Jesse Starkey

Jesse Aaron Starkey (born 1 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Worthing.

Jesse Starkey
Personal information
Full name Jesse Aaron Starkey
Date of birth (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995
Place of birth Brighton, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Worthing
Youth career
0000–2006 Portsmouth
2006–2013 Chelsea
2013–2017 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Swindon Town 1 (0)
2017–2018 Gillingham 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Worthing (loan) 8 (0)
2018– Worthing 21 (1)
National team‡
2013 England U18 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:08, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Club career

After a spell with Portsmouth, Starkey joined Chelsea in 2006 and began his scholarship in 2012.[1] Although Starkey was a regular for the under-18 side, Chelsea decided against offering the player a professional contract as Jesse Starkey opted not to remain at the club on 13 June.[1] A couple of months later, Starkey joined his hometown club Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion, on a two-year deal.[2]

After a four-year spell at Brighton, Starkey joined League One side Swindon Town on a one-and-a-half year deal.[3] On the final day of the 2016–17 campaign, Starkey made his Swindon debut in their 3–0 away defeat against Charlton Athletic.[4] He was taken off after 69 minutes having been booked just after half-time. On 5 September 2017, it was announced that Starkey had left Swindon, following the termination of his contract.[5]

He returned to League One in joining Gillingham on 15 September 2017.[6] Just over a week later, he made his debut during Gillingham's 0–0 draw with Scunthorpe United, replacing Sean Clare at half-time.[7] In November 2017, Starkey moved on loan to Worthing, of the Isthmian League Premier Division.[8] He went onto feature eight times before returning to Gillingham in January 2018. Following his return, it was announced that Starkey would leave Gillingham following the expiration of his short-term contract.[9]

On 27 January 2018, following his release from Gillingham, Starkey returned to Worthing.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 August 2018.
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swindon Town 2016–17[11] League One 1000000010
Gillingham 2017–18[11] League One 1000000010
Worthing (loan) 2017–18[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 80———80
Worthing 2017–18[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 171———171
2018–19[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 4000—0040
Total 21100—00211
Career total 311000000311

    References
    1. "Jesse Starkey". TheChels.info. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
    2. "Transfer news: Brighton sign Jesse Starkey from Chelsea on a two-year deal". Sky Sports. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
    3. "Starkey's A Red! Young Talent Joins On Permanent Deal". Swindon Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
    4. "Charlton Athletic 3-0 Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
    5. "Starkey Departs Town". Swindon Town Official Site. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
    6. "Jesse Starkey: Gillingham sign former Swindon midfielder until January". BBC Sport. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
    7. "Gillingham 0-0 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
    8. "Former Brighton development and Chelsea youth product seals Worthing loan switch". Worthing Herald. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
    9. "Steve Arnold leaves Gills". Gillingham Official Site. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
    10. "Worthing FC on Twitter". @WorthingFC. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
    11. "J. Starkey". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
    12. "Appearances - Jesse Starkey". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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