Anthony Bardon

Anthony Bardon

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Bardon
Date of birth	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993
Place of birth	London, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Sheffield
Youth career
2007–2011	Birdville Hawks
2011	Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
2012–2013	Tooting & Mitcham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Tooting & Mitcham United
2013	Bromley	3	(0)
2013–2014	Cray Wanderers	8	(0)
2014	Manchester 62
2014–2016	Lincoln Red Imps
2016–	Sheffield	3	(0)
National team‡
2014–	Gibraltar	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:22, 13 February 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:54, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

Anthony Bardon (born 19 January 1993) is a footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Sheffield, and Gibraltar.

Early career

Bardon attended high school at Birdville High School in North Richland Hills, Texas, United States. He played for the school's soccer team before graduating in 2011.^[1] After high school, Bardon played one year of college soccer for the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico University. In his only season with the team, he tallied three goals and four assists in seventeen matches.^[2]

Club career

Born in south east London, Bardon spent his youth career at Tooting & Mitcham United before moving to Bromley in 2013. Despite this, he failed to start and moved with reserve team manager Keith Bird to Cray Wanderers early in the season. In winter he moved to Gibraltar to play for Manchester 62 and put in a number of impressive performances, becoming a fixture in the starting XI. On 24 July 2014 he moved to league champions Lincoln Red Imps. With Lincoln, Bardon appeared in four matches in the club's 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign and scored a goal in the first round against FC Santa Coloma of Andorra.^[3]

In January 2016, it was announced that Bardon was released from his contract with Lincoln early after he received an offer from a club in the United States.^[4] That club was later revealed to be Saint Louis FC of the United Soccer League.^[5] It was reported that Bardon was set to join up with Sheffield F.C. of the English Northern Premier League on a short-term basis to gain match fitness before the start of the 2016 USL season. Bardon made a total of 34 appearances, tallying 4 goals, in the Gibraltar Premier Division between his time with Manchester 62 and Lincoln Red Imps.^[6] Bardon made his Northern Premier League debut for Sheffield as a start in a 0–2 defeat to Leek Town F.C. on 26 January 2016. He was named Man of the Match for his performance.^[7]

International career

In summer 2013 along with Danny Higginbotham, Bardon declared his eligibility to play for the Gibraltar national football team after the territory's acceptance into UEFA, however he was not included in the squad to face Slovakia in November, and was only a stand-by for the games against Estonia and the Faroe Islands in March 2014. He made his debut in the May 2014 friendly against Estonia, providing the assist for Jake Gosling to score the equaliser in a 1-1 draw - the first away draw by the national side. He also played in the side's 1-0 victory against Malta.

International career statistics

As of match played 11 November 2015.^[8]

References

External links

• Anthony Bardon at National-Football-Teams.com
• Anthony Bardon – UEFA competition record
• Anthony Bardon profile at Soccerway