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 (age 28)
Place of birth Brighton, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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)
2017–2018Worthing (loan) 8 (0)
2018– Worthing 118 (11)
International career
2013 England U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:48, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Club career edit

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 edit

As of match played 9 April 2022.
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swindon Town 2016–17[11] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gillingham 2017–18[11] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Worthing (loan) 2017–18[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 8 0 8 0
Worthing 2017–18[12] Isthmian League Premier Division 17 1 17 1
2018–19[13] Isthmian League Premier Division 35 4 2 0 5[a] 0 42 4
2019–20[14] Isthmian League Premier Division 29 3 4 0 1[b] 0 34 3
2020–21[15] Isthmian League Premier Division 3 0 1 1 1[b] 0 5 1
2021–22[16] Isthmian League Premier Division 34 3 2 0 3[b] 0 39 3
Total 118 11 9 1 10 0 137 12
Career total 128 11 9 1 0 0 10 0 147 12
  1. ^ Two appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy, three in the FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in the FA Trophy

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "J. Starkey". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Worthing – Appearances – Jesse Starkey – 2017-2018". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Worthing – Appearances – Jesse Starkey – 2018-2019". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Worthing – Appearances – Jesse Starkey – 2019-2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Worthing – Appearances – Jesse Starkey – 2020-2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Worthing – Appearances – Jesse Starkey – 2021-2022". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

External links edit