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Wesley Joseph Nkong Fonguck (/ˈfɒŋɡʊk/ FONG-guuk;[3] born 16 July 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Southend United.

Wesley Fonguck

Fonguck in November 2016
Personal information
Full name	Wesley Joseph Nkong Fonguck[1]
Date of birth	(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Southend United
Number	18
Youth career
0000–2013	Crystal Palace
2014	Croydon
2014–2015	Barnet
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Croydon	1	(0)
2014–2022	Barnet	121	(12)
2015–2016	→ Hendon (loan)	13	(0)
2017	→ Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	3	(0)
2022–	Southend United	15	(1)
National team‡
2018–2019	England C	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019

Career

Fonguck played youth football for Crystal Palace before joining Combined Counties Football League side Croydon, for whom he made one league appearance.[4]

Fonguck joined Barnet as a second-year scholar for the 2014–15 season, and made his senior debut on 16 December 2014, starting in an FA Trophy replay against Concord Rangers.[5] He signed a one-year professional contract in June 2015.[6] He joined Hendon on loan in November 2015, for whom he made 13 appearances.[7] He made his Football League debut when he came on as a substitute against Crawley Town on the final day of the 2015–16 season.[8] On 20 January 2017, he joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on loan.[9] Fonguck left the Bees at the end of the 2018–19 season after turning down a new deal.[10] He went on trial at Telstar in July 2019.[11] Fonguck re-joined the Bees on a two-year deal on 6 September 2019.[12] In December 2020, he was ruled out for the remainder of the 2020–21 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[13] On his departure from the club in July 2022, Fonguck had made 154 appearances for the Bees, scoring fifteen goals.[14]

International career

In September 2018, Fonguck was called up to the England C squad for their friendly the following month against Estonia U23. He would start for Paul Fairclough's side on his international debut and see out the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win.[15]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2022

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croydon	2013–14	CCL Premier Division	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
Barnet	2014–15[16]	Conference Premier	0	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2015–16[17][18]	League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
	2016–17[19]		3	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	4	0
	2017–18[20]		19	0	1	0	2	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	25	0
	2018–19[16]	National League	36	8	7	0	—		6[lower-alpha 4]	1	49	9
	2019–20[16]		19	1	0	0	—		4[lower-alpha 1]	0	23	1
	2020–21[16][21]		11	3[lower-alpha 5]	2	1	—		0	0	13	4
	2021–22[16]		32	0	1	0	—		4[lower-alpha 6]	1	37	1
	Barnet total		121	12	11	1	2	0	20	2	154	15
Hendon (loan)	2015–16	Isthmian League Premier Division	13	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 7]	0	14	0
Hampton & Richmond (loan)	2016–17[19]	National League South	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Career total			137	12	11	1	2	0	21	2	171	15

References

External links

• Wesley Fonguck at Soccerway

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