Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan George Blake [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 December 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Weybridge, England | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Virginia Water | ||
Youth career | |||
–2010 | Brentford | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
2010 | → Woking (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2011 | → Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2011 | → Farnborough (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2012 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | 8 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Chertsey Town | (3) | |
2014 | Kingstonian | 4 | (0) |
2020– | Virginia Water | 62 | (0) |
International career | |||
2010 | Northern Ireland U19 | 1 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Northern Ireland U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, 14 August 2024 (UTC) |
Ryan George Blake (born 8 December 1991) is an English former professional footballer who plays as a left back for Combined Counties League Premier Division North club Virginia Water. Blake is a product of the Brentford youth system and made one Football League appearance for the club. After his release in 2012, he dropped into non-League football. Blake was capped by Northern Ireland at youth level.
A left back, Blake began his career in the Centre of Excellence at Brentford and signed a two-year scholarship during the 2008 off-season. [3] He was an unused substitute on 19 occasions during the 2009–10 League One season and made what would be his only senior appearance for the club as a substitute for Lionel Ainsworth in a 1–1 draw with Yeovil Town on 24 April 2010. [4] [5]
Despite signing his first professional contract during the 2010 off-season, [6] Blake found his first team chances limited during the 2010–11 season and was an unused substitute on just four occasions. [7] He was loaned to Conference South clubs Woking and Ebbsfleet United during the season and made 16 appearances across both spells. [8] [9] [10] [7]
Blake signed new a one-year contract to be part of the Development Squad for the 2011–12 season and spent much of the season on loan at Conference South clubs Farnborough and Hampton & Richmond Borough. [6] [11] [12] He failed to feature at all under new manager Uwe Rösler and was released when his contract expired in June 2012. [13] [14]
Following an unsuccessful trial with Lincoln City, [15] Blake returned to then-Conference Premier club Ebbsfleet United on a permanent contract during the 2012 off-season. [16] He made only eight appearances during his only full season with the club, [7] which suffered relegation to the Conference South. [17]
Blake transferred to Southern League First Division Central club Chertsey Town in August 2013 and was awarded the captaincy. [18] He transferred Isthmian League Premier Division club Kingstonian during the 2014 off-season, [19] but made only 8 appearances, with his final match coming in early December 2014. [20]
Blake re-entered non-League football with Hellenic League Premier Division club Virginia Water in 2020. [21] The club transferred to the Combined Counties League Premier Division North in 2021 and Blake progressed to become club captain. [22] [23]
Blake was capped by Northern Ireland at U19 and U21 level. [24] He made his U19 debut in a 2–2 2010 European U19 championship elite qualifying draw with Russia on 23 May 2010, coming on as a 41st-minute substitute for Dean Jarvis. [25] Blake made his U21 debut on 3 September 2010, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Paddy McLaughlin in a 4–0 2011 European U21 Championship qualifying victory over San Marino. [24] He made his second U21 appearance in a friendly against Wales on 9 February 2011, starting the match and playing an hour before being substituted. [26] [27]
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Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 2009–10 [5] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2010–11 [28] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Woking (loan) | 2010–11 [10] | Conference South | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Ebbsfleet United (loan) | 2010–11 [10] | Conference South | 11 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Farnborough (loan) | 2011–12 [10] | Conference South | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2011–12 [7] | Conference South | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Ebbsfleet United | 2012–13 [7] | Conference Premier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
Kingstonian | 2014–15 [20] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Virginia Water | 2020–21 [21] | Hellenic League Premier Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2021–22 [29] | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2022–23 [29] | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2023–24 [29] | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
2024–25 [30] | Combined Counties League Premier Division North | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | 83 | 0 | |||
Virginia Water Reserves | 2021–22 [31] | Surrey Premier County League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
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