External links
- Dominic Gape at Soccerbase
- Dominic Gape at Soccerway
- Profile at Southampton F.C.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dominic Edward Gape [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Burton Bradstock, England [2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Colchester United | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2014 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2017–2023 | Wycombe Wanderers | 159 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Sutton United | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | Northampton Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Eastleigh | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | Colchester United | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:19, 24 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Dominic Edward Gape (born 9 September 1994) [4] is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL League Two club Colchester United. [5]
Born in Burton Bradstock, West Dorset, Gape joined Southampton when he was eight years old, first their academy before being promoted to the Development Squad. He captained the under-18 side in 2012–13. [4]
Gape became part of the first-team squad in 2012, as an unused substitute in a League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on 25 September 2012. [4] [6] He signed his first professional contract in May 2013. [2] His progress was then impeded by a series of illnesses and injuries, firstly by an ankle ligament injury and then a bout of glandular fever at the end of the 2013–14 season, before he broke a metatarsal in the summer of 2014. [2]
He made his only Premier League appearance on 20 December 2014, as an 89th-minute substitute for Shane Long in a 3–0 victory over Everton. [7] [8]
On 31 August 2016, Gape moved on loan for the first time in his career; signing with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers until 3 January 2017. [9] [10] He scored his first goal for Wycombe in a 5–1 win over Crewe Alexandra on 27 September 2016. [11]
On 7 January 2017, Gape permanently joined Wycombe Wanderers on a 2+1⁄2-year deal. [12] He scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Chesterfield on 28 April 2018, as Wycombe sealed automatic promotion to League One for the 2018–19 season. [13]
In May 2019, he was offered a new contract by Wycombe. [14] He departed the club at the end of the 2022–23 season. [15]
On 19 October 2023, Gape signed for League Two club Sutton United. [16] He departed the club upon the expiration of his short-term deal in January 2024. [17]
In February 2024, Gape joined League One club Northampton Town on a deal until the end of the season. [18] Following the expiration of his short-term deal, he departed the club on a free transfer. [5]
In October 2024, Gape joined National League club Eastleigh on a short-term deal. [19]
On 20 January 2025, Gape joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on a short-term deal until the end of the season, reuniting with former Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth. [20] On 7 May 2025, Shrewsbury announced the player would be leaving the club in June when his contract expired. [21]
On 27 June 2025, Colchester announced they had signed the player. [22]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2014–15 [23] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 [24] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 [25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Southampton U23 | 2016–17 [25] | — | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2016–17 [25] | League Two | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2016–17 [25] | League Two | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2017–18 [26] | League Two | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 [27] | League One | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 [28] | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 [29] | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 [30] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 [b] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 [31] | League One | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 177 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 4 | ||
| Sutton United | 2023–24 [32] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Northampton Town | 2023–24 [32] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eastleigh | 2024–25 [33] | National League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2024–25 [33] | League One | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Career total | 210 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 241 | 4 | ||
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