Josh Dawkin
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 16 January 1992||
Place of birth | St Ives, England[2] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St Ives Town | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Norwich City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Norwich City | 3 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2012 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Braintree Town | 12 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Lowestoft Town | ||
2013–2014 | Cambridge City | 44 | (13) |
2014–2015 | Dunstable Town | ||
2015–2016 | Biggleswade Town | ||
2016 | St Neots Town | 15 | (1) |
2016– | St Ives Town | 37 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Wales U17 | 9 | (3) |
2008– | Wales U19 | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:11, 14 April 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:00, 15 September 2010 (UTC) |
Joshua George Dawkin (born 16 January 1992) is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for St Ives Town, having signed for them in the summer of 2016.
Career
Born in St Ives, Cambridgeshire,[1] Dawkin has represented Wales at under-17 and 19 levels.[3] Although born in England, he qualifies to play for Wales through his mother:
"My mum was born in Wales, though she only lived there for a couple of years because my grandad was in the RAF."[4]
He made his professional debut for Norwich City aged 17, on 6 October 2009, in a match against Gillingham in the Football League Trophy.[5]
Dawkin began a one-month loan spell with Conference National side Cambridge United on 9 March 2012.
On 12 July 2012 Dawkin joined Conference National side Braintree Town F.C. along with former Norwich City F.C. defender Sam Habergham.
After a spell with Cambridge City, Dawkin joined Southern Premier Division side Dunstable Town in the summer of 2014 following their promotion the previous season.[6]
Spells followed for Biggleswade Town and St Neots Town, with whom Dawkin spent the second half of the 2015-16 season. In the summer of 2016 he moved to newly promoted Southern Premier Division side St Ives Town.[7]
Style of play
Dawkin expressed his strengths as a footballer as "running with the ball and dribbling", adding "I'm nowhere near as good as him but I'd like to model myself on Cristiano Ronaldo - I'd like to try and play like him."[4]
References
- 1 2 "Academy U18s Profiles". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- 1 2 http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10355~1509378,00.html Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Cody on Target in Trophy Triumph". Norwich City F.C. 2009-10-06. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/three-more-impressive-signings-32351/
- ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/dawkin-becomes-fourth-new-saint-47632/
External links
- Josh Dawkin at Soccerbase
- Josh Dawkin profile at the Norwich City website