Jake Gosling (footballer)

Jake Gosling

Gosling against Ireland during Euro 2016 qualification
Personal information
Full name Jake Gosling[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993
Place of birth Oxford, England[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Bristol Rovers
Number 11
Youth career
Godolphin Atlantic[3]
2003–2009 Plymouth Argyle
2010–2011 Exeter City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2014 Exeter City 12 (1)
2012–2013 → Dorchester Town (loan) 12 (0)
2014 → Gloucester City (loan) 12 (3)
2014– Bristol Rovers 41 (3)
2016 → Newport County (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2014– Gibraltar 11 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:26, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Jake Gosling (born 11 August 1993) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays as a winger for Bristol Rovers. Born and raised in England, he plays internationally for Gibraltar, for whom he is eligible through his father, who was born there.[4] With two goals, he is currently Gibraltar's all-time leading scorer since joining UEFA.[5]

Club career

Early career and Exeter City

Born in Oxford, Gosling signed for Swindon Town Centre of Excellence as a ten-year-old. A year later he signed for Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence after he moved with his family to Newquay in Cornwall. He was released by Argyle at the age of 16 whereupon he enrolled at Hartpury College. He graduated through the Exeter City youth team to sign professional terms under Paul Tisdale in April 2012.[6]

He scored a "stunning goal" against Dorchester Town in pre-season,[7] and joined Conference South side Dorchester on loan in September; the initial one-month loan deal was later extended until January.[8] During this loan spell he scored the goal that knocked Exeter's rivals Plymouth Argyle out of the FA Cup on 4 November.[9]

He made his debut for Exeter on 12 January 2013, as a late substitute for Steve Tully in a 3–0 win over Southend United at St James Park.[10] He scored his first goal for the club to complete a 3–0 home win over Northampton Town in League Two on 2 March.[11] After the match, Gosling said he hoped to find a first team regular at the club.[12]

On 13 March 2014, Gosling joined Skrill North side Gloucester City on loan until the end of the season.[13] He made his debut three days later in a 3–3 draw against Gainsborough Trinity.[14] Gosling made twelve appearances and scored three times: against Brackley Town,[15] Harrogate Town[16] and Telford United.[17]

On 17 May 2014, Gosling announced that he was leaving Exeter,[18] though he was offered a new contract by the club.[19]

Bristol Rovers

After leaving Exeter City, it announced on 24 June 2014 that Gosling had signed for recently promoted Conference Premier side Bristol Rovers for the 2014–15 season.[20] He made his debut on 9 August as the Pirates began the season with a goalless draw against Grimsby Town.[21] On 16 September, he scored his first goal for the club, concluding a 3–1 win over Nuneaton Town at the Memorial Stadium.[22] Eleven days later, he struck the only goal for a win at Southport.[23]

He played 23 league games across the season, scoring three goals, the last being the opener in a 7–0 rout of Alfreton Town in the last game of the regular season on 25 April 2015, relegating the opponents.[24] He helped Rovers seal an immediate return to The Football League with a play-off victory over Grimsby on 17 May.[25]

Gosling warming up for Bristol Rovers in 2015

On 26 February 2016 Gosling joined Newport County on an initial one month loan.[26] He made his debut for Newport on 1 March 2016 versus Crawley Town.

International career

In January 2014, it was confirmed that Gosling was eligible to play for Gibraltar in upcoming friendlies and their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign by national team coach Allen Bula, and was under consideration for his next squad.[27] He was eventually called up to the squad for friendlies against Estonia and Malta on 26 May and 4 June 2014, respectively.[28] Gosling made his international debut in the match against Estonia at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, starting the match and scoring the equaliser in the eventual 1–1 draw. The goal was Gibraltar's first away goal since joining UEFA.[29] He became Gibraltar's outright top scorer of all time on 7 September 2015 when he scored their second competitive goal, a consolation at the end of an 8–1 away loss to Poland in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. With the goal, he also became the first Gibraltar player to score more than one goal at the international level.[5][30]


International goals

Score and result list Gibraltar's goal tally first.[31] Up to date as matches played on 11 October 2015.

No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
1
 26 May 2014 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia
1–1
1–1
 Friendly
2
10
 7 September 2015 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland
1–8
1–8
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

International career statistics

As of match played 11 October 2015.[31]
Gibraltar national team
YearAppsGoals
201451
201561
Total112

References

  1. ↑ "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Player Details: Jake Gosling". English National Football Archive.
  3. ↑ "Division One West winners Godolphin Atlantic proud of their pub roots". This is Cornwall. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Exeter City's Jake Gosling earns first Gibraltar call-up". BBC Online. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 Pilnick, Brent (9 September 2015). "Jake Gosling: Gibraltar's answer to England's Wayne Rooney?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Six youngsters given full-time Exeter City deals". BBC Sport. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Gosling glad to have opportunity to make name for himself with Exeter City". Western Morning News. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Larkins, Simon (3 December 2012). "Jake Gosling's loan spell at Dorchester extended". Express & Echo. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "FA Cup hero Jake Gosling hails career highlight". BBC Sport. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Jake Gosling predicting bright future for Exeter City". Express & Echo. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "Exeter 3–0 Northampton". BBC Sport. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jake Gosling: Teenager aims to become Exeter City regular". BBC Sport. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Jake Gosling joins Gloucester on loan". Exeter City Official Website. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "REPORT: Gainsborough Trinity 3–3 Gloucester City". GCAFCofficial. 16 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "REPORT: Brackley Town 1–3 Gloucester City". GCAFCofficial. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "REPORT: Gloucester City 5–2 Harrogate Town". GCAFCofficial. 6 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "REPORT: AFC Telford United 2–1 Gloucester City". GCAFCofficial. 19 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Gosling to leave Exeter". SkySports. 17 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "Artur Krysiak: Exeter City release goalkeeper after four year spell". BBC Sport. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "JAKE GOSLING SIGNS FOR BRISTOL ROVERS". Bristol Rovers F.C. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 0-0 Grimsby". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 3-1 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Southport 0-1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  24. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 7-0 Alfreton". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  25. ↑ Ashdown, John. "Bristol Rovers promoted to League Two after beating Grimsby on penalties". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  26. ↑ Gosling joins Newport
  27. ↑ FOOTBALL: BULA CALLS FOR NEW DYNAMICS IN FOOTBALL Gibraltar Chronicle. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "Squads for Estonia and Malta friendlies announced". footballgibraltar.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  29. ↑ "Estonia 1–1 Gibraltar". footballgibraltar.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  30. ↑ Kozminski, Piotr. "Lethal Poland too strong for Gibraltar". UEFA. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  31. 1 2 Jake Gosling at National-Football-Teams.com

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