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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dean James Robert Rance [1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Maidstone, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2] [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Folkestone Invicta (on loan from Scunthorpe United) | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Gillingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Gillingham | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Maidstone United (loan) | ||
2011 | → Maidstone United (loan) | ||
2011 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 7 | (3) |
2011 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2012 | → Dover Athletic (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Dover Athletic | 35 | (0) |
2013–2019 | Ebbsfleet United | 193 | (9) |
2019–2020 | Aldershot Town | 31 | (2) |
2020–2023 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 78 | (5) |
2023– | Scunthorpe United | 7 | (0) |
2024– | → Folkestone Invicta (loan) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:32, 17 January 2024 (UTC) |
Dean James Robert Rance (born 24 September 1991) [3] is an English footballer who plays for Folkestone Invicta on loan from Scunthorpe United as a defensive midfielder.
Born in Maidstone, Kent, Rance joined the Gillingham Centre of Excellence at the age of eight. [4] He started an apprenticeship with the club during the summer of 2008 and his good form for the youth team earned him a call-up for the first team squad, being named on the bench for Gillingham's FA Cup game against Aston Villa in January 2009. [4] Rance finished the 2009–10 season as the youth team's top goalscorer, and in May 2010 signed his first professional contract with the club. [4] However, his opportunities in the first team were limited in the 2010–11 season by a foot injury sustained during a pre-season friendly. [4]
Despite this, he impressed during loan spells with non-League sides Maidstone United and Bishop's Stortford. [4] He signed a new one-year contract with Gillingham ahead of the 2011–12 season, during which he made his first team debut as a substitute in an FA Cup first round replay against Bournemouth in November 2011. [4]
Rance was loaned out to Conference South side Dover Athletic on a one-month loan on 2 March 2012. [5] He was released by Gillingham in May 2012 and signed a permanent contract with Dover. [6]
Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Rance signed for Ebbsfleet United. Rance quickly established himself as a fan favourite at Stonebridge Road and was named players' player of the season despite being sent off in the play-off final second leg at Bromley and thus missing the play-off final against his former club, Dover.
In March 2023, Rance signed for Scunthorpe United on a short-term deal until the end of the season, with the option for a further year. [7] He joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Folkestone Invicta on a one-month loan deal in January 2024, managed by Rance's former Ebbsfleet United teammate Andy Drury. [8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gillingham | 2009–10 [9] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010–11 [9] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2011–12 [9] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 2010–11 [9] | Conference South | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | |||
2011–12 [10] | Conference North | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||||
Dover Athletic (loan) | 2011–12 [9] | Conference South | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Dover Athletic | 2012–13 [11] | Conference South | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
Ebbsfleet United | 2013–14 [11] | Conference South | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 47 | 3 | |
2014–15 [11] | Conference South | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
2015–16 [11] | National League South | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
2016–17 [11] | National League South | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 48 | 3 | ||
2017–18 [11] | National League | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
2018–19 [11] | National League | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Total | 193 | 9 | 14 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | 234 | 10 | |||
Aldershot Town | 2019–20 [11] | National League | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2020–21 [11] | National League | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
2021–22 [11] | National League | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
2022–23 [11] | National League | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
Total | 78 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 92 | 5 | |||
Scunthorpe United | 2022–23 [11] | National League | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career totals | 361 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 426 | 20 |
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