Jake Hessenthaler

Jakob Andrew Hessenthaler (born 20 April 1994) is an English footballer who plays for League Two club Crawley Town as a midfielder.

Jake Hessenthaler
Personal information
Full name Jakob Andrew Hessenthaler[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-20) 20 April 1994[2]
Place of birth Gravesend, England[3]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)[4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Crawley Town
Number 39
Youth career
2002–2009 Chelsea
2009–2013 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Gillingham 159 (7)
2013 → Lewes (loan) 2 (0)
2013 → Tamworth (loan) 6 (0)
2013 → Margate (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2020 Grimsby Town 72 (1)
2020– Crawley Town 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:03, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Gravesend, Kent, Hessenthaler began his career with Chelsea as an Under-8 in their youth system and was 15 when Chelsea released him after seven years with the club.[5]

He signed his first professional contract with Gillingham in February 2013.[3] After loan spells with non-League clubs Lewes, Tamworth and Margate, he made his debut in The Football League in November 2013.[6]

On 7 February 2014, Hessenthaler signed a new long-term deal at Gillingham to keep him contracted until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7] He scored his first goal for Gillingham in a 4–2 win at home to Coventry City on 11 March 2014, with a 40-yard strike in the 90th minute.[8][9] His goal against Coventry earnt him Gillingham's 'Goal of the Season' award, whilst he also won the club's 'Young Player of the Year' award for the 2013–14 season.[10]

He was released by Gillingham at the end of the 2017–18 season[11] and signed a two-year contract with Grimsby Town on 25 June 2018.[12] He scored his first goal for Grimsby in a 2–1 EFL Trophy win over Notts County on 4 September 2018.[13]

On 28 January 2020, he suffered a punctured lung, a broken rib, and ligament damage across the shoulder and collarbone as a result of a challenge by Simeon Jackson in the first minute of a 3–1 victory over Stevenage.[14][15]

Hessenthaler was released by Grimsby at the end of the 2019–20 season.[16] On 1 September 2020, he signed for fellow League Two side Crawley Town.[17] He scored his first goal for Crawley on 30 January 2021 in a 3-1 defeat against Cambridge United.[18]

Personal life

Hessenthaler is the son of former Gillingham player and manager Andy Hessenthaler, the nephew of Darren Hare, who has worked as the club's youth team manager, and the cousin of former Gillingham teammate Josh Hare.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2013–14[20] League One 191000000191
2014–15[21] League One 37110106[lower-alpha 1]0451
2015–16[22] League One 38410212[lower-alpha 1]0435
2016–17[23] League One 28121102[lower-alpha 2]0332
2017–18[24] League One 37020101[lower-alpha 2]0410
Total 159761511101819
Tamworth (loan) 2012–13[25] Conference Premier 6000—0060
Grimsby Town 2018–19[26] League Two 44030102[lower-alpha 2]1501
2019–20[27] League Two 28120302[lower-alpha 2]0351
Total 721504041852
Crawley Town 2020–21[28] League Two 23140001[lower-alpha 2]0281
Career total 26091519116130012
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Professional retain list & free transfers: 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. "Jake Hessenthaler – Player Profile". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. Brown, Thomas (16 August 2013). "Margate loan Gills midfielder Jake Hessenthaler". Isle of Thanet Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. "Jake Hessenthaler". Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. Hart, Simon (11 September 2014). "Life beyond the Premier League: Jake Hessenthaler is flourishing with his dad in the Gills' dugout". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. "Rotherham United 4–1 Gillingham". Gillingham F.C. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  7. "Jake Hessenthaler Signs New Deal". Gillingham F.C. 7 February 2014.
  8. "Gillingham 4–2 Coventry". BBC Sport. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. "HESS DELIGHTED TO BAG FIRST GILLS GOAL". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. "JAKE HESSENTHALER BAGS TWO AWARDS AT PLAYER OF THE YEAR EVENT". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "Lee Martin: Gillingham release captain and Scott Wagstaff and Jake Hessenthaler". BBC Sport. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  12. "And Here's MIchael Jolley's Sixth Summer Signing". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  13. "Grimsby Town 2–1 Notts County – recap the action & reaction as Magpies suffer defeat in Harry Kewell's first game". nottinghampost.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  14. "Grimsby's Hessenthaler punctures lung". Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "Grimsby Town's Jake Hessenthaler faces long lay-off". 29 January 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
  16. "Grimsby Town release NINE players". grimsbytelegraph. 21 May 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  17. "Jake Hessenthaler: Crawley Town sign midfielder after Grimsby exit". BBC Sport. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  18. "Cambridge 3-1 Crawley". BBC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  19. Cawdell, Luke (17 July 2012). "Gillingham youth boss Darren Hare believes third year scholars Jake Hessenthaler and Josh Hare have it all to prove". Kent Online. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  20. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  23. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  24. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  25. Jake Hessenthaler at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  26. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  27. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  28. "Games played by Jake Hessenthaler in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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