Liam Gordon (Guyanese footballer)
Quick Facts
Biography
Liam Spencer Gordon (born 15 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dagenham & Redbridge of the National League. He has also represented Guyana at international level.
Club career
Gordon was born in the London Borough of Croydon and played for the youth teams of Fulham and AFC Wimbledon when he was a youngster and subsequently joined Carshalton Athletic. He played for the first team in January 2016 as a sixteen year-old due to an injury crisis, but was sent off for a second booking in a 7–1 defeat to Ramsgate in the Isthmian League Division One South. He later joined the Dagenham & Redbridge academy and signed his first professional contract with the club on 7 July 2017. He started the 2017–18 season on loan at National League South sdie Whitehawk and remained there for three months until November. In January 2018, he went on an one-month loan to Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon along with Joe White.
He made his first team debut for Dagenham on 19 April 2018, scoring the second goal in a 5–3 victory away at Guiseley. In February 2019, he signed a new one-year contract with the option of a further year after an impressive first half of the season.
International career
He made his Guyana national football team debut on 6 June 2019 in a friendly against Bermuda, as a starter. He was then selected for the country's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 23-man squad after it was whittled down from forty players.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 29 February 2020
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2016–17 | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18 | National League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
2018–19 | National League | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | National League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 53 | 3 | |||
Whitehawk (loan) | 2017–18 | National League South | 17 | 2 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
Hendon (loan) | 2017–18 | IL Premier Division | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Dartford (loan) | 2019–20 | National League South | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 78 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 83 | 5 |
International
- As of match played 10 September 2019
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Guyana | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 |