Elliot Bonds

Elliot Michael Bonds (born 23 March 2000) is an English-born Guyanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cheltenham Town, on loan from Hull City, and the Guyana national team.

Elliot Bonds
Bonds playing for Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Elliot Michael Bonds[1]
Date of birth (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000[2]
Place of birth Brent, London, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 38
Youth career
Reading
Brentford
2016–2018 Dagenham & Redbridge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Dagenham & Redbridge 6 (0)
2018–2019 → Farnborough (loan) 18 (1)
2019– Hull City 0 (0)
2020– → Cheltenham Town (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2018– Guyana 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:57, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:18, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Bonds originates from Kensal Rise, London and attended Oakington Manor School in Wembley.[3] He has represented Middlesex and the Brent Schools' FA at various levels and was scouted by Eamonn Dolan for Reading.[4] He also had a spell in the youth team of Brentford.[4] In the summer of 2016 he signed a two-year scholarship with Dagenham & Redbridge.[4] He was a part of the side that reached the FA Youth Cup fourth-round in the 2017–18 season.[3]

He was rewarded with his first team debut in February 2018 when he replaced Fejiri Okenabirhie as a substitute in the 3–0 win over Torquay United, becoming the club's youngest ever senior player, aged 18.[5] He made his first senior start in the 5–3 away win at Guiseley in April 2018. He made five first team appearances that season despite being a second-year scholar.[5] In June 2018 he signed his first professional contract, a two-year deal until 2020.[5] In December 2018, he was sent out on loan to Southern Football League Premier Division side Farnborough.[6]

On 20 August 2019, Bonds joined Hull City on a one-year deal, with the club holding the option of a further year and initially joined up with the under-23 squad.[7]

On 20 August 2020, Bonds joined Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan.[8]

Bonds returned to Hull after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament that put at end to his Cheltenham loan.[9]

International career

Bonds received his first call-up to the Guyana national team in November 2018 for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against French Guiana.[10] He played the full ninety-minutes in the 2–1 defeat.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 October 2020.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dagenham & Redbridge 2017–18[12] National League5000—0050
2018–19[13] National League1000—0010
Total 6000—0060
Farnborough (loan) 2018–19[6] SL Premier Division 181———181
Hull City 2019–20[14] Championship000000—00
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2020–21[14] League Two5000102[lower-alpha 1]080
Career total 291001020321
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International
As of match played 11 October 2019.[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Guyana 201810
201960
Total70

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Cheltenham Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Elliot Bonds". 11v11. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Brent SFA player Elliott Bonds turns professional". Brent Schools FA. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Former Brent player takes steps into the professional game". Brent Schools FA. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  5. Wylie, Jack (17 June 2018). "Bonds Pens First Pro Deal With Daggers". League Football Education. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. "Elliot Bonds profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. "BONDS PENS ONE-YEAR DEAL TO JOIN U23S". Hull City A.F.C. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. "Bonds Joins Cheltenham On Loan". Hull City A.F.C. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. "Elliot Bonds: Cheltenham Town's on-loan Hull City midfielder out for season". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. "21-member Golden Jags squad announced". Guyana Times. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. "Elliot Bonds NFT". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  12. "Games played by Elliot Bonds in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  13. "Games played by Elliot Bonds in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  14. "Games played by Elliot Bonds in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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