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David Ijaha
Ijaha captaining Whitehawk in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth London,[1] England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dulwich Hamlet
Youth career
2002–2005 Chelsea
2006–2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Harrow Borough[2] 39 (2)
2011–2012 St Albans City[3] 62 (3)
2012–2014 Tonbridge Angels[1] 55 (4)
2014 Hayes & Yeading United[3] 7 (0)
2014–2016 Whitehawk[1] 62 (2)
2016–2017 Plymouth Argyle 3 (0)
2017 Wealdstone 3 (0)
2017–2018 Whitehawk 31 (2)
2018–2019 Welling United 32 (3)
2019– Dulwich Hamlet 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:24, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

David Ijaha (born 17 February 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Dulwich Hamlet of the National League South.[1]

Career

Early career

Ijaha was at his local Chelsea academy for three years as a youngster, being released at the age of 15. Having earned a place at an England Schoolboy training camp he met up with Kyle Bennett who introduced him to Wolverhampton Wanderers,[4] where he spent two seasons playing for the U18 side and the reserves,[5] before being released.[6]

Non-League career

After a spell out of the game, Ijaha joined Harrow Borough in August 2010 and then followed his manager David Howell to Southern Premier Division St Albans City, where he was made captain. He signed for National League South side Tonbridge Angels in December 2013.[6] Following Tonbridge's relegation, Ijaha joined Hayes & Yeading United at the start of the 2014–2015 season, where he had been a long term target of manager Phil Babb. However, he soon moved to National League South rivals Whitehawk[7] where he spent two seasons.

Plymouth Argyle

At the start of the 2016–2017 season, Ijaha was invited down to Home Park for a trial by Plymouth Argyle's assistant manager Craig Brewster, who had previously coached in Sussex at Whitehawk. Ijaha impressed enough to be offered a contract [8] and he made his Football League debut at the age of 27, playing for Plymouth Argyle in a 3–0 loss against Luton Town on 6 August 2016.[1] After struggling with a long-term injury,[9] Ijaha was released at the end of the 2016–17 season having made three league appearances.[10]

Later career

Ijaha had a short spell with National League South club Wealdstone at the beginning of the 2017–18 season,[11] before rejoining Whitehawk and being appointed captain in September.[12]

Personal life

Ijaha was educated at St Thomas More School in Chelsea.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 March 2018 [13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Harrow Borough[15] 2010–11 Isthmian Premier 39 2 2 0 — — 6 0 47 2
Harrow Borough total 39 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 47 2
St Albans City 2011–12 SFL - Premier Division 40 2 4 0 — — 2[a] 0 46 2
2012–13 22 1 3 0 — — 4[b] 0 29 1
St Albans City total 62 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 75 3
Tonbridge Angels 2012–13 Conference South 21 3 — — — — 0 0 21 3
2013–14 34 1 0 0 — — 2[c] 0 36 1
Tonbridge total 55 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 57 4
Hayes & Yeading United 2014–15 Conference South 7 0 0 0 — — 0 0 7 0
Hayes & Yeading total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Whitehawk 2014–15 Conference South 30 0 3 0 — — 6[d] 0 39 0
2015–16 National League South 36 2 5 0 — — 1[c] 0 42 2
Whitehawk total 66 2 8 0 0 0 7 0 81 2
Plymouth Argyle 2016–17 League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 3[e] 0 7 0
Wealdstone 2017–18 National League South 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Whitehawk 2017–18 National League South 31 2 0 0 — — 6[d] 0 37 2
Career total 257 12 18 0 0 0 30 0 298 12
  1. ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy and one in the Southern League Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup, one in the FA Trophy, one in the Southern League Cup and one in the Herts Senior Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy
  4. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy and Sussex Senior Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ a b c d e David Ijaha at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2017. The discrepancy between source and infobox figures for Whitehawk is because Soccerway counts playoff matches in with league matches and Wikipedia does not.
  2. ^ "David Ijaha - Harrow Borough Football Club First Team". Pitchero.
  3. ^ a b "David Ijaha". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United FC and Luke Buckingham Brown. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Whitehawk Official Matchday Programme v Chippenham Town, 25 November 2017
  5. ^ "Stourbridge 1 Wolves 4". Birmingham Mail. 9 January 2008.
  6. ^ a b http://www.tonbridgeangelsonline.co.uk/news/david-ijaha-signs-for-the-angels-807392.html
  7. ^ "Ijaha Makes Hawks Switch". 2 October 2014.
  8. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36827560%7Caccessdate=21 December 2017
  9. ^ Cross, Beren (8 August 2017). "David Ijaha secures non-league contract after Argyle exit". Plymouth Herald.
  10. ^ Munday, David (10 May 2017). "Plymouth Argyle release nine first team players as retained list is announced". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Player news – one in & one out". Wealdstone F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ "David Ijaha". Whitehawk F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. ^ "D. Ijaha - Profile". Soccerway.
  14. ^ "Whitehawk FC".
  15. ^ "David Ijaha". Pitchero. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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