Sam Rents

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Sam Rents
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Rents playing for Crawley Town in 2009
Personal information
Full name Samuel David Rents
Date of birth (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Brighton, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 (0)
2008–2011 Crawley Town 83 (4)
2011Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 8 (1)
2011–2012 Gateshead 29 (0)
2012–2014 Sutton United 59 (7)
2014–2016 Margate 3 (0)
2015–2016Tonbridge Angels (loan)
2016 Whitehawk 16 (0)
2016–2019 Worthing 92 (5)
2019 Eastbourne Borough 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Samuel David Rents (born 22 June 1987) is an English former footballer who most recently played for Eastbourne Borough as a defender.

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Career

Born in Brighton, Rents signed a one-year professional contract with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2006 along with 10 others from the same youth group. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Bristol City at Ashton Gate, and made his full debut a week later in Dean Wilkins' first game as manager of the club, in the 1–0 victory at Millwall's New Den stadium.

Rents also scored his first goal for the club in the first round of the FA Cup in Brighton's emphatic 8–0 victory against Northwich Victoria.

Rents was awarded with a new contract by the club during May 2007 after making his breakthrough in the first team during the 2006–07 season.

On 6 May 2008, it was revealed that Rents, along with Shane McFaul were to be released from the club. [1]

Rents agreed a contract with Crawley Town on 23 May 2008, turning down the opportunity to join League Two Darlington. [2] Rents was a regular fixture at left-back throughout his first two seasons at Crawley, scoring his first goal for the Red Devils in a 5–2 victory over Northwich Victoria in August 2008. [3] On 6 June 2010, Rents signed a contract extension with Crawley Town. [4] On 18 March 2011, Rents joined Hayes & Yeading United on loan, [5] scoring one goal in eight appearances. [6] He was released by Crawley Town on 13 May 2011. [7]

On 31 May 2011, Rents joined Gateshead on an initial one-year contract. [8] He made his debut as a late substitute in Gateshead's 3–1 win over Southport at Haig Avenue on 23 August. [9] He made his first start for Gateshead on 29 August 2011 against Grimsby Town in a 1–0 win. [10] Rents was released by Gateshead at the end of the season. [11]

On 5 July 2012, it was announced that Rents would be joining Sutton United. Rents signed for Margate in January 2014 and was an integral member of the squad that won promotion to National League South in 2015. After a spell on loan at Tonbridge Angels, he joined Whitehawk in March 2016. [12]

In June 2016, Rents signed for Isthmian League Premier newcomers Worthing. [13]

Career statistics

As of 18 May 2013
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague [lower-alpha 1] FA CupLeague CupOther [lower-alpha 2] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2006–07 [14] 250310010291
2007–08 [15] 5010101080
Total300411020371
Crawley Town 2008–09 [16] 393100051454
2009–10 [17] 391100021422
2010–11 [6] 5020000070
Total834400072946
Hayes & Yeading United (loan) 2010–11 [6] 8100000081
Gateshead 2011–12 [18] 290200050360
Sutton United 2012–13 [19] 4271000140577
Career total192121111028223215

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