Connor Essam
Essam lining up for Dartford in August 2021.
Personal information
Full name Connor Essam[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-09) 9 July 1992[2]
Place of birth Sheerness, England[3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Faversham Town
Youth career
2002–2010 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Gillingham 18 (0)
2010–2011 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 10 (0)
2011 → Dover Athletic (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 7 (1)
2011–2012 → Dartford (loan) 7 (1)
2012 → Luton Town (loan) 9 (0)
2013–2014 Crawley Town 11 (1)
2013 → Dartford (loan) 4 (1)
2014–2015 Dover Athletic 38 (4)
2015–2016 Leyton Orient 24 (0)
2016 → Dover Athletic (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2017 Eastleigh 11 (0)
2016 → Woking (loan) 6 (0)
2017 → Dover Athletic (loan) 16 (1)
2017–2019 Dover Athletic 64 (2)
2018–2019 → Concord Rangers (loan) 24 (1)
2019–2020 Hemel Hempstead Town 33 (2)
2020–2023 Dartford 85 (4)
2023– Faversham Town 25 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Connor Essam (born 9 July 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Faversham Town.

Club career

Gillingham

Born in Chatham, Kent,[4] Essam joined Gillingham in January 2002 and progressed through the ranks of the youth team and also captained the side.[5] In March 2010, Essam was awarded his first professional contract along with Dean Rance and Charlie Stimson.[6] He was sent out to Conference South side Bishop's Stortford in October 2010 on an initial one-month loan which was later extended.[7] Later on in the season he joined Dover Athletic on loan in the same division.[8] His contract was extended by a year in May 2011.[9] In August 2011, Essam rejoined Bishop's Stortford of the Conference North on a one-month loan deal along with Dean Rance.[10] He scored his first goal for the club on 29 August in a 5–0 win over Hinckley United.[11] Essam joined Conference South outfit Dartford on loan in December 2011.[12] He scored in the 4–1 away league win over Staines Town.[13] Essam made his professional and Gillingham debut on 13 February 2012 in a 2–1 home defeat to Southend United.[14] On 31 August 2012 Essam signed for Luton Town on a month-long loan, later extended for a second month.[15][16] He returned to Gillingham on 2 November after making nine appearances for Luton, and was swiftly made available on a free transfer by Gillingham manager, Martin Allen.

Crawley Town

On 23 January 2013, Essam signed for Crawley Town of Football League One on a free transfer, with Gillingham retaining an interest by inserting a sell-on clause into the contract.[17] In November 2013, Essam joined Conference Premier side Dartford on a one-month loan deal.[18] Shortly into the 2013–14 season, he was released.[19]

Dover Athletic

On 1 September 2014, Essam signed for Dover Athletic, on the same day as he was released by Crawley Town.[20]

Leyton Orient

On 27 July 2015, it was announced that Essam signed for Football League Two side Leyton Orient on a one-year contract following a successful trial, despite Orient having not agreed to a transfer fee with Dover.[21][22] A transfer fee was agreed between the sides the following week.[22]

In March 2016, he returned to Dover Athletic on loan until the end of the season.[23]

In May 2016, he was released from Leyton Orient when it was announced that he would not be retained when his contract expired.[24]

Eastleigh

On 14 June 2016, Essam joined National League side Eastleigh on a one-year deal.[25] After only making five appearances in the space of a month, Essam joined Woking on a 93-day loan.[26] Two days later, Essam made his Woking debut in a 1–1 draw against Guiseley, playing the full 90 minutes.[27] However, just after a month into his loan spell with Woking, Essam was recalled by Eastleigh to cover an injury crisis.[28] After a short spell back at Eastleigh, Essam once again left the club on loan, this time returning to Dover Athletic on a deal for the remainder of the campaign.[29] Following a successful loan spell back at Dover, it was announced that Essam would leave Eastleigh in June 2017 upon the expiry of his current deal.[30]

Dover Athletic

On 20 June 2017, Essam joined Dover Athletic, returning to the Whites on a two-year deal.[31] He made his debut on the opening day in a 1–0 away victory to Hartlepool United.[32]

In November 2018, he joined Concord Rangers on loan until the end of the season.[33]

Hemel Hempstead Town

Essam joined National League South team Hemel Hempstead Town in the summer of 2019.[34]

Dartford

On 16 August 2020, Essam was announced to have joined Dartford.[35]

On 26 May 2023, Essam announced that he had left Dartford.[36]

Faversham Town

On 22 June 2023, Essam joined Faversham Town.[37]

Career statistics

As of 7 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2010–11[38] League Two 0000000000
2011–12[39] League Two 180000000180
2012–13[40] League Two 000000—00
Total 180000000180
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2010–11[41] Conference South 100——1[lower-alpha 1]0110
Dover Athletic (loan) 2010–11[42] Conference South 70———70
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2011–12[43] Conference North 71———71
Dartford (loan) 2011–12[44] Conference South 71——1[lower-alpha 1]081
Luton Town (loan) 2012–13[45] Conference Premier 90———90
Crawley Town 2012–13[46] League One 91———91
2013–14[47] League One 2000001[lower-alpha 2]030
Total 111000010121
Dartford (loan) 2013–14[45] Conference Premier 41——2[lower-alpha 1]061
Dover Athletic 2014–15[45] Conference Premier 38451—6[lower-alpha 1]1496
Leyton Orient 2015–16[45] League Two 24000101[lower-alpha 2]0260
Dover Athletic (loan) 2015–16[45] National League 80——1[lower-alpha 3]090
Eastleigh 2016–17[45] National League 11050—00160
Woking (loan) 2016–17[45] National League 60———60
Dover Athletic (loan) 2016–17[45] National League 161———161
Dover Athletic 2017–18[45] National League 46120—3[lower-alpha 1]0511
2018–19[45] National League 18110—00191
Total 64230—30702
Concord Rangers (loan) 2018–19[45] National League South 241——00241
Hemel Hempstead Town 2019–20[45] National League South 33210—2[lower-alpha 1]1363
Dartford 2020–21[45] National League South 15100—2[lower-alpha 1]0171
2021–22[45] National League South 26030—8[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6]2372
2022–23[45] National League South 44310—1[lower-alpha 7]0463
Total 85440001121006
Faversham Town 2023–24[45] Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division 0000—0000
Career total 382181811029443023
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in National League play-offs
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the London Senior Cup
  5. ↑ Three appearances in the Kent Senior Cup
  6. ↑ Three appearances in the FA Trophy
  7. ↑ One appearance in the National League South Play-Offs

Honours

Dartford

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Connor Essam". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Connor Essam". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  4. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  5. ↑ "Connor Essam profile". Gillingham F.C. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Gillingham's Essam, Rance and Stimson get pro contracts". BBC Sport. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Essam in Bishop's Stortford loan". Gillingham F.C. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Essam extends Dover loan". Football.co.uk. 20 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Hoad, Alex (12 May 2011). "New contract for Gillingham defender Matt Lawrence". Kent Online. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Essam extends Dover loan". Kent Online. 20 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "29/08/11 : Bishops Stortford 5 – 0 Hinckley United". Hinckley Info. 30 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Dartford Loan Gills Defender". Non League Chat. 16 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "Staines 1–4 Dartford". News Shopper. 25 January 2012.
  14. ↑ "Gillingham 1–2 Southend". BBC Sport. 13 February 2012.
  15. ↑ "Luton sign Connor Essam on loan from Gillingham". BBC Sport. 31 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Essam extends loan deal at Luton". Luton Today. Johnston Publishing Ltd. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "Crawley Town sign Mustapha Dumbuya and Connor Essam". BBC Sport. 23 January 2013.
  18. ↑ "Connor Essam: Dartford sign Crawley Town defender on loan". BBC Sport. 22 November 2013.
  19. ↑ Hollis, Steve (1 September 2014). "Essam's departure makes room for Crawley to strengthen". The Argus. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  20. ↑ Hollis, Steve (2 September 2014). "Gregory promises loan signings for Crawley". The Argus. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  21. ↑ Munford, Colin (27 July 2015). "NEWS: Essam completes Orient switch". www.leytonorient.com. Leyton Orient F.C. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  22. 1 2 Sessions, George (5 August 2015). "Essam deal confirmed". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  23. ↑ "Dover re-sign former skipper Essam". BBC Sport. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "Leyton Orient: Mathieu Baudry among eight players to leave League Two club". BBC Sport. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Eastleigh: Connor Essam and Mikael Mandron join National League club". BBC Sport. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "Connor Essam joins on loan". Woking F.C. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  27. ↑ "Guiseley 1-1 Woking". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  28. ↑ "FA Cup: Now Connor Essam joins Eastleigh's centre-back casualty list". Southern Daily Echo. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  29. ↑ "Connor Essam: Dover Athletic re-sign central defender on loan from Eastleigh". BBC Sport. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  30. ↑ "Player Update". Eastleigh Official Site. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  31. ↑ "Essam signs on". Dover Athletic Official Site. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  32. ↑ "Hartlepool United 0-1 Dover Athletic - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  33. ↑ Fordham, Josh (13 November 2018). "Connor Essam joins Concord Rangers on loan from Dover Athletic". Kent Online. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  34. ↑ "Shock over skipper's surprise exit from Tudors". Hemel Today. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  35. ↑ "New Signings". www.dartfordfc.com. Dartford F.C. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  36. ↑ "Connor Essam departs". www.dartfordfc.com. Dartford F.C. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  37. ↑ "SAMMY FINALLY GETS HIS MAN". www.faveshamtownfc.co.uk. Faversham Town F.C. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  38. ↑ "Squad stats: 2010/11". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  39. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  40. ↑ "Squad stats: 2012/13". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  41. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2011). Non-League Club Directory 2012. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-869833-70-1.
  42. ↑ Williams; Williams (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2012. pp. 280–281.
  43. ↑ Williams, Mike; Williams, Tony, eds. (2012). Non-League Club Directory 2013. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0.
  44. ↑ Williams; Williams (eds.). Non-League Club Directory 2013. pp. 52–53.
  45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "C. Essam". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  46. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  47. ↑ "Games played by Connor Essam in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
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