Michael Symes (born 31 October 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He started his career as a trainee with Everton, playing in attack with future England international Wayne Rooney.
He moved to Bradford City after he failed to break into the Everton side but after two injury-ravaged seasons with Bradford he moved to Shrewsbury Town, following a short loan spell.
He spent three seasons with Shrewsbury, then joined Accrington Stanley in July 2009 after a loan period the previous season.
His most successful campaign in terms of goals was with Accrington, which resulted in a summer move to newly promoted Bournemouth in 2010.
After two years there, he moved on to Leyton Orient, then Burton Albion, initially on a temporary deal, before being released in 2014.