keeping him out for the remainder of the season. On 20 October 2009, Aljofree made a return to football, playing 45 minutes for Swindon Reserves in a match against his old side
Plymouth, after 10 months out of action. However, with stiff competition for defensive roles at the club, Aljofree has accepted that he may need to head out
on loan to regain full recovery. On 1 February 2010, Aljofree's tenure with Swindon Town came to an end as it was announced that the player had left the club after both the player and club agreed to terminate his contract.
Return to Oldham On 3 February 2010, Aljofree signed a pay-as-you-play contract with
Oldham Athletic until the end of the 2009–10 season. He was released after the 3–0 defeat to Yeovil, his only start in an Oldham shirt. == Managerial career ==