Josh Gordon | |
Fullname: | Joshua Luke Gordon[1] |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1994 |
Birth Place: | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
Position: | Striker |
Currentclub: | Walsall |
Clubnumber: | 10 |
Youthyears1: | 2002–2011 |
Youthclubs1: | Stoke City |
Youthyears2: | 2011–2013 |
Youthclubs2: | Newcastle Town |
Clubs1: | Newcastle Town |
Clubs2: | Nantwich Town |
Years3: | 2016 |
Clubs3: | Rhyl |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Clubs4: | Nantwich Town |
Clubs5: | Stafford Rangers |
Years6: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs6: | Leicester City |
Caps6: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs7: | Walsall |
Caps7: | 107 |
Goals7: | 21 |
Years8: | 2021–2023 |
Clubs8: | Barrow |
Caps8: | 73 |
Goals8: | 21 |
Years9: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs9: | Burton Albion |
Caps9: | 18 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Years10: | 2024 |
Clubs10: | → Walsall (loan) |
Caps10: | 21 |
Goals10: | 1 |
Years11: | 2024– |
Clubs11: | Walsall |
Caps11: | 2 |
Goals11: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 18:41, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Joshua Luke Gordon (born 10 October 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Walsall.
Gordon played youth football for his hometown club Stoke City but was released as a sixteen-year-old. 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.[2] [3] He combined his early non-league football career with playing basketball, before giving up the latter to focus on football.[4]
A spell at Nantwich Town followed before he moved to Welsh club Rhyl in February 2016.[5] He made just one league appearance for Rhyl before returning to Nantwich.
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.[6] [7]
Having failed to break into the first team at Leicester, Gordon signed for Walsall in August 2018.[8] [9] He scored his first professional goal in an EFL Cup tie with Macclesfield Town on 28 August 2018.[10]
He was offered a new contract by Walsall in November 2020, which he rejected.[11]
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.[12] He was one of three Barrow players to be offered a new contract at the end of the 2022–23 season.[13]
On 19 June 2023, Gordon was announced to be joining League One club Burton Albion on a two-year deal having rejected the offer of a new Barrow contract.[14] [15]
In January 2024, Gordon returned to former club Walsall on loan until the end of the season.[16] [17]
On 1 July 2024, Gordon returned to Walsall on a permanent basis, signing a two-year deal.[18] [19]
Gordon studied for a university degree alongside his non-league career, earning a BA (Hons) in Sports Development and Coaching from Staffordshire University.[4] [20]
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 | Welsh Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Leicester City U23 | 2017–18 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Walsall | 2018–19 | League One | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 9 | |
2019–20 | League Two | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 12 | ||
2020–21 | League Two | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 6 | ||
Total | 107 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 123 | 27 | |||
Barrow | 2021–22 | League Two | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 7 | |
2022–23 | League Two | 37 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 15 | ||
Total | 73 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 22 | |||
Burton Albion | 2023–24 | League One | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
Walsall (loan) | 2023–24 | League Two | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Career total | 220 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 257 | 50 |
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