David Enitan Damilola Longe-King (born 26 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Enitan Damilola Longe-King[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Brent, England | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Colney Heath | 7 | (0) |
2014–2016 | St Albans City | 5 | (0) |
2015 | → Northwood (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015 | → Dunstable Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2015 | → Barton Rovers (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2016 | → Ware (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Dunstable Town | 52 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Ware | ||
2018–2019 | Biggleswade Town | 42 | (4) |
2019–2020 | St Albans City | 33 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Newport County | 11 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Grimsby Town | 5 | (0) |
2022 | → Woking (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2022– | Dagenham & Redbridge | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | England C | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:51, 30 August 2022 (UTC) |
Longe-King began his playing career in Non-League football with Colney Heath before later having spells with Northwood, Barton Rovers, Dunstable Town and Ware. He notably spent two spells with St Albans City and earned a call up to the England C team whilst playing for Biggleswade Town. In 2020 he moved into professional football and joined EFL League Two side Newport County before signing with Grimsby Town in June 2021.
Longe-King joined Newport County on a one-year contract on 20 August 2020 having left National League South team St Albans City at the end of the 2019–20 season.[2] He made his professional debut for Newport in the 2-1 League Two win over Morecambe on 5 December 2020 as a second-half substitute.[3] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that he would leave Newport County at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[4]
On 15 June 2021, Longe-King signed with Grimsby Town on a two-year deal.[5]
On 21 January 2022, he joined Woking on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season, having struggled to hold a first team place at Blundell Park.[6] On 18 April 2022 he scored his first Woking goal in a 4-1 away win against Dover athletic. Longe-king played his last match for Woking on the last game of the season on the 15 may before returning to Grimsby having made 15 appearances for Woking and scoring 1 goal.
Grimsby secured promotion with victory in the play-off final, though Longe-King was not in the matchday squad at London Stadium.[7]
On 7 July 2022, Grimsby announced they had agreed terms with Dagenham & Redbridge over the transfer of Longe-King.[8]
Longe-King represented England C against Estonia Under 23s in June 2019.[9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Colney Heath | 2014–15[10] | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
St Albans City | 2014–15[10][11] | Conference South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16[10][11] | National League South | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Northwood (loan) | 2014–15[10] | Southern League Division One Central | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Dunstable Town (loan) | 2014–15[10] | Southern League Premier Division | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Barton Rovers (loan) | 2015–16[10] | Southern League Division One Central | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Ware (loan) | 2015–16[10] | Southern League Division One Central | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Dunstable Town | 2015–16[10] | Southern League Premier Division | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
2016–17[10] | Southern League Premier Division | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |||
Barton Rovers | 2017–18 | Southern League Division One East | No data currently available | |||||||||
Biggleswade Town | 2018–19 | Southern League Premier Division Central | No data currently available | |||||||||
St Albans City | 2019–20[10][11] | National League South | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
Newport County | 2020–21[11] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Grimsby Town | 2021–22[11] | National League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Woking (loan) | 2021–22[11] | National League | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2022–23[11] | National League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 147 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 162 | 7 |
Grimsby Town
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. – current squad | |
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