Josh Lelan

Joshua Kipkemboi W. Lelan (born 21 December 1994) is an English-born Kenyan professional footballer who last played as a central defender or right back for Aldershot Town.

Josh Lelan
Personal information
Full name Joshua Kipkemboi W. Lelan[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Church Broughton, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Unattached
Youth career
2011–2013 Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Derby County 0 (0)
2013 → Gateshead (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Swindon Town (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Swindon Town (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2016 Northampton Town 11 (0)
2017–2018 Crawley Town 43 (0)
2018–2019 Aldershot Town 23 (0)
National team‡
2016– Kenya 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:13, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Derby County

Josh Lelan started his career within Derby County's youth system but went on to sign an extended scholarship.[3]

Lelan's first taste of senior football came when he joined Football Conference side Gateshead on a months loan in September 2013.[4] He made his debut in the 1–0 win over Tamworth three days later.[5] Lelan returned to his parent club after making four appearances for Gateshead.[6]

On 23 July 2014, Lelan joined Swindon Town on a one-month young loan.[7] He made his debut on the opening day of Swindon's 2014–15 campaign at home to Scunthorpe United.[8] On 29 August 2014, Lelan extended his loan at Swindon by a further month, which would see him stay at the club until 27 September 2014.[9] Lelan made five appearance for the club, as he was recalled by his parent club.[10]

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Lelan was released by the club.[11]

Northampton Town

After being released by Derby County, Lelan joined Football League Two side Northampton Town on a 12-month contract[12]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Lelan was released by Northampton Town. Northampton manager Rob Page expressed regret after his decision to release Lelan, saying "the lad has gone in and given a good account of himself. From a supporters' view it might be a little bit of a surprise, but we have made the decision [to release Lelan] as a group and what we think is best for this football club." [13]

In July 2016, Lelan, in search of a new club, played as a trialist for League One team Gillingham in a 2–1 win over Concord Rangers and League Two team Plymouth Argyle in a 9–0 win over St Blazey.[14][15]

Lelan was reported to be attending trials at Swedish 3rd tier side Västerås SK on 11 August 2016.[16]

On 2 December 2016, he was on trial with League Two side Leyton Orient playing against Southend United in a behind-closed-door friendly.

Crawley Town

On 26 January 2017, Lelan joined League Two side Crawley Town on a one-and-a-half-year deal after a short-term trial spell back at Derby County.[17] On 4 February 2017, Lelan made his Crawley debut in their 2–1 home defeat against Stevenage.[18] Featuring for the full 90 minutes, Lelan was awarded Crawley Town's man of the match after an impressive debut despite the defeat.[19]

On 14 May 2018, it was announced that Lelan would leave Crawley at the end of his current deal in June.[20]

Aldershot Town

On 2 July 2018, following his release from Crawley, Lelan agreed to join National League side Aldershot Town.[21] He was released at the end of his first season at the club.

International career

On 5 August 2016 Lelan received his first call up for the Kenyan national team.[22] He made his international debut on 30 August 2016 in a match against Uganda coming in as a sub[23]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 December 2018.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gateshead (loan) 2013–14 Conference Premier 4000—0040
Swindon Town (loan) 2014–15 League One 5000001[lower-alpha 1]060
Northampton Town 2015–16 League Two 11000101[lower-alpha 1]0130
Crawley Town 2016–17 League Two 130000000130
2017–18 League Two 30010001[lower-alpha 2]0320
Total 430100010450
Aldershot Town 2018–19 National League 17010—1[lower-alpha 3]0190
Career total 800201040870
  1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Northampton Town

References
  1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. "Josh Lelan". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Rams Hand Professional Deals To Ten". Derby County F.C. 6 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. "Derby County defender makes loan move". Derby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. "Loan Watch: 23/09/13". Derby County F.C. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. "Gary Mills: Bartlett just keeps on impressing at Gateshead". Chronicle Live. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. "Derby County defender joins Swindon Town". BBC Football.
  8. "Swindon v Scunthorpe". BBC Sport.
  9. "Derby County's Josh Lelan Extends His Loan At Swindon Town". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  10. "Town bring in Bell on loan". Swindon Advertiser. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  11. "Derby County Confirm End Of Season Retained List". Derby County F.C. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  12. "Josh Lelan: Ex-Derby County defender joins Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  13. Casey, Jeremy (20 May 2016). "Rose offered new Cobblers contract as Lelan and Corry are released". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  14. "Former Scunthorpe player Marcus Williams and ex Northampton defender Josh Lelan among the trialists at Gillingham". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  15. Errington, Chris (9 July 2016). "Trialists David Ijaha and Josh Lelan set to find out Argyle fate". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  16. Korir, Patrick. "Harambee Stars call up lands Swedish trial".
  17. "Reds sign defender Josh". Crawley Town Official Site. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  18. "Crawley Town 1–2 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  19. "Man of the Match". Crawley Town Official Twitter. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  20. "NEW CONTRACT OFFERS MADE TO THREE PLAYERS". Crawley Town Official Site. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  21. "Josh Lelan Joins The Shots". Aldershot Town Official Site. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  22. "Tracing Harambee Stars callups Jonah Ayunga and Joshua Lelan".
  23. Opiyo, Vincent. "Uganda Cranes, Harambee Stars fire blanks at Namboole".
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