Connor Lemonheigh-Evans (born 24 January 1997) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Stockport County. He is a Wales under-21 international. He started his career at Bristol City and had loans at Bath City and Torquay United, before joining Torquay United for an undisclosed fee in August 2020.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Connor Lemonheigh-Evans[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 25)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Stockport County | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2012 | Llanelli | ||
2012–2015 | Bristol City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2020 | Bristol City | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Bath City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2017 | → Bath City (loan) | 6 | (3) |
2018 | → Torquay United (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Torquay United (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Torquay United (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Torquay United | 81 | (21) |
2022– | Stockport County | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Wales U16 | ||
2013–2014 | Wales U17 | 6 | (1) |
2015 | Wales U18 | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Wales U21 | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 15 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:49, 16 October 2018 (UTC) |
Lemonheigh-Evans was born in Swansea.[4]
Having been with Bristol City since 2012,[5] Lemonheigh-Evans signed a professional contract with the club in May 2016.[6] He joined Bath City on loan in January 2017, making his debut in a 1–1 draw at home to Hampton & Richmond Borough on 7 January.[7][8] He made three appearances for Bath, but returned to Bristol City after suffering an injury.[7] He signed an extension to his contract in summer 2017.[9][10]
On 28 July 2017, Lemonheigh-Evans joined Bath City on a two-month loan.[11] He scored his first goal for the club in their first game of the season; a late penalty in a 5–2 home defeat to Chippenham Town.[12] He scored three goals in 6 league matches for Bath City.[3] In January 2018, Lemonheigh-Evans made his senior debut for Bristol City playing 90 minutes in the 3–0 loss at Watford in the FA Cup.[13][14] On 31 January 2018, he joined National League side Torquay United on loan until the end of the season.[15] He made his debut for Torquay United on 3 February 2018 as a 76th minute substitute in a 3–1 victory over Barrow.[16][17] He scored his first goal for the club on 2 April 2018 with a 25-yard strike after 68 minutes in a 2–1 victory at home to Woking.[18][19] Across the 2017–18 season, he appeared in 15 league matches, scoring once,[3] as Torquay were relegated to the National League South.[20]
On 29 September 2018, he returned to Torquay United on loan until January 2020.[21][22] He extended his loan until the end of the season on 31 December 2018.[23] In January 2019, he signed a two-year contract extension with Bristol City, keeping him at the club until summer 2021.[24][25] He appeared in 30 league matches for Torquay, scoring three goals,[3] as they were promoted back to the National League.[26]
On 2 August 2019, he again returned to Torquay United on a loan deal until January 2020.[27] In January 2020, his loan was extended to the end of the season.[28] He appeared in 22 league matches, scoring once.[3]
He joined Torquay United permanently for an undisclosed fee in August 2020.[5][29]
On 14 June 2022, Lemonheigh-Evans joined newly promoted League Two club Stockport County on a two-year deal.[30]
Lemonheigh-Evans has represented Wales at youth and under 21 levels.[31][32]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2017–18[33] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19[34] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20[35] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bath City (loan) | 2016–17[3] | National League South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Bath City (loan) | 2017–18[3] | National League South | 6 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
Torquay United (loan) | 2017–18[3] | National League | 15 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Torquay United (loan) | 2018–19[3][36] | National League South | 30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
Torquay United (loan) | 2019–20[3] | National League | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 23 | 2 | |
Torquay United | 2020–21[3] | National League | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 50 | 11 | |
2021–22[3] | National League | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 43 | 11 | ||
Total | 81 | 21 | 4 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 93 | 22 | |||
Career total | 157 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 176 | 33 |
Torquay United
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