Connor Essam

Connor Essam
Personal information
Full name Connor Essam[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-09) 9 July 1992[2]
Place of birth Sheerness, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Dover Athletic
Number 6
Youth career
2002–2010 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Gillingham 18 (0)
2010–2011 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 10 (0)
2011 → Dover Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 7 (1)
2011–2012 → Dartford (loan) 7 (1)
2012 → Luton Town (loan) 9 (0)
2013–2014 Crawley Town 11 (1)
2013 → Dartford (loan) 4 (1)
2014–2015 Dover Athletic 38 (4)
2015–2016 Leyton Orient 24 (0)
2016 → Dover Athletic (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Eastleigh 11 (0)
2016 → Woking (loan) 6 (0)
2017 → Dover Athletic (loan) 16 (1)
2017– Dover Athletic 35 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:23, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Connor Essam (born 9 July 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dover Athletic.

Club career

Gillingham

Born in Chatham, Kent,[4] Essam joined Gillingham in 2002 and progressed through the ranks of the youth team and also captained the side.[5] In March 2010, Essam was awarded his first professional contract along with Dean Rance and Charlie Stimson.[6] He was sent out to Conference South side Bishop's Stortford in October 2010 on an initial one-month loan which was later extended.[7] Later on in the season he joined Dover Athletic on loan in the same division.[8] In August 2011, Essam rejoined Bishop's Stortford of the Conference North on a one-month loan deal along with Dean Rance.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 29 August in a 5–0 win over Hinckley United.[10] Essam joined Conference South outfit Dartford on loan in December 2011.[11] He scored in the 4–1 away league win over Staines Town.[12] Essam made his professional and Gillingham debut on 13 February 2012 in a 2–1 home defeat to Southend United.[13] On 31 August 2012 Essam signed for Luton Town on a month-long loan, later extended for a second month.[14][15] He returned to Gillingham on 2 November after making nine appearances for Luton, and was swiftly made available on a free transfer by Gillingham manager, Martin Allen.

Crawley Town

On 23 January 2013, Essam signed for Crawley Town of Football League One on a free transfer, with Gillingham retaining an interest by inserting a sell-on clause into the contract.[16] In November 2013, Essam joined Conference Premier side Dartford on a one-month loan deal.[17]

Leyton Orient

On 27 July 2015, Essam signed for Football League Two side Leyton Orient. After a successful trial with the club he was offered a one-year contract. In May 2016, he was released from Leyton Orient when it was announced that he would not be retained when his contract expired.[18]

Eastleigh

On 14 June 2016, Essam joined National League side Eastleigh on a one-year deal.[19] After only making five appearances in the space of a month, Essam joined Woking on a 93-day loan.[20] Two days later, Essam made his Woking debut in a 1–1 draw against Guiseley, playing the full 90 minutes.[21] However, just after a month into his loan spell with Woking, Essam was recalled by Eastleigh to cover an injury crisis.[22] After a short spell back at Eastleigh, Essam once again left the club on loan, this time returning to Dover Athletic on a deal for the remainder of the campaign.[23] Following a successful loan spell back at Dover, it was announced that Essam would leave Eastleigh in June 2017 upon the expiry of his current deal.[24]

Dover Athletic

On 20 June 2017, Essam joined Dover Athletic, returning to the Whites on a two-year deal.[25] He made his debut on the opening day in a 1-0 away victory to Hartlepool United.[26]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 February 2018.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2010–11[27] League Two 0000000000
2011–12[28] League Two 180000000180
2012–13[29] League Two 000000—00
Total 180000000180
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2010–11[30] Conference South 100——1[lower-alpha 1]0110
Dover Athletic (loan) 2010–11[31] Conference South 70———70
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2011–12[32] Conference North 71———71
Dartford (loan) 2011–12[33] Conference South 71——1[lower-alpha 1]081
Luton Town (loan) 2012–13[34] Conference Premier 90———90
Crawley Town 2012–13[35] League One 91———91
2013–14[36] League One 2000001[lower-alpha 2]030
Total 111000010121
Dartford (loan) 2013–14[34] Conference Premier 41——2[lower-alpha 1]061
Dover Athletic 2014–15[34] Conference Premier 38451—6[lower-alpha 1]1496
Leyton Orient 2015–16[34] League Two 24000101[lower-alpha 2]0260
Dover Athletic (loan) 2015–16[34] National League 80——1[lower-alpha 3]090
Eastleigh 2016–17[34] National League 11050—00160
Woking (loan) 2016–17[34] National League 60———60
Dover Athletic (loan) 2016–17[34] National League 161———161
Dover Athletic 2017–18[34] National League 35120—3[lower-alpha 1]0401
Career total 211101211016123512
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in National League play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Connor Essam". 11v11. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ↑ http://hugmansfootballers.com/player/22985
  4. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  5. ↑ "Connor Essam profile". Gillingham FC. 13 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gillingham's Essam, Rance and Stimson get pro contracts". BBC Sport. 13 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Essam in Bishop's Stortford loan". Gillingham FC. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Essam extends Dover loan". Football.co.uk. 20 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Essam extends Dover loan". Kent Online. 20 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "29/08/11 : Bishops Stortford 5 – 0 Hinckley United". Hinckley Info. 30 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Dartford Loan Gills Defender". Non League Chat. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "Staines 1–4 Dartford". News Shopper. 25 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Gillingham 1–2 Southend". BBC Sport. 13 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "Luton sign Connor Essam on loan from Gillingham". BBC Sport. 31 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Essam extends loan deal at Luton". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  16. ↑ "Crawley Town sign Mustapha Dumbuya and Connor Essam". BBC Football. 23 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "Connor Essam: Dartford sign Crawley Town defender on loan". BBC Football. 22 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Leyton Orient: Mathieu Baudry among eight players to leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Eastleigh: Connor Essam and Mikael Mandron join National League club". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Connor Essam joins on loan". Woking F.C. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  21. ↑ "Guiseley 1-1 Woking". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "FA Cup: Now Connor Essam joins Eastleigh's centre-back casualty list". Southern Daily Echo. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  23. ↑ "Connor Essam: Dover Athletic re-sign central defender on loan from Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  24. ↑ "Player Update". Eastleigh Official Site. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  25. ↑ "Essam signs on". Dover Athletic Official Site. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Hartlepool United 0-1 Dover Athletic - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  27. ↑ "Squad stats: 2010/11". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  29. ↑ "Squad stats: 2012/13". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  30. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2011). Non-League Club Directory 2012. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-869833-70-1.
  31. ↑ Williams; Williams (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2012. pp. 280–281.
  32. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.
  33. ↑ Williams; Williams (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2013. pp. 52–53.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "C. Essam". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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