Liam Gordon (footballer, born 1999)
![]() Gordon with Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liam Spencer Gordon | ||
Date of birth | 15 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Carshalton Athletic | ||
2016–2017 | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Carshalton Athletic | ||
2016– | Dagenham & Redbridge | 50 | (3) |
2017 | → Whitehawk (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2018 | → Hendon (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Dartford (loan) | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Guyana | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:02, 12 March 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:27, 10 September 2019 (UTC) |
Liam Spencer Gordon (born 15 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dagenham & Redbridge of the National League. He has also represented Guyana at international level.
Club career
Gordon was born in the London Borough of Croydon and played for the youth teams of Fulham and AFC Wimbledon when he was a youngster and subsequently joined Carshalton Athletic.[1] He played for the first team in January 2016 as a sixteen year-old due to an injury crisis, but was sent off for a second booking in a 7–1 defeat to Ramsgate in the Isthmian League Division One South.[2] He later joined the Dagenham & Redbridge academy and signed his first professional contract with the club on 7 July 2017.[3] He started the 2017–18 season on loan at National League South sdie Whitehawk and remained there for three months until November.[4] In January 2018, he went on an one-month loan to Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon along with Joe White.[5]
He made his first team debut for Dagenham on 19 April 2018, scoring the second goal in a 5–3 victory away at Guiseley.[6] In February 2019, he signed a new one-year contract with the option of a further year after an impressive first half of the season.[7]
International career
He made his Guyana national football team debut on 6 June 2019 in a friendly against Bermuda, as a starter.[8] He was then selected for the country's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 23-man squad after it was whittled down from forty players.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 March 2020
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2016–17[8] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18[10] | National League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
2018–19[11] | National League | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
2019–20[12] | National League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |||
Whitehawk (loan) | 2017–18[8] | National League South | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
Hendon (loan) | 2017–18[13] | IL Premier Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Dartford (loan) | 2019–20[8] | National League South | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 80 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 85 | 5 |
International
- As of match played 10 September 2019
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Guyana | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Liam Gordon". Tony's Soccer School. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Football: Carshalton Athletic boss takes seven-goal drubbing on the chin". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Academy Youngsters Pen Professional Contracts". Dagenham & Redbridge. 7 July 2017.
- ^ Scott, Anthony (6 October 2017). "Transfer News". Whitehawk F.C.
- ^ "Former Staff - Liam Gordon". Hendon F.C. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Ranson, Jacob (15 May 2018). "Young Gordon delighted with first senior season at Dagenham & Redbridge". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Keating, Ned (4 February 2019). "Taylor excited to see Daggers defender Gordon continue to develop after extending deal". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Bermuda v Guyana game report". Soccerway. 6 June 2019.
- ^ Ranson, Jacob (11 June 2019). "Daggers duo selected to head off to the Gold Cup with Guyana". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Liam Gordon - Hendon profile". Greensnet. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
External links
- Liam Gordon at Soccerway
- Liam Gordon at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1999 births
- Footballers from Croydon
- English people of Guyanese descent
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- English footballers
- Guyanese footballers
- Guyana international footballers
- 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players
- Carshalton Athletic F.C. players
- Hendon F.C. players
- Whitehawk F.C. players
- Dartford F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Isthmian League players
- Guyanese football biography stubs