Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Enitan Damilola Longe-King [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Brent, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St Albans City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Colney Heath | 7 | (0) |
2014–2016 | St Albans City | 5 | (0) |
2015 | → Northwood (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015 | → Dunstable Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2015 | → Barton Rovers (loan) | 3 | (1) |
2016 | → Ware (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Dunstable Town | 52 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Ware | ||
2018–2019 | Biggleswade Town | 42 | (4) |
2019–2020 | St Albans City | 33 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Newport County | 11 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Grimsby Town | 5 | (0) |
2022 | → Woking (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2022–2024 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 36 | (0) |
2024 | → Eastleigh (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2024– | St Albans City | 39 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England C | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:37, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
David Enitan Damilola Longe-King (born 26 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for St Albans City.
Longe-King began his playing career in Non-League football with Colney Heath before later having spells with Northwood, Barton Rovers, Dunstable Town and Ware. He notably spent two spells with St Albans City and earned a call up to the England C team whilst playing for Biggleswade Town. In 2020 he moved into professional football and joined EFL League Two side Newport County before signing with Grimsby Town in June 2021.
Longe-King joined Newport County on a one-year contract on 20 August 2020 having left National League South team St Albans City at the end of the 2019–20 season. [2] He made his professional debut for Newport in the 2-1 League Two win over Morecambe on 5 December 2020 as a second-half substitute. [3] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that he would leave Newport County at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract. [4]
On 15 June 2021, Longe-King signed with Grimsby Town on a two-year deal. [5]
On 21 January 2022, he joined Woking on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season, having struggled to hold a first team place at Blundell Park. [6] On 18 April 2022 he scored his first Woking goal in a 4-1 away win against Dover athletic. Longe-king played his last match for Woking on the last game of the season on the 15 may before returning to Grimsby having made 15 appearances for Woking and scoring 1 goal.
Grimsby secured promotion with victory in the play-off final, though Longe-King was not in the matchday squad at London Stadium. [7]
On 7 July 2022, Grimsby announced they had agreed terms with Dagenham & Redbridge over the transfer of Longe-King. [8]
On 1 February 2024, he signed on loan for fellow National League side Eastleigh on a one-month loan deal, in order to get some much needed playing time. [9]
Longe-King represented England C against Estonia Under 23s in June 2019. [10]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Colney Heath | 2014–15 [11] | Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
St Albans City | 2014–15 [11] [12] | Conference South | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16 [11] [12] | National League South | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
Northwood (loan) | 2014–15 [11] | Southern League Division One Central | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Dunstable Town (loan) | 2014–15 [11] | Southern League Premier Division | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Barton Rovers (loan) | 2015–16 [11] | Southern League Division One Central | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Ware (loan) | 2015–16 [11] | Southern League Division One Central | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Dunstable Town | 2015–16 [11] | Southern League Premier Division | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
2016–17 [11] | Southern League Premier Division | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
Total | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 55 | 3 | |||
Barton Rovers | 2017–18 | Southern League Division One East | No data currently available | |||||||||
Biggleswade Town | 2018–19 | Southern League Premier Division Central | No data currently available | |||||||||
St Albans City | 2019–20 [11] [12] | National League South | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
Newport County | 2020–21 [12] | League Two | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Grimsby Town | 2021–22 [12] | National League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Woking (loan) | 2021–22 [12] | National League | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2022–23 [12] | National League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2023–24 [12] | National League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
Eastleigh (loan) | 2023–24 [12] | National League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Career total | 182 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 198 | 7 |
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