Joshua Luke Gordon (born 10 October 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two side Barrow.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Luke Gordon[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 28)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barrow | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2011 | Stoke City | ||
2011–2013 | Newcastle Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Newcastle Town | |||
Nantwich Town | |||
2016 | Rhyl | 1 | (0) |
Nantwich Town | |||
Stafford Rangers | |||
2017–2018 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Walsall | 107 | (21) |
2021– | Barrow | 53 | (15) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:15, 13 November 2022 (UTC) |
Gordon played youth football for his hometown club Stoke City but was released as a sixteen-year-old.[3] He eventually joined the junior ranks at Newcastle Town before making his way through the age groups to the first team playing in the Evo-Stik Division One South.[4][5] He combined his early non-league football career with playing basketball, before giving up the latter to focus on football.[6]
A spell at Nantwich Town followed before he moved to Welsh club Rhyl in February 2016.[7] He made just one league appearance for Rhyl before returning to Nantwich.[2]
After a successful spell with Stafford Rangers, where he scored 11 times in the 2016–17 season, he earned a move to reigning Premier League Champions Leicester City in April 2017.[3][8]
Having failed to break into the first team at Leicester, Gordon signed for Walsall in August 2018.[9][10] He scored his first professional goal in an EFL Cup tie with Macclesfield Town on 28 August 2018.[11]
He was offered a new contract by Walsall in November 2020, which he rejected.[12]
On 16 June 2021 it was announced that Gordon would transfer to Barrow at the end of the month, after failing to agree a new contract with Walsall.[13]
Gordon studied for a university degree alongside his non-league career, earning a BA (Hons) in Sports Development and Coaching from Staffordshire University.[6][14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rhyl | 2015–16[2] | Welsh Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leicester City U23 | 2017–18[15] | — | — | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Walsall | 2018–19[16] | League One | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 45 | 9 |
2019–20[17] | League Two | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 40 | 12 | |
2020–21[18] | League Two | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 38 | 6 | |
Total | 107 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 123 | 27 | ||
Barrow | 2021–22[19] | League Two | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 43 | 7 |
2022–23[20] | League Two | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 9 | |
Total | 53 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 16 | ||
Career total | 161 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 192 | 43 |
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