Ishmael Welsh
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ishmael Welsh-Elliott | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Deptford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lewes | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Yeovil Town | 21 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Weymouth (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Torquay United (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Forest Green (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Grays Athletic | 40 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Ebbsfleet United | 30 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Grays Athletic | 11 | (0) |
| 2011– | Lewes | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | England C | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:06, 17 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ishmael Welsh-Elliott (born 4 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays for Conference South club Lewes as a winger.
[edit] Career
Welsh began his career as a trainee with West Ham United, turning professional in July 2005. He failed to break into the first team with West Ham and was released in May 2006. In July that year he signed a two-year contract with Yeovil Town[1] and scored on his league debut on 12 August 2006 in Yeovil's 2–1 win at home to Carlisle United.[2]
Despite being in Yeovil's first team at the start of the season, Welsh struggled to establish himself and was allowed to join Weymouth on loan in March 2007.[3] He returned to Yeovil before the end of the season,[4] playing in the final league game of the season away to Gillingham, but failed to make the squad for any of Yeovil's play-off matches.
In August 2007, Welsh joined Torquay United on a season-long loan.[5] On 11 November Torquay met Yeovil in the first round of the FA Cup and Yeovil demanded that Torquay not include Welsh in the team to face them otherwise they would recall the midfielder back from his loan spell in January.[6] Despite Yeovil's warning Torquay included him on the bench for the match but he was not brought on during the game as Torquay came away with a 4–1 win. After his spell at Torquay he returned to Yeovil, but was then quickly loaned back out, this time to Jim Harvey's Forest Green Rovers for the remainder of the 2007–08 season.[7]
On 7 May 2008, Grays Athletic announced that Welsh had signed for the Essex outfit.[8] In August 2010, Welsh left Ebbsfleet, having spent the previous season with them.
Welsh rejoined Isthmian League Division One North club Grays Athletic in August 2010.[9]
In January 2011, Welsh signed up with his old manager, Tim O'Shea at Lewes in the Conference South.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Winger Welsh seals Yeovil switch, BBC Sport
- ^ Yeovil 2-1 Carlisle, BBC Sport
- ^ Glovers swoop to re-sign Crainie, BBC Sport
- ^ Welsh back at Yeovil from Terras, BBC Sport
- ^ Man Utd youngster joins Glovers, BBC Sport
- ^ "Glovers warn Torquay over Welsh", BBC Sport
- ^ Welsh Agrees To Stay For Season, This Is Gloucestershire
- ^ Player Signing, graysathletic.co.uk
- ^ Welsh back - Daggers trio join
- ^ Welsh signs for the Rooks
[edit] External links
- 1987 births
- English footballers
- Living people
- People from Dartford
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Yeovil Town F.C. players
- Weymouth F.C. players
- Torquay United F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Grays Athletic F.C. players
- Ebbsfleet United F.C. players
- Lewes F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
- Isthmian League players
- Association football midfielders
- England semi-pro international footballers
