Ryan Gondoh


Ryan Gondoh is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Whyteleafe.
After a youth career in non-League football with Whyteleafe and briefly Carshalton Athletic, Gondoh signed a professional contract at Barnet where he made his professional debut in 2015. He had loan spells with Hendon and Staines Town being released by the club. He spent time with Metropolitan Police, Kingstonian and a second spell with Carshalton before joining Maldon & Tiptree. His performances with the Jammers earned him another professional contract at Colchester United in 2018. He joined Halifax Town on loan in March 2019. In the summer of 2019, Gondoh was released by Colchester.

Career

Born in Sutton, London, Gondoh is a left winger who can also play at left-back. He was a member of the youth team at Whyteleafe, where he won the youth player of the year award for the 2013–14 season. Towards the end of 2013–14, he played twice for Carshalton Athletic in the Isthmian League Premier Division.
He joined Barnet for the 2014–15 season where he helped the under-18 side to the Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference title. He then signed a one-year professional contract with Barnet for 2015–16. He made his professional debut for the club on 1 September 2015 as a substitute for Shaun Batt during Barnet's 1–0 Football League Trophy defeat to Yeovil Town. He joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon on loan in December 2015 where he made five league appearances. In February 2016, he was sent on loan to Hendon's league rivals Staines Town for one month alongside teammate Harry Taylor. He was released by Barnet at the end of the season.
In Summer 2016, Gondoh joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Metropolitan Police, where he made ten appearances, before joining league rivals Kingstonian in October 2016. He scored once in 10 games for the club. In early 2017, Gondoh returned to Carshalton. He signed for Isthmian League North Division side Maldon & Tiptree for the 2017–18 campaign, where he would make 29 appearances and scored 12 goals.
On 3 January 2018, he joined League Two side Colchester United on an 18-month contract alongside former Maldon & Tiptree teammate Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe. He made his English Football League debut on 28 April, coming on as a substitute for Drey Wright during Colchester's 0–0 draw with Swindon Town.
Gondoh signed for National League side Halifax Town on 16 March 2019 until the end of the season. He made his club debut on 23 March as a substitute in Halifax's 2–0 home win against Solihull Moors.
Gondoh was released by Colchester United at the end of his contract in summer 2019.
After briefly re-joining Carshalton at the start of the 2019–20 season, Gondoh signed for Concord Rangers on a permanent contract in October 2019. In January 2020 he re-joined Whyteleafe.

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Personal life

Gondoh was a promising athlete in his youth. As an under-13, he was seventh in his age group for the 75m hurdles, and 28th for the 60 metres.