David Ijaha

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David Ijaha
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Ijaha captaining Whitehawk in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-20) 20 February 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth London,[1] England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dartford
Youth career
2002–2005 Chelsea
2006–2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Harrow Borough[2] 39 (2)
2011–2012 St Albans City[3] 62 (3)
2012–2014 Tonbridge Angels[1] 55 (4)
2014 Hayes & Yeading United[3] 7 (0)
2014–2016 Whitehawk[1] 62 (2)
2016–2017 Plymouth Argyle 3 (0)
2017 Wealdstone 3 (0)
2017–2018 Whitehawk 31 (2)
2018–2019 Welling United 35 (3)
2019–2020 Dulwich Hamlet 26 (3)
2020–2021 Dartford 10 (0)
2022– Dartford 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

David Ijaha (born 17 February 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Dartford.[1]

Career[]

Early career[]

Ijaha was at his local Chelsea academy for three years as a youngster, being released at the age of 15. Having earned a place at an England Schoolboy training camp he met up with Kyle Bennett who introduced him to Wolverhampton Wanderers,[4] where he spent two seasons playing for the U18 side and the reserves,[5] before being released.[6]

Non-League career[]

After a spell out of the game, Ijaha joined Harrow Borough in August 2010 and then followed his manager David Howell to Southern Premier Division St Albans City, where he was made captain. He signed for National League South side Tonbridge Angels in December 2013.[6] Following Tonbridge's relegation, Ijaha joined Hayes & Yeading United at the start of the 2014–2015 season, where he had been a long term target of manager Phil Babb. However, he soon moved to National League South rivals Whitehawk[7] where he spent two seasons.

Plymouth Argyle[]

At the start of the 2016–2017 season, Ijaha was invited down to Home Park for a trial by Plymouth Argyle's assistant manager Craig Brewster, who had previously coached in Sussex at Whitehawk. Ijaha impressed enough to be offered a contract [8] and he made his Football League debut at the age of 27, playing for Plymouth Argyle in a 3–0 loss against Luton Town on 6 August 2016.[1] After struggling with a long-term injury,[9] Ijaha was released at the end of the 2016–17 season having made three league appearances.[10]

Later career[]

Ijaha had a short spell with National League South club Wealdstone at the beginning of the 2017–18 season,[11] before rejoining Whitehawk and being appointed captain in September.[12]

After a season at Welling United in 2018/19 and another season at Dulwich Hamlet in 2019/20, Ijaha joined league rivals Dartford for the 2020/21 season. He re-joined Dartford towards the end of the 2021/22 season.

Personal life[]

Ijaha was educated at St Thomas More School in Chelsea.[4]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 9 February 2021 [13][14]
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
Harrow Borough[15] 2010–11 Isthmian Premier 39 2 2 0 — — 6 0 47 2
Harrow Borough total 39 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 47 2
St Albans City 2011–12 SFL - Premier Division 40 2 4 0 — — 2[a] 0 46 2
2012–13 22 1 3 0 — — 4[b] 0 29 1
St Albans City total 62 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 75 3
Tonbridge Angels 2012–13 Conference South 21 3 — — — — 0 0 21 3
2013–14 34 1 0 0 — — 2[c] 0 36 1
Tonbridge total 55 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 57 4
Hayes & Yeading United 2014–15 Conference South 7 0 0 0 — — 0 0 7 0
Hayes & Yeading United total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Whitehawk 2014–15 Conference South 30 0 3 0 — — 6[d] 0 39 0
2015–16 National League South 36 2 5 0 — — 1[c] 0 42 2
Whitehawk total 66 2 8 0 0 0 7 0 81 2
Plymouth Argyle 2016–17 League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 3[e] 0 7 0
Wealdstone 2017–18 National League South 3 0 0 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Whitehawk 2017–18 National League South 31 2 0 0 — — 6[d] 0 37 2
Welling United 2018–19 National League South 35 3 1 0 — — 0 0 36 3
Dulwich Hamlet 2019–20 National League South 26 3 0 0 — — 1[c] 0 27 3
Dartford 2020–21 National League South 10 0 0 0 — — 1[c] 0 11 0
2021–22 National League South 0 0 0 0 — — 1[f] 0 1 0
Dartford total 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
Career total 337 19 19 0 0 0 33 0 389 19
  1. ^ One appearance in the FA Trophy and one in the Southern League Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in the Herts Charity Cup, one in the FA Trophy, one in the Southern League Cup and one in the Herts Senior Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in the FA Trophy
  4. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy and Sussex Senior Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  6. ^ Appearance in the Kent Senior Cup

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e David Ijaha at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2017. The discrepancy between source and infobox figures for Whitehawk is because Soccerway counts playoff matches in with league matches and Wikipedia does not.
  2. ^ "David Ijaha - Harrow Borough Football Club First Team". Pitchero.
  3. ^ a b "David Ijaha". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United FC and Luke Buckingham Brown. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Whitehawk Official Matchday Programme v Chippenham Town, 25 November 2017
  5. ^ "Stourbridge 1 Wolves 4". Birmingham Mail. 9 January 2008.
  6. ^ a b http://www.tonbridgeangelsonline.co.uk/news/david-ijaha-signs-for-the-angels-807392.html[dead link]
  7. ^ "Ijaha Makes Hawks Switch". 2 October 2014.
  8. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36827560%7Caccessdate=21 December 2017
  9. ^ Cross, Beren (8 August 2017). "David Ijaha secures non-league contract after Argyle exit". Plymouth Herald.
  10. ^ Munday, David (10 May 2017). "Plymouth Argyle release nine first team players as retained list is announced". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Player news – one in & one out". Wealdstone F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ "David Ijaha". Whitehawk F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. ^ "D. Ijaha - Profile". Soccerway.
  14. ^ "Whitehawk FC".
  15. ^ "David Ijaha". Pitchero. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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