Connor Oliver

Connor Oliver (born 17 January 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender or a midfielder for Gateshead.

Connor Oliver
Oliver warming up for North Ferriby United in 2017
Personal information
Full name Connor Oliver[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994[1]
Place of birth Newcastle, England
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Gateshead
Youth career
0000–2012 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Sunderland 0 (0)
2014 → Hartlepool United (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2016 Blackpool 10 (0)
2016 → Morecambe (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 North Ferriby United 33 (1)
2017–2018 Halifax Town 31 (0)
2018–2019 Blyth Spartans 35 (1)
2019– Gateshead 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:33, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Career

Oliver was born in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear.[1] He began his career with Sunderland and after progressing thorough the youth teams before joining Hartlepool United on loan in March 2014.[2] He made his professional debut on 12 April 2014 in a 2–1 defeat against Chesterfield.[3]

On 9 January 2015, Oliver signed for Blackpool on an 18-month contract.[4] After Neil McDonald became the new manager at Blackpool, Oliver saw limited game time and in March 2016 was loaned out to League Two club Morecambe[5] for the rest of the season, debuting off the bench at halftime against Plymouth on 26 March.[6]

Oliver signed for newly promoted National League club North Ferriby United on 25 July 2016.[7]

In August 2018, Oliver joined Blyth Spartans.[8] He played for the club until 13 June 2019, where he joined Gateshead.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 November 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hartlepool United (loan) 2013–14[10] League Two 3000000030
Blackpool 2014–15[11] Championship 600000—60
2015–16[12] League One 4010102[lower-alpha 1]080
Blackpool total 100101020140
Morecambe (loan) 2015–16[12] League Two 50———50
North Ferriby United 2016–17[13] National League 33110—1[lower-alpha 2]0351
Halifax Town 2017–18[13] National League 20010—00210
Career total 711301030781
  1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Connor Oliver". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "Hartlepool Utd boss hopes to land Sunderland's Harrison and Oliver on loan". Hartlepool Mail. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Hartlepool 1–2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. "Sene, Ferguson, Oliver and Henshall join Blackpool". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. "Morecambe FC sign Blackpool midfielder Connor Oliver on loan". Morecambe F.C. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. "Morecambe new boy Connor Oliver playing for keeps after Blackpool move". The Visitor. Morecambe. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. "North Ferriby United: Connor Oliver, Taron Hare and Jordan Cooke sign". BBC Sport. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. Midfielder Connor Oliver signs on the dotted line, blythspartans.com, 3 August 2018
  9. Oliver becomes Heed's fifth summer signing, gateshead-fc.com, 13 June 2019
  10. "Games played by Connor Oliver in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  11. "Games played by Connor Oliver in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  12. "Games played by Connor Oliver in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  13. Connor Oliver at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2017.


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