Rocky Baptiste

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Rocky Baptiste
Personal information
Full name Rocky Baptiste
Date of birth (1972-07-08) 8 July 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Clapham, London, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Chelsea
Brentford
Wealdstone
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000 Hayes 14 (6)
2000–2001 Luton Town 3 (0)
2001 → Hayes (loan) 7 (5)
2001–2003 Farnborough Town 59 (30)
2003–2004 Stevenage Borough 20 (4)
2004–2005 Margate 54 (17)
2005 Gravesend & Northfleet 0 (0)
2005–2008 Havant & Waterlooville 158 (86)
2008–2009 Maidenhead United 21 (3)
2009 AFC Wimbledon 1 (1)
2009–2011 Harrow Borough 76 (50)
2011 Thurrock 3 (0)
2011 Kingstonian 2 (0)
2011 Thurrock 4 (0)
2012–2013 Wingate & Finchley 4 (1)
2013–2014 Eastbourne Town 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rocky Baptiste (born 8 July 1972) is an English retired football striker.

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Career

Born in Clapham, London, he went to secondary school at Neasden High School. Baptiste was a junior at Chelsea and Brentford, but failed to earn a professional contract.

Hayes to Luton

After initially playing for Wealdstone, Baptiste made his breakthrough with Hayes in 2000, where he scored six goals in 14 league games and caught the eye of Luton Town. At a struggling Luton, he made three league substitute appearances without scoring. When Joe Kinnear became manager, Baptiste fell out of favour and made a return to Hayes on loan for the rest of the season.

Farnborough

During the close season, Baptiste signed for Farnborough Town, where he stayed for two years scoring a total of 30 goals in 49 appearances, including Farnborough's lone strike in the FA Cup fourth round defeat to Arsenal.

Stevenage and Margate

In the summer of 2003, Baptiste joined Stevenage Borough, following manager Graham Westley's move, where he stayed until February 2004 scoring four league goals. Baptiste moved on to Margate, scoring five goals.

Gravesend & Northfleet and Havant & Waterlooville

After a short spell with Gravesend & Northfleet, Baptiste moved to Havant & Waterlooville in August 2005. Baptiste scored the equaliser at the Liberty Stadium that forced a replay with Swansea City in the third round of the 2008 FA Cup. He also went on to score in the shock 4–2 replay victory that helped them into the fourth round against Liverpool.

In September 2008, he left Havant & Waterlooville to play for Maidenhead United, spending the first half of the season there before signing for AFC Wimbledon on 31 March 2009.

Harrow Borough

He joined Harrow Borough in the summer of 2009. While playing for Harrow, Baptiste infamously missed an open goal after taking the ball past the opposition defence and goalkeeper. He was inside the six-yard box and just a few inches from the goal line when he smashed the ball on to the left-hand post. At the end of both the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons he finished as top scorer for Borough, scoring 22 league goals in each season. In 2010–11, he led Boro to the playoffs where he scored twice but Boro lost in extra time. He scored a total of 28 goals for Borough in the 2010–11 season.

He left Harrow Borough in the summer of 2011 joining Thurrock of the Conference South. However, before the end of August he was back in the Isthmian League with Kingstonian.

Wingate & Finchley

Baptiste scored on his debut for Isthmian League team Wingate & Finchley from the substitute bench on 20 October 2012 against Lewes in a 3–1 defeat. In October 2013 he moved on to Eastbourne Town. [1] [2]

Eastbourne Town

Rocky played eight games for Eastbourne Town seven in the Isthmian League scoring two goals and one appearance in the FA Trophy. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Veteran striker Rocky Baptiste all set for Eastbourne Town home debut". Eastbourne Herald. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "October Moves (Parth Three)". Pitchero Non League. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rocky Baptiste". Eastbourne Town F.C. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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