Jaanai Gordon

Jaanai Gordon

File:Jaanai Gordon.jpg Gordon in July 2015
Personal information
Full name	Jaanai Derece Gordon
Date of birth	(1995-12-07) 7 December 1995
Place of birth	Northampton, England
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sligo Rovers (on loan from West Ham United)
Number	28
Youth career
–2009	Luton Town
2009–2011	Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2013	Peterborough United	4	(0)
2014–	West Ham United	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Chelmsford City (loan)	10	(5)
2015	→ Nuneaton Town (loan)	5	(1)
2016–	→ Sligo Rovers (loan)	9	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Jaanai Derece Gordon (born 7 December 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Sligo Rovers on loan from West Ham United.

Club career

Peterborough United

Born in Northampton, England, Gordon signed his first professional contract, with Peterborough United, in December 2012 on his 17th birthday. He had joined the club in 2009 and had already made his first team debut, in a 2–0 home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2012. In November 2013, having made four league appearances for Peterborough, Gordon went on trial with Premier League side West Ham United scoring twice in his opening trial game for West Ham under-18 side against Aston Villa under-18s and another two in a 9–0 defeat of Gillingham in a friendly on 11 November 2013. In November, a West Ham bid for Gordon was rejected by Peterborough United.

West Ham United

On 31 December 2013, West Ham United confirmed the signing of Gordon. In January 2014, Gordon was an unused substitute for West Ham's 5-0 FA Cup defeat by Nottingham Forest.

Chelmsford City (loan)

Gordon joined Chelmsford City on loan for a month on 22 December 2014. He scored on his debut, in 5-1 home defeat by Ebbsfleet United. Gordon then scored in his next game, a 5-3 away win against Staines Town, his third game, a 2-0 away win against Ebbsfleet and in his fourth game, a 6-2 home win against Farnborough Town, Gordon scored twice and provided two assists. On 23 January his loan with Chelmsford was extended by a month.

Nuneaton Town (loan)

On 26 March 2015, Gordon joined Nuneaton Town on loan until 1 May 2015.

Sligo Rovers (loan)

On 18 January 2016, Gordon joined League of Ireland side Sligo Rovers on loan until the end of August ahead of the 2016 League of Ireland season. He scored his first goal for the club on 7 May, netting the final goal of the match as Sligo Rovers ran out 4-1 victors at home to Wexford Youths.

External links

• Jaanai Gordon career statistics at Soccerbase