Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerald Albert Sithole [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 December 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Ashford, Kent, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chorley (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Gillingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Gillingham | 16 | (0) |
2022– | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2023 | → Altrincham (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2024 | → Chorley (loan) | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:30, 23 April 2024 (UTC) |
Gerald Albert Sithole (born 28 December 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Chorley on loan from Bolton Wanderers.
Having come through Gillingham's youth set-up, he signed his first professional contract with the club on 17 April 2021, hours before being named on the first-team bench for their match against Oxford United. [4] He made his league debut for the club on 24 April 2021 as an 88th-minute substitute in a 2–2 draw with Northampton Town. [5] [6] He made his first appearance of the 2021–22 season on 7 August 2021 in a 1–1 draw with Lincoln City, before scoring the first goal of his career three days later with the opening goal of a 2–2 draw with Crawley Town in the EFL Cup. [7] Following the club's relegation to League Two, Sithole was released by the club at the end of the 2021–22 season. [8]
On 24 June 2022 it was announced that he had signed for League One side Bolton Wanderers, and would feature initially for its B team. [9] He missed eight months of the 2022–23 due to a knee injury. [10]
On 21 September 2023, Sithole joined National League club Altrincham on an initial one-month loan. [11] In March 2024, he joined Chorley on loan for the remainder of the season. [12]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gillingham | 2020–21 [6] | EFL League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021–22 [7] | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 2022–23 [13] | EFL League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023–24 [14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Altrincham (loan) | 2023–24 [14] | National League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Chorley (loan) | 2023–24 [15] | National League North | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
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