David Longe-King | |
Fullname: | David Enitan Damilola Longe-King[1] |
Birth Date: | 1995 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Brent, England |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 2014 |
Caps1: | 7 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2014–2016 |
Caps2: | 5 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2015 |
Clubs3: | → Northwood (loan) |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2015 |
Clubs4: | → Dunstable Town (loan) |
Caps4: | 5 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2015 |
Clubs5: | → Barton Rovers (loan) |
Caps5: | 3 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2016 |
Clubs6: | → Ware (loan) |
Caps6: | 5 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Years7: | 2015–2017 |
Caps7: | 52 |
Goals7: | 3 |
Years8: | 2017–2018 |
Years9: | 2018–2019 |
Caps9: | 42 |
Goals9: | 4 |
Years10: | 2019–2020 |
Caps10: | 33 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Years11: | 2020–2021 |
Caps11: | 11 |
Goals11: | 0 |
Years12: | 2021–2022 |
Caps12: | 5 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Years13: | 2022 |
Clubs13: | → Woking (loan) |
Caps13: | 15 |
Goals13: | 1 |
Years14: | 2022–2024 |
Caps14: | 36 |
Goals14: | 0 |
Years15: | 2024 |
Clubs15: | → Eastleigh (loan) |
Caps15: | 4 |
Goals15: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Ntupdate: | 20:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
Club-Update: | 17:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC) |
David Enitan Damilola Longe-King (born 26 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender.
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]
On 1 February 2024, he signed on loan for fellow National League side Eastleigh on a one-month loan deal, in order to get some much needed playing time.[9]
Longe-King represented England C against Estonia Under 23s in June 2019.[10]
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[11] | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[12] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
St Albans City | 2014–15[13] | Conference South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | National League South | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
Northwood (loan) | 2014–15 | Southern League Division One Central | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Dunstable Town (loan) | 2014–15 | Southern League Premier Division | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
Barton Rovers (loan) | 2015–16 | Southern League Division One Central | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
Ware (loan) | 2015–16 | Southern League Division One Central | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
Dunstable Town | 2015–16 | Southern League Premier Division | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
2016–17 | Southern League Premier Division | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[14] | 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 | National League South | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[15] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
Newport County | 2020–21 | League Two | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Grimsby Town | 2021–22 | National League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Woking (loan) | 2021–22 | National League | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||||
2022–23 | National League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | National League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
Eastleigh (loan) | 2023–24 | National League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 182 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 198 | 7 |
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