Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jakob Andrew Hessenthaler | ||
Date of birth | 20 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Gillingham | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
?–2013 | Gillingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Gillingham | 118 | (6) |
2013 | → Lewes (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2013 | → Tamworth (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2013 | → Margate (loan) | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017 (UTC). |
Jakob Andrew "Jake" Hessenthaler (born 20 April 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Gillingham. He signed his first professional contract with the "Gills" in February 2013. After loan spells with non-League clubs Lewes, Tamworth and Margate, he made his debut in The Football League in November 2013.
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.
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 Gills teammate Josh Hare.