Montell Moore

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Montell Moore
Personal information
Full name Montell Brandon Kane Moore [1]
Date of birth (1995-12-23) 23 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Chiswick, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2003–2014 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Brentford 0 (0)
2014 → Burnham (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Midtjylland (loan) 0 (0)
2016 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2017 Hibernians 11 (0)
2017 Enfield Town 6 (0)
Total18(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Montell Brandon Kane Moore (born 23 December 1995) is an English convicted sex offender and former professional football midfielder. He is a product of the Brentford academy and had a spell with Maltese Premier League side Hibernians in 2017 after his departure from Charlton Athletic.

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Playing career

Brentford

Youth years (2003–2014)

Growing up in Chiswick, [2] Moore joined the local Brentford Community Sports Trust at age seven and impressed enough to be offered a place at the club's Centre of Excellence. [3] [4] A broken leg and a year out of football failed to halt his progression through the ranks and he made his debut for the club's youth team during the 2011–12 season, [5] making eight appearances. [6] Moore signed scholarship forms in July 2012. [7] Over the course of his two-year scholarship, he scored 14 goals in 36 appearances for the youth team and finished as top scorer in the 2013–14 season. [8] [9] On 30 June 2014, Moore signed a one-year professional contract to be a part of the Development Squad for the 2014–15 season. [10]

Breakthrough (2014–2016)

After featuring for the first team during pre-season and scoring in a 5–1 rout of Barnet, [11] Moore was called into the senior squad for the opening game of the 2014–15 Championship season against Charlton Athletic, but remained an unused substitute. [12] He made his professional debut in the following match, starting in a League Cup first round tie with Dagenham & Redbridge. [13] With the score at 4–4, Moore scored his first senior goal seven minutes into extra time and Brentford won the match on penalties after an incredible 6–6 draw. [13] He also set up two goals for Stuart Dallas. [14] Moore signed a new three-year contract on 15 August, [4] but lost his place in the squad due to the arrival of Betinho on loan and the resurgence of Toumani Diagouraga. [12] [15] He continued to appear regularly for the Development Squad and spent the second half of the 2014–15 season out on loan. [16]

Moore failed to feature at all for the first team during the first six months of the 2015–16 season and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 1 February 2016. [17] He made one first team appearance and scored 9 goals in 31 matches for the Development Squad during 18 months as a professional at Griffin Park. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Burnham (loan)

Moore and Brentford Development Squad teammate George Pilbeam joined Southern League Premier Division strugglers Burnham on loan on 11 February 2014. [23] In a spell affected by the weather, Moore made just one appearance for the Blues, as a late substitute in a 4–2 defeat to St Neots Town on 15 February. [24]

Midtjylland (loan)

On 19 January 2015, Moore joined Danish Superliga leaders Midtjylland on loan until May 2015. [25] He made 8 U19 and two reserve team appearances and helped the U19 team to the U19 Ligaen title. [16] He returned to Griffin Park after his loan expired. [16]

Charlton Athletic

On 15 February 2016, Moore joined Championship side Charlton Athletic until the end of the 2015–16 season after a successful trial with the club's Development Squad. [26] He made one appearance for the club's U23 team in a Kent Senior Cup match. [27]

Hibernians

In mid-January 2017, Moore moved to Malta to join Maltese Premier League club Hibernians. [28] He made 11 appearances and won the first senior silverware of his career when Hibernians claimed the league title with one match to spare. [29] [30] He departed the club after the season. [31]

Enfield Town

After receiving international clearance, Moore returned to England to join Isthmian League Premier Division club Enfield Town on 15 September 2017. [31] He made his debut the following day as a late substitute for Mickey Parcell in a 0–0 FA Cup second qualifying round draw with Hanwell Town. [32] He scored his first goal for the club in the following match, with the third goal in a 5–0 rout of Hanwell Town in the replay. [32] Moore was released in November, after making 12 appearances and scoring two goals for the club. [32]

Sexual crimes and conviction

In September 2018, after having been found guilty of rape at Isleworth Magistrates' Court, he received a prison sentence of 11 years and 6 months. [33]

On 18 April 2023, Moore pleaded guilty to two further counts of rape. He was sentenced to a further six years in prison. The initial offence took place in May 2014; a police spokesperson said "The victim decided to report the rape after hearing the offender had been convicted of a more recent offence." At the time of this conviction, he was serving his sentence at HMP Bristol. [34]

Honours

Hibernians

Career statistics

As of match played 3 February 2018.
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 2014–15 [13] Championship 0000110011
Burnham (loan) 2013–14 [35] Southern League Premier Division10———10
Hibernians 2016–17 [29] Maltese Premier League 110———110
Enfield Town 2017–18 [32] Isthmian League Premier Division6042—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0122
Career total180421120253
  1. ↑ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup.

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