Josh Lelan

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]
Playing position Defender
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)
National team
2016- Kenya 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:43, 20 May 2016 (UTC).


Joshua Kipkemboi W. Lelan (born 21 December 1994) is an English-born Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a central defender.

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]

Search for new club

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]

Vasteras SK.

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

International

On 5 August 2016, Lelan received his first call up for the Kenyan national team.[17] He made his international debut on August 30, 2016 in a match against Uganda coming in as a sub[18]

Honours

Northampton Town

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. 1 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.
  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 2016-07-20.
  15. ↑ Errington, Chris (9 July 2016). "Trialists David Ijaha and Josh Lelan set to find out Argyle fate". Plymouth Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Korir, Patrick. "Harambee Stars call up lands Swedish trial".
  17. ↑ "Tracing Harambee Stars callups Jonah Ayunga and Joshua Lelan".
  18. ↑ Opiyo, Vincent. "Uganda Cranes, Harambee Stars fire blanks at Namboole".

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