Gavin Gordon

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Gavin Gordon
Personal information
Full name Gavin Kenyatta Gordon
Date of birth June 24, 1979 (1979-06-24) (age 28)
Place of birth    Manchester, England
Height 6 "1
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Histon
Number 28
Youth clubs
Hull City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-1997
1997-2000
2000-2004
2002
2004-2006
2006
2007-		 Hull City
Lincoln City
Cardiff City
→ Oxford United (loan)
Notts County
Crawley Town
Histon		 38 0(9)
99 (29)
50 0(6)
06 0(1)
33 0(5)
04 0(0)
00 0(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 January 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Gavin Kenyatta Gordon (born 24 June 1979 in Manchester) is an English footballer currently playing for Histon.

A youth player at Hull City, Gordon became the second youngest player to ever play for them when he came on as a substitute against Coventry City in the Football League Cup. But he struggled to ever establish himself at Hull and was allowed to leave and join Lincoln City for £30,000 in November 1997 where he formed a very effective strike partnership with Lee Thorpe. His scoring feats at Lincoln lead Cardiff City[1] to pay £550,000 for him in December 2000, with the amount due to rise depending on appearances[2] but he never reached the required amount. He made his debut for the Bluebirds on New Years Day and found the net with a header during a 6-1 victory over Exeter City, but the rest of his season was spent on the treatment table with persistent back problems. The same injury ruled him out of a large part of the following year, although one of the matches he did manage to play in was a LDV Vans Trophy match against Rushden & Diamonds which ended in a 7-1 victory for Cardiff with Gordon finding the net five times.

He spent a short time on loan at Oxford United to gain fitness before returning to Ninian Park where he finally broke into the first team but at the end of the year he was released. He was signed by Notts County where he managed to regain some of the form he showed at Lincoln. After a stuttering second year he left[3] to joined Crawley Town[4] on a free transfer but suffered a serious injury during the season which has seen him out of action for over a year. He is currently signed to Histon where he is still yet to appear due to the injury.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Gordon signs for Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008
  2. ^ "Gordon deal depends on Jamaica" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008
  3. ^ "Gordon confirms Notts County Exit" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008
  4. ^ "Crawley bring in striker Gordon" BBC Sport Retrieved on 9 January 2008

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