David Longe-King

David Longe-King

Personal information
Full name	David Enitan Damilola Longe-King [1]
Date of birth	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Brent, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Eastleigh (on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge)
Number	18
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–	Dagenham & Redbridge	30	(0)
2024–	→ Eastleigh (loan)	4	(0)
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 23:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

David Enitan Damilola Longe-King (born 26 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge.

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.

Club career

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]

International career

Longe-King represented England C against Estonia Under 23s in June 2019. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 February 2024

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
Colney Heath	2014–15 [11]	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	7	0	1	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	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 [lower-alpha 2]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	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 [lower-alpha 3]	0	25	0
	2023–24 [12]	National League	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
	Total		30	0	0	0	—		1	0	31	0
Eastleigh (loan)	2023–24 [12]	National League	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Career total			176	7	8	0	0	0	8	0	192	7

Honours

Grimsby Town

• National League play-off winners: 2022

Notes

1. One appearance in the FA Vase, one in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup
2. One appearance in the Southern League Cup, two in the FA Trophy
3. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References

1. "EFL Squad Numbering" (PDF). Efl.com. p. 86. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. "Newport sign Taylor and Longe-King". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
3. "Newport County 2-1 Morecambe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
4. "Newport County AFC retained list confirmed". Newport-county.co.uk.
5. "Longe-King Becomes Latest Town Signing". Grimsby-townfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
6. "Paul Hurst explains why he allowed David Longe-King to leave on loan". Grimsbytelegraph.co.uk. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
7. Peddy, Chris (5 June 2022). "Grimsby beat Solihull Moors to seal EFL return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
8. "Longe-King Departs - Grimsby Town Football Club". 7 July 2022.
9. "David Longe-King Joins Eastleigh On Loan". daggers.co.uk. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
10. "DONE DEAL | Defender David Longe-King joins Exiles". Newport-county.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
11. "David Longe Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
12. "D. Longe-King". Uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

• David Longe-King at Soccerbase