Aaron Cosgrave

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Aaron Cosgrave
Personal information
Full name Aaron Haruna Omar Martin Cosgrave[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Shenfield, England[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AFC Wimbledon
Number 38
Youth career
West Ham United
Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Coggeshall Town
2018–2019 Havant & Waterlooville 15 (1)
2019 Chelmsford City 13 (0)
2019–2020 Welling United 27 (1)
2020–2021 Lewes 14 (5)
2021– AFC Wimbledon 9 (1)
2021 → Dover Athletic (loan) 19 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:39, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Aaron Haruna Omar Martin Cosgrave (born 17 July 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for AFC Wimbledon, as a forward.

Career[]

Cosgrave played youth football for West Ham United and Colchester United, and in non-league football with Coggeshall Town, Havant & Waterlooville, Chelmsford City, Welling United and Lewes.[3][4][5][6][7]

In July 2021, Cosgrave joined AFC Wimbledon after impressing on trial.[4] Later that month he moved on loan to Dover Athletic.[8] Cosgrave made his debut on the opening day of the season as Dover, starting the season on minus 12 points,[9] lost 2–0 at Maidenhead United.[10] His first goal for the club came in his third appearance as he gave Dover a 2–1 lead in an eventual 3–2 defeat to Altrincham.[11] He returned to Wimbledon to make his debut for the club in the EFL Trophy on 9 November 2021,[12] before returning to Dover a few days later.[13] On 30 December 2021, Cosgrave was recalled from his loan spell.[14]

Career statistics[]

As of 23 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Havant & Waterlooville 2018–19[6] National League 15 1 1 0 — 0 0 16 1
Chelmsford City 2018–19[6] National League South 13 0 0 0 — 0 0 13 0
Welling United 2019–20[6] National League South 27 1 3 0 — 1[a] 0 31 1
Lewes 2019–20 Isthmian Premier Division 6 1 — — 0 0 6 1
2020–21 Isthmian Premier Division 8 4 1 1 — 1[a] 0 10 5
Total 14 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 6
AFC Wimbledon 2021–22[15] League One 9 1 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 10 1
Dover Athletic (loan) 2021–22[6] National League 19 4 2 0 — 1[a] 0 22 4
Career total 97 12 7 1 0 0 4 0 108 13
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Meet The Scholars". Colchester United F.C. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Why Hawks boss believes Aaron Cosgrave has bright future". www.portsmouth.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b ""Exciting" forward signs after dynamic trial spell". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Aaron Cosgrave Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
  6. ^ a b c d e Aaron Cosgrave at Soccerway
  7. ^ "Lewes | Appearances | Aaron Cosgrave | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
  8. ^ https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/sport/dover-land-forward-who-impressed-against-liverpool-250457/
  9. ^ "Dover Athletic: National League club hit with fine, points deduction and results expunged". BBC Sport. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Maidenhead United 2–0 Dover Athletic". BBC Sport. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Altrincham 3–2 Dover Athletic". BBC Sport. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  12. ^ @AFCWimbledon (9 November 2021). "