Declan Drysdale
Personal information
Full name Declan Raymond Drysdale[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-14) 14 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Newport County
Number 6
Youth career
2017-2019 Tranmere Rovers
2019 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Tranmere Rovers 2 (0)
2019–2022 Coventry City 1 (0)
2020 → Solihull Moors (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Gillingham (loan) 10 (0)
2021 → Cambridge United (loan) 13 (1)
2022 → Ross County (loan) 5 (0)
2022– Newport County 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Declan Raymond Drysdale (born 14 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL League Two club Newport County.

Career

Tranmere Rovers

Drysdale made his debut for Tranmere Rovers starting on 24 April 2017 in a National League win against Maidstone United.[2]

Coventry City

On 4 January 2019, Drysdale completed a transfer to League One side Coventry City on a two and half year deal.[3] He spent three-and-a-half seasons at the club but only made a handful of first-team appearances. During his first year at Coventry, he featured primarily for the club's under-23's side although he made his first-team debut in an EFL Trophy match with Southampton U23's on 5 November 2019.[4]

Drysdale joined Solihull Moors in January 2020 on a one-month loan deal.[5] Shortly after the start of the 2020–21 season, he joined Gillingham on a season-long loan deal.[6] On 12 January, Drysdale was recalled back to the "Sky Blues".[7] On 1 February 2021 Drysdale joined Cambridge United on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[8]

In January 2022, Drysdale joined Ross County on loan the end of the 2021–22 season.[9]

Newport County

Drysdale joined Newport County for an undisclosed fee on 7 June 2022.[10] He made his debut for Newport on 30 July 2022 in the starting line up for the 1–1 League Two draw against Sutton United.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2023
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
Tranmere Rovers 2016–17[12] National League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2017–18[13] National League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2018–19[13] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Coventry City 2018–19[14] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20[15] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 3 0
2020–21[16] Championship 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
2021–22[17] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 6 0
Solihull Moors (loan) 2019–20[15] National League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Gillingham (loan) 2020–21[16] League One 10 0 2 0 0 0 3[a] 0 15 0
Cambridge United (loan) 2020–21[16] League Two 13 1 0 0 0 0 — 13 1
Ross County (loan) 2021–22[17] Scottish Premiership 5 0 1 0 0 0 — 6 0
Newport County 2022–23[18] League Two 22 0 1 0 2 0 4[a] 0 29 0
Career totals 56 1 4 0 5 0 9 0 74 1
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Coventry City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Maidstone United 0-1 Tranmere Rovers". TRFC Official. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Declan Drysdale Joins Sky Blues". CCFC Official. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Declan Drysdale Makes Sky Blues Debut". CCFC Official. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Declan Drysdale Joins Solihull Moors On Loan". Coventry City F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Declan Drysdale Joins Gillingham On Loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Declan Drysdale returns to Sky Blues". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. ^ "DEADLINE DAY DEAL DONE FOR DEFENDER DRYSDALE". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Declan Drysdale: Coventry defender joins Ross County on loan". BBC. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Declan Drysdale joins Newport County". Coventry City. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  11. ^ Newport debut
  12. ^ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b c "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Games played by Declan Drysdale in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

External links

Newport County A.F.C. – current squad
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