Conor Chaplin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Conor Mark Chaplin [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Worthing, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2014 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2014– | Portsmouth | 29 | (6) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:07, 13 February 2016 (UTC). | |||
Conor Mark Chaplin (born 16 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a striker.
Club career
Portsmouth
Born in Worthing, Chaplin progressed through Portsmouth's youth categories after joining the club at the age of six.[4] He was offered a two-year scholarship contract on 3 July 2013.[2]
Chaplin signed a two-year professional deal with Pompey on 20 October 2014, after scoring 11 goals in 11 appearances for the under-18's.[5] He made his League Two debut on 13 December, from the bench in a 2–3 home defeat against Accrington Stanley.[6]
Chaplin scored his first professional goal on 11 April 2015, netting his team's only in a 1–3 away defeat against Morecambe.[7] He made his first start for Pompey in their final game of the season, a 1–1 home draw against York City.[8]
Chaplin started the 2015–16 season on the bench, playing second fiddle to first-choice striker Matt Tubbs, but showcased his talents with goals against Championship clubs Derby and Reading in the first and second rounds of the Capital One Cup.[9][10] He scored his first two league goals of the season in a 3–1 win over Barnet on 12 September.[11]
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 February 2016.[12]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps 1 | Goals 1 | Apps | Goals | ||
| Portsmouth | |||||||||||
| 2014–15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |
| Career total | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 | |
Honours
Individual
- League Two Apprentice Award: 2014–15[13]
References
- ↑ "Birth, marriage, death & parish records". FindMyPast.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Six Sign Apprenticeships". Portsmouth FC. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "Pompey boss wants patience over Chaplin". Portsmouth News. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ "Chaplin: What A Feeling". Portsmouth FC. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ "Professional contract for Chaplin". Portsmouth FC. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Portsmouth 2–3 Accrington". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Morecambe 3–1 Portsmouth". BBC Sport. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ "Chaplin's pride". Portsmouth FC. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ [Also scoring in the 3rd round of the FA Cup in a 2-2 draw with Ipswich Town.http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/12/portsmouth-derby-county-capital-one-cup-match-report "Portsmouth 2–1 Derby – Guardian Match Report"] Check
|url= - ↑ "Portsmouth 1–2 Reading – BBC Match Report".
- ↑ "Portsmouth 3–1 Barnet". BBC. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ↑ Conor Chaplin profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Winners announced for The Football League Awards 2015". The Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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