Ryan Gondoh

Ryan Gondoh

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth	Sutton, London, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	AFC Whyteleafe
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2014	Whyteleafe
2014	Carshalton Athletic
2014–2015	Barnet
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Carshalton Athletic	2	(0)
2014–2016	Barnet	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Hendon (loan)	5	(0)
2016	→ Staines Town (loan)	6	(1)
2016	Metropolitan Police	8	(0)
2016–2017	Kingstonian	8	(1)
2017	Carshalton Athletic	12	(2)
2017–2018	Maldon & Tiptree	21	(7)
2018–2019	Colchester United	6	(0)
2019	→ FC Halifax Town (loan)	4	(0)
2019	Carshalton Athletic	2	(0)
2019–2020	Concord Rangers	6	(0)
2020–2021	Whyteleafe	15	(8)
2020–2021	→ Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	9	(4)
2021	Wealdstone	14	(4)
2021	Hampton & Richmond Borough	15	(3)
2021–2022	Wealdstone	0	(0)
2022	Ayr United	6	(0)
2022	Sevenoaks Town	10	(3)
2022–2024	Lewes	49	(14)
2024–	AFC Whyteleafe	9	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:26, 18 September 2024 (BST)

Ryan Gondoh (born 6 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for AFC Whyteleafe.

After a youth career in non-League football with Whyteleafe and briefly Carshalton Athletic, Gondoh signed a professional contract at Barnet where he made his professional debut in 2015. He had loan spells with Hendon and Staines Town being released by the club. He spent time with Metropolitan Police, Kingstonian and a second spell with Carshalton before joining Maldon & Tiptree. His performances with the Jammers earned him another professional contract at Colchester United in 2018. He joined Halifax Town on loan in March 2019. In the summer of 2019, Gondoh was released by Colchester and returned to non-league

Career

Born in Sutton, London, ^[1] Gondoh is a left winger who can also play at left-back. ^[2] He was a member of the youth team at Whyteleafe, where he won the youth player of the year award for the 2013–14 season. ^[3] Towards the end of 2013–14, he played twice for Carshalton Athletic in the Isthmian League Premier Division. ^[4]

He joined Barnet for the 2014–15 season where he helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference title. He then signed a one-year professional contract with Barnet for 2015–16. ^[5] He made his professional debut for the club on 1 September 2015 as a substitute for Shaun Batt during Barnet's 1–0 Football League Trophy defeat to Yeovil Town. ^[6] He joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon on loan in December 2015 where he made five league appearances. ^[7] In February 2016, he was sent on loan to Hendon's league rivals Staines Town for one month alongside teammate Harry Taylor. ^[8] He was released by Barnet at the end of the season. ^[9]

In Summer 2016, Gondoh joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Metropolitan Police, where he made ten appearances, ^[10] before joining league rivals Kingstonian in October 2016. He scored once in 10 games for the club. ^[11] In early 2017, Gondoh returned to Carshalton. ^[12] He signed for Isthmian League North Division side Maldon & Tiptree for the 2017–18 campaign, where he would make 29 appearances and scored 12 goals. ^[13]

On 3 January 2018, he joined League Two side Colchester United on an 18-month contract alongside former Maldon & Tiptree teammate Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe. ^[2] He made his English Football League debut on 28 April, coming on as a substitute for Drey Wright during Colchester's 0–0 draw with Swindon Town. ^[14]

Gondoh signed for National League side Halifax Town on 16 March 2019 until the end of the season. ^[15] He made his club debut on 23 March as a substitute in Halifax's 2–0 home win against Solihull Moors. ^[16]

Gondoh was released by Colchester United at the end of his contract in summer 2019. ^[17]

After briefly re-joining Carshalton at the start of the 2019–20 season, Gondoh signed for Concord Rangers on a permanent contract in October 2019. ^[18] In January 2020 he re-joined Whyteleafe. ^[19] He joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on dual registration on 10 November 2020 as the Isthmian League season was suspended due to coronavirus restrictions. ^[20]

On 17 March 2021, Gondoh signed for Wealdstone. ^[21] Gondoh scored his first goal for Wealdstone, and his first at National League level, against Bromley on 2 April 2021, in a 2-2 draw. He scored a brace in Wealdstone's final day 4-2 win over Woking, ^[22] taking his goal tally up to 4 for the season.

On 1 June 2021, it was announced that Gondoh had agreed a move to Hampton & Richmond Borough for the 2021–22 season. ^[23] Gondoh made a total of 17 appearances for the Beavers, scoring three times. ^[24]

On 31 December 2021, Gondoh re-signed for Wealdstone ^[25] He would remain there for just two weeks however, and would move to Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a two-year deal, becoming new manager Lee Bullen's first signing. ^{[26] [27]}

On 3 December 2022, Gondoh signed for Isthmian League Premier Division side Lewes. ^[28]

In May 2024, Gondoh joined Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South side AFC Whyteleafe, the phoenix club for his former side Whyteleafe FC. ^[29]

Personal life

Gondoh was a promising athlete in his youth. As an under-13, he was seventh in his age group for the 75m hurdles, and 28th for the 60 metres. ^[30]

In May 2021 Gondoh had entered into an altercation with a homeless woman where Gondoh was called a racial epithet, in response Gondoh filmed himself kicking over her cup of change and throwing water in her face. ^{[31] [32]}

Gondoh and his teammates have since received racist messages, some containing death threats. Wealdstone FC stated that "We are fully supporting Ryan and everyone else at the club who has been abused" and are refusing to comment further on the matter. ^[33]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 November 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
Carshalton Athletic	2013–14 [4]	Isthmian League Premier Division	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Barnet	2014–15 [34]	Conference Premier	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
	2015–16 [35] [36]	League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]	0	2	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
Hendon (loan)	2015–16 [7]	Isthmian League Premier Division	5	0	0	0	–		0	0	5	0
Staines Town (loan)	2015–16 [37]	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	1	0	0	–		0	0	6	1
Metropolitan Police	2016–17 [10]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	0	1	0	–		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	10	0
Kingstonian	2016–17 [11]	Isthmian League Premier Division	8	1	–		–		2 [lower-alpha 4]	0	10	1
Carshalton Athletic	2016–17 [38]	Isthmian League Division One South	12	2	0	0	–		0	0	12	2
Maldon & Tiptree	2017–18 [13]	Isthmian League Division One North	21	7	2	2	–		6 [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6]	3	29	12
Colchester United	2017–18 [39]	League Two	2	0	–		–		0	0	2	0
	2018–19 [40]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 7]	0	6	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
Halifax Town (loan)	2018–19 [40]	National League	4	0	–		–		0	0	4	0
Carshalton Athletic	2019–20 [41]	Isthmian League Premier Division	2	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	0
Concord Rangers	2019–20 [42]	National League South	6	0	0	0	–		2 [lower-alpha 5]	0	8	0
Whyteleafe	2019–20 [43]	Isthmian League South East Division	9	5	0	0	–		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	10	5
	2020–21 [44]	Isthmian League South East Division	6	3	4	5	–		1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	11	8
	Total		15	8	4	5	0	0	2	0	21	13
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan)	2020–21 [42]	National League South	9	4	0	0	–		0	0	9	4
Wealdstone	2020–21 [42]	National League	14	4	0	0	–		0	0	14	4
Hampton & Richmond Borough	2021–22 [42]	National League South	15	3	1	0	–		1 [lower-alpha 5]	0	17	3
Wealdstone	2021–22 [42]	National League	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0
Ayr United	2021–22 [45]	Scottish Championship	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Sevenoaks Town	2022–23 [46]	Isthmian League South East Division	10	3	7	3	—		4 [lower-alpha 8]	3	21	9
Career total			146	33	16	10	0	0	22	6	184	49

1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in Middlesex Senior Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Alan Turvey Trophy
4. Appearances in Surrey Senior Cup
5. Appearances in FA Trophy
6. Appearance in Essex Senior Cup
7. Appearances in EFL Trophy
8. Three appearances in FA Trophy and one in Alan Turvey Trophy

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29. @AFCWhyteleafe (10 June 2024). "A quick roundup of our new signings so far: Aaron Goode, RCB from Glebe Corey Holder, LCB Player/Coach from Sevenoaks Scott Jarvis, RB from Glebe Harrison Carnegie, LW from Erith Town Ryan Gondoh, RW/CAM from Lewes Looking forward to getting started 💚🌿" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2024– via Twitter.
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External links

• Ryan Gondoh at Soccerbase