Ryan Gondoh

Ryan Gondoh (born 6 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Whyteleafe.

Ryan Gondoh

Personal information
Date of birth	6 June 1997[1]
Place of birth	Sutton, London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left wing Left-back
Club information
Current team	Hampton & Richmond Borough (on loan from Whyteleafe)
Youth career
0000–2014	Whyteleafe
2014	Carshalton Athletic
2014–2015	Barnet
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Carshalton Athletic	2	(0)
2014–2016	Barnet	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Hendon (loan)	5	(0)
2016	→ Staines Town (loan)	6	(1)
2016	Metropolitan Police	8	(0)
2016–2017	Kingstonian	8	(1)
2017	Carshalton Athletic	12	(2)
2017–2018	Maldon & Tiptree	21	(7)
2018–2019	Colchester United	6	(0)
2019	→ FC Halifax Town (loan)	4	(0)
2019	Carshalton Athletic	2	(0)
2019–2020	Concord Rangers	6	(0)
2020–	Whyteleafe	15	(8)
2020–	→ Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	5	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:40, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

After a youth career in non-League football with Whyteleafe and briefly Carshalton Athletic, Gondoh signed a professional contract at Barnet where he made his professional debut in 2015. He had loan spells with Hendon and Staines Town being released by the club. He spent time with Metropolitan Police, Kingstonian and a second spell with Carshalton before joining Maldon & Tiptree. His performances with the Jammers earned him another professional contract at Colchester United in 2018. He joined Halifax Town on loan in March 2019. In the summer of 2019, Gondoh was released by Colchester.

Career

Born in Sutton, London,[1] Gondoh is a left winger who can also play at left-back.[2] He was a member of the youth team at Whyteleafe, where he won the youth player of the year award for the 2013–14 season.[3] Towards the end of 2013–14, he played twice for Carshalton Athletic in the Isthmian League Premier Division.[4]

He joined Barnet for the 2014–15 season where he helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference title. He then signed a one-year professional contract with Barnet for 2015–16.[5] He made his professional debut for the club on 1 September 2015 as a substitute for Shaun Batt during Barnet's 1–0 Football League Trophy defeat to Yeovil Town.[6] He joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon on loan in December 2015 where he made five league appearances.[7] In February 2016, he was sent on loan to Hendon's league rivals Staines Town for one month alongside teammate Harry Taylor.[8] He was released by Barnet at the end of the season.[9]

In Summer 2016, Gondoh joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Metropolitan Police, where he made ten appearances,[10] before joining league rivals Kingstonian in October 2016. He scored once in 10 games for the club.[11] In early 2017, Gondoh returned to Carshalton.[12] He signed for Isthmian League North Division side Maldon & Tiptree for the 2017–18 campaign, where he would make 29 appearances and scored 12 goals.[13]

On 3 January 2018, he joined League Two side Colchester United on an 18-month contract alongside former Maldon & Tiptree teammate Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe.[2] He made his English Football League debut on 28 April, coming on as a substitute for Drey Wright during Colchester's 0–0 draw with Swindon Town.[14]

Gondoh signed for National League side Halifax Town on 16 March 2019 until the end of the season.[15] He made his club debut on 23 March as a substitute in Halifax's 2–0 home win against Solihull Moors.[16]

Gondoh was released by Colchester United at the end of his contract in summer 2019.[17]

After briefly re-joining Carshalton at the start of the 2019–20 season, Gondoh signed for Concord Rangers on a permanent contract in October 2019.[18] In January 2020 he re-joined Whyteleafe.[19] He joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on dual registration on 10 November 2020 as the Isthmian League season was suspended due to coronavirus restrictions.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 December 2020

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carshalton Athletic	2013–14[4]	Isthmian League Premier Division	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Barnet	2014–15[21]	Conference Premier	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2015–16[22]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Hendon (loan)	2015–16[7]	Isthmian League Premier Division	5	0	0	0	–		0	0	5	0
Staines Town (loan)	2015–16[23]	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	1	0	0	–		0	0	6	1
Metropolitan Police	2016–17[10]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	0	1	0	–		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	10	0
Kingstonian	2016–17[11]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	1	–		–		2[lower-alpha 3]	0	10	1
Carshalton Athletic	2016–17[24]	Isthmian League Division One South	12	2	0	0	–		0	0	12	2
Maldon & Tiptree	2017–18[13]	Isthmian League Division One North	21	7	2	2	–		6[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5]	3	29	12
Colchester United	2017–18[25]	League Two	2	0	–		–		0	0	2	0
	2018–19[26]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 6]	0	6	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
Halifax Town (loan)	2018–19[26]	National League	4	0	–		–		0	0	4	0
Carshalton Athletic	2019–20[27]	Isthmian League Premier Division	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Concord Rangers	2019–20[28]	National League South	6	0	0	0	–		2[lower-alpha 4]	0	8	0
Whyteleafe	2019–20[29]	Isthmian League South East Division	9	5	0	0	–		1[lower-alpha 3]	0	10	5
	2020–21[30]	Isthmian League South East Division	6	3	4	5	–		1[lower-alpha 4]	0	11	8
	Total		15	8	4	5	0	0	2	0	21	13
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	2020–21[28]	National League South	5	3	0	0	–		0	0	5	3
Career total			100	22	7	7	0	0	16	3	123	32

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in Alan Turvey Trophy
3. Appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
4. Appearances in FA Trophy
5. Appearance in Essex Senior Cup
6. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Personal life

Gondoh was a promising athlete in his youth. As an under-13, he was seventh in his age group for the 75m hurdles, and 28th for the 60 metres.[31]

References

1. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
2. Hudson, Matt (3 January 2018). "U's Flash: Duo Sign Up". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. "2014 Player of the Year awards". Whyteleafe FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. "Ryan Gondoh". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
5. Bodell, Tom (30 June 2015). "Eight of Barnet's title-winning youth team have signed pro deals to remain with the Bees next season". Times Series. Watford. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
6. "Starting Lineups – Yeovil vs Barnet". Sky Sports. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
7. "Former Staff – Ryan Gondoh". Hendon FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
8. "Ryan Gondoh and Harry Taylor go out on loan". Barnet FC. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
9. "Barnet FC retained list announced!". Barnet FC. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
10. "Ryan Gondoh". Metropolitan Police FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
11. "Ryan Gondoh". Kingstonian FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
12. Watters, David (4 February 2017). "Saturday's Transfer List!". The Bostik League. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
13. "Ryan Gondoh". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
14. "Colchester United 0–0 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
15. Gilchrist, Kelly (16 March 2019). "Gondoh Joins Shaymen". FC Halifax Town. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
16. "FC Halifax Town 2–0 Solihull Moors". BBC Sport. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
17. Waldron, Jonathan (20 May 2019). "Mikael Mandron released by Colchester United". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
18. Ryan Gondoh Signs!
19. Leafe sign Concord winger
20. GONDOH REJOINS GAFFER GARY
21. "Games played by Ryan Gondoh in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
22. "Games played by Ryan Gondoh in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
25. "Games played by Ryan Gondoh in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
26. "Games played by Ryan Gondoh in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
31. "Ryan Gondoh". Power of 10. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

• Ryan Gondoh at Soccerbase