Christian Jolley

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Christian Jolley
Personal information
Full name Christian Anthony Hillard Jolley [1]
Date of birth (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Fleet, England [2]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Hanworth Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Oxted & District
2009–2010 Kingstonian 32 (3)
2010–2013 AFC Wimbledon 84 (19)
2012 → Newport County (loan) 4 (5)
2013–2015 Newport County 57 (10)
2014 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2015 Grimsby Town 11 (1)
2015–2016 Margate 33 (2)
2016–2018 Hampton & Richmond Borough 66 (5)
2018–2019 Woking 19 (1)
2018 → Leatherhead (dual-reg.) 2 (0)
2024– Hanworth Villa 0 (0)
International career
2013 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:57, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Christian Anthony Hillard Jolley (born 12 May 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Hanworth Villa.

Contents

He has previously played for Oxted & District, Warlingham, Kingstonian, AFC Wimbledon, Newport County, Forest Green Rovers, Grimsby Town, Margate, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Woking and Leatherhead.

Playing career

Jolley began his career at Oxted and District while working at a local gym called Tandridge Trust, Leisure & Culture Limited (formerly Tandridge Leisure Limited). [3] In September 2009, he was given a trial by Kingstonian which led to Jolley signing a contract with the club in December 2009. [4] He immediately broke into a first team which narrowly missed out on promotion via the playoffs. [3] [5]

After impressing at Kingstonian, Jolley was signed by AFC Wimbledon in May 2010. [6] He scored on his debut away against Southport on the first day of the 2010–11 season. [7] He was an unused substitute for the team's play-off final victory over Luton Town that season, which won Wimbledon promotion to the Football League via a penalty shoot-out after a goalless 120 minutes, in which they returned to league football for the first time since Wimbledon F.C. split into AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons. [8] On 3 July 2011, he signed a new contract. [9] On 29 July, Jolley started for the Dons in their first ever League Cup match, [10] producing an assist for Jack Midson. [3]

On 15 November 2012, Jolley joined Conference National side Newport County on loan. [11] He made his debut for the club on 18 November 2012, scoring Newport's only goal in a 3–1 home defeat by Hyde. [12] After his prolific form, consisting of five league goals in only four league games, Jolley was recalled by AFC Wimbledon on 14 December 2012. [13] However, on 11 January 2013 Jolley returned to Newport County on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee. [14] In the 2012–13 season he was part of the Newport team that finished third in the league, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the playoff final versus Wrexham at Wembley Stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to Football League Two. Jolley scored the first goal. [15] In June 2013, Jolley was named in the 2012–13 Conference Premier team of the year [16]

On 25 September 2014, Jolley joined Forest Green Rovers on a one-month loan. [17] He made his Forest Green debut on 27 September 2014, playing 69 minutes in a 2–1 home defeat against Barnet. [18] On 24 October 2014, it was confirmed that his loan spell with Forest Green had been extended by a further month. [19] Having made seven league appearances, his loan spell with the club came to an end on 22 November 2014 after Forest Green boss Adrian Pennock confirmed he would be returning to Newport County. [20] On 21 January 2015, having made only 5 league appearances in the 2014–15 season, Jolley's contract with Newport County was terminated by mutual consent. [21]

On 26 January 2015, Jolley signed for Conference Premier side Grimsby Town until the end of the season. [22] [23]

On 27 June 2015, Jolley signed for National League South side Margate. [24] After just one campaign in Kent, Jolley opted to reunite with former Kingstonian manager, Alan Dowson at Hampton & Richmond Borough in July 2016. [25] In his two years at the club, Jolley featured over seventy times, before making the move to fellow National League South side, Woking, along with manager, Dowson. [26] On the opening day of the campaign, he went onto make his Cards debut during their 1–0 away victory over East Thurrock United. [27] After only featuring in just three league fixtures, Jolley sustained a long-term ankle injury later that month, which subsequently, ruled him out for three months. [28] In order to gain match fitness, Jolley joined Surrey-based side, Leatherhead on a dual-registration basis and went onto feature twice before returning to the Woking starting XI in their FA Cup second round tie against Swindon Town. [29] On 16 March 2019, Jolley scored his first goal for the club during a 3–3 draw with fellow promotion hopefuls, Welling United. [30] Proceeding the conclusion of the 2018–19 campaign, Jolley announced his retirement from football, with a view to a coaching role at the club under Dowson.

On 31 May 2024, Jolley came out of retirement to join Isthmian League South Central club Hanworth Villa. [31]

Coaching career

On 20 June 2022, it was confirmed that Jolley would become assistant manager at Dartford, where he'd work under Dowson. [32]

International career

Jolley made his debut for the England C team on 5 February 2013 as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 defeat against Turkey Under 23's. [33]

Personal life

Following his retirement Jolley became the founder of Make Movements, a mobile massage and movement therapy business based in Surrey and London.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 April 2019.
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kingstonian 2009–10 [34] Isthmian League Premier Division323———323
AFC Wimbledon 2010–11 [35] Conference Premier 321230—4 [lower-alpha 1] 23914
2011–12 [35] League Two 37720101 [lower-alpha 2] 0417
2012–13 [35] League Two15020101 [lower-alpha 2] 0190
Total84197020629921
Newport County (loan) 2012–13 [35] Conference Premier45——1 [lower-alpha 3] 055
Newport County 2012–13 [35] Conference Premier208——3 [lower-alpha 4] 22310
2013–14 [35] League Two32230102 [lower-alpha 2] 0382
2014–15 [35] League Two5000101 [lower-alpha 2] 070
Total57103020626812
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2014–15 [35] Conference Premier7020—0090
Grimsby Town 2014–15 [35] Conference Premier111——00111
Margate 2015–16 [34] National League South 33210—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0352
Hampton & Richmond Borough 2016–17 [36] National League South35400—2 [lower-alpha 5] 0374
2017–18 [37] National League South31140—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0381
Total66540—50755
Woking 2018–19 [35] National League South19120—2 [lower-alpha 3] 0231
Leatherhead (dual-reg.) 2018–19 [38] Isthmian League Premier Division20———20
Career total315461904021435950
  1. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Conference Premier play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Conference Premier play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in National League South play-offs

Honours

Club

AFC Wimbledon
Newport County
Woking

Individual

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