Liam Gordon (footballer, born 1999)

Liam Gordon

Gordon playing for Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name	Liam Spencer Gordon [1]
Date of birth	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Croydon, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Walsall
Number	3
Youth career
	Fulham
	AFC Wimbledon
0000–2016	Carshalton Athletic
2016–2017	Dagenham & Redbridge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Carshalton Athletic
2016–2020	Dagenham & Redbridge	50	(3)
2017	→ Whitehawk (loan)	17	(2)
2018	→ Hendon (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2020	→ Dartford (loan)	10	(0)
2020–2022	Bolton Wanderers	23	(0)
2020–2021	→ Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	23	(4)
2022–	Walsall	74	(2)
International career‡
2019–	Guyana	20	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:45, 9 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Liam Spencer Gordon (born 15 May 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Walsall. Born in England, he plays for the Guyana national team.

Club career

Gordon was born in the London Borough of Croydon and played for the youth teams of Fulham and AFC Wimbledon when he was a youngster and subsequently joined Carshalton Athletic. ^[3] He played for the first team in January 2016 as a sixteen-year-old due to an injury crisis, but was sent off for a second booking in a 7–1 defeat to Ramsgate in the Isthmian League Division One South. ^[4] He later joined the Dagenham & Redbridge academy and signed his first professional contract with the club on 7 July 2017. ^[5] He started the 2017–18 season on loan at National League South side Whitehawk and remained there for three months until November. ^[6] In January 2018, he went on a one-month loan to Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon along with Joe White. ^[7]

He made his first team debut for Dagenham on 19 April 2018, scoring the second goal in a 5–3 victory away at Guiseley. ^[8] In February 2019, he signed a new one-year contract with the option of a further year after an impressive first half of the season. ^[9]

Bolton Wanderers

On 1 August 2020 he signed for Bolton Wanderers on a two-year deal. ^[10] His debut came on 5 September in Bolton's first match of the season, a 2–1 home defeat against Bradford in the first round of the EFL Cup. ^[11] On 17 December 2020 he was loaned to former team Dagenham & Redbridge for a month. ^[12] He made his second debut two days later when he started against Ebbsfleet United in a 5–2 win in the FA Trophy. ^[13] On 19 January 2021, the loan was extended to the end of the 2020–21 season. ^[14] On 3 May 2022, Bolton confirmed that he would be released at the end of his contract. ^[15]

Walsall

On 25 May 2022, Gordon agreed to join League Two side Walsall on a free transfer. ^[16] However, during his first pre-season with the club, he was diagnosed with acute compartment syndrome, which forced him to undergo three operations in five days, and nearly resulted in his leg being amputated. He was able to overcome the condition and return to play, despite suffering chronic shin inflammation. ^[17]

In January 2024, Gordon signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until June 2025. ^[18]

International career

He made his Guyana national football team debut on 6 June 2019 in a friendly against Bermuda, as a starter. ^[19] He was then selected for the country's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 23-man squad after it was whittled down from forty players. ^[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dagenham & Redbridge	2016–17 [21]	National League	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2017–18 [21]	National League	2	1	0	0	—		0	0	2	1
	2018–19 [21]	National League	34	2	1	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	37	2
	2019–20 [21]	National League	14	0	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	16	0
	Total		50	3	2	0	—		3	0	55	3
Whitehawk (loan)	2017–18 [21]	National League South	17	2	—		—		—		17	2
Hendon (loan)	2017–18 [22]	IL Premier Division	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Dartford (loan)	2019–20 [21]	National League South	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Bolton Wanderers	2020–21 [23]	League Two	10	0	1	0	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	15	0
	2021–22 [24] [21]	League One	13	0	2	0	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	21	0
	Total		23	0	3	0	3	0	7	0	36	0
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan)	2020–21 [21]	National League	23	4	—		—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	25	4
Walsall	2022–23 [25]	League Two	30	1	4	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	36	1
	2023–24 [26]	League Two	44	2	4	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	49	2
	Total		74	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	85	3
Career total			200	12	13	0	3	0	15	0	231	12

Notes

1. Appearances in FA Trophy
2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 11 June 2024 ^[27]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Guyana	2019	5	0
	2021	2	0
	2023	9	1
	2024	4	1
Total		20	2

As of match played 11 June 2024

Guyana score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gordon goal ^[27]

List of international goals scored by Liam Gordon

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 March 2023	Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda	8	Bermuda	1–0	2–0	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League
2	11 June 2024	Wildey Turf, Wildey, Barbados	20	Belize	2–0	3–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

• EFL League Two third-place (promotion): 2020–21 ^{[28] [23]}

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Bolton Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 10. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
2. "Liam Gordon". 11v11. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
3. "Liam Gordon". Tony's Soccer School. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
4. "Football: Carshalton Athletic boss takes seven-goal drubbing on the chin". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
5. "Academy Youngsters Pen Professional Contracts". Dagenham & Redbridge. 7 July 2017.
6. Scott, Anthony (6 October 2017). "Transfer News". Whitehawk F.C.
7. "Former Staff - Liam Gordon". Hendon F.C. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
8. Ranson, Jacob (15 May 2018). "Young Gordon delighted with first senior season at Dagenham & Redbridge". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
9. Keating, Ned (4 February 2019). "Taylor excited to see Daggers defender Gordon continue to develop after extending deal". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
10. "Liam Gordon: Bolton Wanderers sign Dagenham & Redbridge defender". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020.
11. BWFC.co.uk: "Report: Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Bradford City"
12. "Gordon Makes Daggers Loan Switch". Bolton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
13. MATCH REPORT: Daggers 5-2 Ebbsfleet United
14. "Liam Gordon extends Daggers stay". Dagenham and Redbridge FC. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
15. "Wanderers Confirm Departures". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
16. "Liam Gordon becomes first signing of the summer". www.saddlers.co.uk. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
17. Barnes, Dan (27 October 2022). "'We thought it would have been amputated' - Liam Gordon opens up about horror injury". The Bolton News . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
18. "Liam Gordon signs contract extension". www.saddlers.co.uk. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
19. "Bermuda v Guyana game report". Soccerway. 6 June 2019.
20. Ranson, Jacob (11 June 2019). "Daggers duo selected to head off to the Gold Cup with Guyana". Barking & Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
21. Soccerway: Liam Gordon
22. "Liam Gordon - Hendon profile". Greensnet. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
23. "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
24. "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
25. "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
26. "Games played by Liam Gordon in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
27. "Liam Gordon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
28. Soccerbase: League Two 2020/21 Table

External links

• Liam Gordon at Soccerway
• Liam Gordon at National-Football-Teams.com