Shane Huke

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Shane Huke
Personal information
Full name Shane Huke [1]
Date of birth (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2003 Rochedale Rovers 16 (2)
2003–2007 Peterborough United 29 (1)
2003King's Lynn (loan) 4 (0)
2003–2004Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2004Heybridge Swifts (loan) 9 (1)
2004–2005Cambridge City (loan) 3 (0)
2005AFC Hornchurch (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2009 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 (2)
2009 Central Coast Mariners 3 (0)
2010–2011 Rushden & Diamonds 40 (2)
2011–2013 Dover Athletic 54 (4)
2013–2015 Ebbsfleet United 41 (4)
2015–2016 Maidstone United 15 (0)
Total256(16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shane Huke (born 2 October 1985) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maidstone United.

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Club career

He began his career with Peterborough United, and scored his first competitive goal in his career on 25 November 2006, against Torquay United, a match which Peterborough won 5–2. [2] He moved to Dagenham & Redbridge in May 2007.

Huke was regularly strongly linked with several A-League clubs in Australia. On 23 January 2009, Huke was released by Dagenham & Redbridge for personal reasons. Dagenham manager, John Still said he was very sad and disappointed to be losing Huke. [3]

On 25 March 2010, Huke signed for Rushden & Diamonds until the end of the 2009–10 season. [4]

On 17 May 2011, Huke left Rushden & Diamonds to join Conference South side Dover Athletic on a one-year deal. In May 2012 he signed a new contract with the Kent club.

Huke signed for newly relegated Conference South club Ebbsfleet United in June 2013. [5] He eventually left the club in January 2015, to join Maidstone United

In the summer of 2015, Huke was forced to retire because of a knee injury. He now works as a matchday ambassador for Ebbsfleet United.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Club

Maidstone United

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN   978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. "Peterborough 5-2 Torquay". BBC. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Arab raiders plunder A-League for ACL". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 2009.
  4. http://www.thediamondsfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10784~2006223,00.html
  5. "Shane Huke the fourth Dover Athletic player to join Ebbsfleet United". Dover Express. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.