Moses Emmanuel

Moses Emmanuel

Emmanuel playing for Billericay Town in 2024.
Personal information
Full name	Moses Emmanuel [1]
Date of birth	(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth	Lewisham, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Billericay Town
Youth career
0000–2004	Cray Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Croydon Athletic	36	(19)
2008–2010	Brentford	8	(0)
2008–2009	→ Welling United (loan)	4	(1)
2009–2010	→ Woking (loan)	15	(4)
2010–2012	Woking	95	(25)
2012	Eastleigh	15	(7)
2012–2014	Dover Athletic	48	(3)
2013	→ Canvey Island (loan)	10	(2)
2014–2016	Bromley	82	(35)
2016–2017	Dover Athletic	35	(11)
2017–2018	Sutton United	10	(2)
2017–2018	→ Maidenhead United (loan)	21	(3)
2018–2019	Billericay Town	49	(22)
2019–2020	Welling United	6	(2)
2020–2021	Wealdstone	23	(9)
2021–2023	Hayes & Yeading United	80	(69)
2023–	Billericay Town	24	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:07, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Moses Emmanuel (born 9 August 1989) ^[2] is an English semi-professional footballer who last played as a striker for Billericay Town. He was previously known as Moses Ademola.

Early career

Emmanuel joined Cray Wanderers at a young age^{[ vague ]} and eventually left in 2004. After scoring 19 goals for Croydon Athletic in the Isthmian League Division One South in the 2007–08 season, Emmanuel was spotted by scouts from teams in the Football League.

Club career

Brentford

Emmanuel consequently, went on trial with Charlton Athletic and Brentford. He signed his first professional deal with the latter in May 2008. His transfer fee was reportedly £2,500, paid by the Brentford fanzine "Thorne in the Side". ^[3]

Welling United

The striker was loaned to Conference South side Welling United in November 2008, but was recalled by Brentford without making an appearance. He returned to Park View Road in December 2008, ^[4] and made four appearances in the league, scoring once. The loan spell was extended for a further month in early January 2009, ^[5] but just three days later, the decision was reversed, ^[6] and Ademola returned to Griffin Park.

Woking

Emmanuel joined Woking on loan the following season. On 29 January 2010, he made his loan move permanent by signing a contract with Woking, then staying on for the 2010–11 season. In July 2011, it was confirmed that Ademola would be spending another season at the club. ^[7]

Eastleigh and Bromley

On 12 July 2012, Emmanuel joined another Conference South club, Eastleigh. ^[8] He left Eastleigh on 27 November for divisional rivals Dover Athletic, while being the club's joint top scorer for the 2012–13 season having scored 7 goals in 15 league appearances. ^[9] He left the club in May 2014 after turning down a new contract and subsequently joining Bromley. After scoring three times in pre-season, Ademola scored Bromley's opening goal of the league season, in a 3–1 away win against Havant & Waterlooville. He was a key figure in Bromley's title winning season in 2014–15, and continued his fine form in the National League, including a hattrick in a 7–3 victory over Torquay United. He left Bromley after his contract expired in the summer of 2016.

Dover Athletic

After a two-week trial at Gillingham, ^[10] Emmanuel eventually re-signed for Dover Athletic on 5 Aug 2016. ^[11]

Sutton United

In May 2017, Emmanuel signed a deal with Sutton United. ^[12] He made his club debut on 8 August 2017 in a 1–0 away defeat to Eastleigh ^[13] before scoring his first goal for the U's on 15 August in a 2–1 home victory over Macclesfield Town. ^[14] He joined Maidenhead United on loan in October 2017. ^[15]

Billericay Town

Emmanuel joined Billericay Town for the 2018–19 season. ^[16] In his first season at the club, he scored 25 goals, 17 in the league and eight in cup competitions, and finished the season as the club's top scorer. ^[17] In total, he scored 30 goals in 63 games for Billericay.

Welling United

Emmanuel joined Welling United on 22 November 2019. ^[18]

Wealdstone

After seven appearances for Welling, Emmanuel joined Wealdstone on 10 January 2020. ^[19] He went on to score 4 times in 9 games as Wealdstone won the National League South title. On 6 October 2020, Emmanuel scored Wealdstone's first goal in the National League for 32 years, converting a penalty in the opening game of the season against Yeovil Town. ^[20] He would go on to miss much of the second half of the 2020-21 season due to being furloughed, and subsequently left Wealdstone at the end of the season, having scored a total of 11 goals for the club. ^[21]

Hayes & Yeading United

Emmanuel joined Hayes & Yeading United for 2021–22. ^[22]

Football Icon 2

Whilst at Croydon, Emmanuel was a finalist in the Sky TV reality show, Football Icon 2 in which young players competed for a contract at Chelsea.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

As of match played 19 March 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Croydon Athletic	2007–08 [23]	IL – Division 1 South	36	19	0	0	—		0	0	36	19
Brentford	2008–09 [24]	League Two	8	0	0	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	11	0
Welling United (loan)	2008–09 [23]	Conference South	4	1	0	0	—		0	0	4	1
Woking	2009–10 [23]	Conference South	36	5	2	0	—		7 [lower-alpha 2]	0	45	5
	2010–11 [23]		43	9	6	0	—		6 [lower-alpha 3]	2	55	11
	2011–12 [23]		41	14	2	0	—		6 [lower-alpha 4]	0	49	14
	Woking total		120	28	10	0	0	0	19	2	149	30
Eastleigh	2012–13 [23]	Conference South	15	7	2	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	18	7
Dover Athletic	2012–13 [23]	Conference South	23	1	0	0	—		3 [lower-alpha 5]	1	26	2
	2013–14 [23]		25	2	0	0	—		6 [lower-alpha 6]	3	31	5
	Dover total		48	3	0	0	0	0	9	4	57	7
Canvey Island (loan)	2013–14 [23]	IL – Premier Division	10	2	0	0	—		2	2	12	4
Bromley	2014–15 [23]	Conference South	40	15	5	1	—		5 [lower-alpha 7]	1	50	17
	2015–16 [23]	National League	42	20	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	44	20
	Bromley total		82	35	6	1	0	0	6	1	94	37
Dover Athletic	2016–17 [23]	National League	35	11	1	0	—		4 [lower-alpha 8]	1	40	12
Sutton United	2017–18 [25]	National League	10	2	1	0	—		0	0	11	2
Maidenhead United (loan)	2017–18 [25]	National League	21	3	—		—		3 [lower-alpha 9]	3	24	6
Billericay Town	2018–19 [25]	National League South	35	17	6	8	—		3 [lower-alpha 10]	0	44	25
	2019–20 [25]		14	5	5	0	—		0	0	19	5
	Billericay total		49	22	11	8	0	0	3	0	63	30
Welling United	2019–20 [25]	National League South	6	2	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	7	2
Wealdstone	2019–20 [25]	National League South	9	4	0	0	—		0	0	9	4
	2020–21 [25]	National League	14	5	1	0	–		2 [lower-alpha 1]	2	17	7
	Wealdstone total		23	9	1	0	0	0	2	2	26	11
Hayes & Yeading United	2021–22 [26]	SFL Premier Division South	31	30	6	3	—		3 [lower-alpha 11]	1	40	34
Career total			498	174	38	12	1	0	55	16	592	202

1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
2. Three appearances in the FA Trophy, one in the Surrey Senior Cup and three in the Conference South play-offs
3. Four appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy; two appearances in the Conference South play-offs
4. One appearance in the FA Trophy and three in the Surrey Senior Cup
5. Appearances in the Conference South play-offs
6. Three appearances and a goal in the Kent Senior Cup; three appearances and two goals in the Conference South play-offs
7. One appearance in the Kent Senior Cup; four appearances and a goal in the FA Trophy
8. Two appearances in the FA Trophy; two appearances and a goal in the Kent Senior Cup
9. Two appearances and three goals in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Berks and Bucks Challenge Cup
10. Two appearances in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup
11. Two appearances and one goal in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Southern Football League Cup

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84596-474-0.
2. "Moses Emmanuel – Player Profile – Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
3. "Awaiting formalities". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. "Moses goes out on loan". Brentford F.C. 4 December 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
5. "Ademola & Fixtures". Welling United F.C. 5 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
6. "Moses Recalled". Brentford F.C. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
7. "Moses Ademola Signs". Woking F.C. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
8. Now 'the thorn' really is in Eastleigh's side! (From Daily Echo)
9. "Ademola Departs". Eastleigh F.C. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
10. "Gillingham hand trial to striker Moses Emmanuel".
11. "Dover Athletic complete triple signing". BBC Sport.
12. Gwillym, Warren (18 May 2017). "Sutton United boss Doswell raids rivals to sign Kenny Davis, Ross Lafayette and Moses Emmanuel". Sutton Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
13. "Eastleigh 1–0 Sutton United". BBC. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
14. "Sutton United 2–1 Macclesfield Town". BBC. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
15. Moses joins Maidenhead
16. Moses joins Town
17. "Moses Emmanuel – Billericay Town FC". Billericay Town FC. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
18. Striker signs
19. Welcome Moses
20. "Yeovil Town 2-2 Wealdstone". BBC Sport.
21. "Stones announce retained list". 4 June 2021.
22. Hayes & Yeading Begin Building for 2021/22
23. "MOSES EMMANUEL". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
24. "Games played by Moses Emmanuel in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
25. Moses Emmanuel at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
26. "Google".

External links

• Moses Ademola at Soccerbase