Liam Mandeville

English footballer

Liam Mandeville
Personal information
Full name Liam Mandeville[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth Lincoln, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chesterfield
Number 7
Youth career
000l0–2015 Doncaster Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Doncaster Rovers 49 (9)
2015 → Whitby Town (loan) 1 (0)
2018 → Colchester United (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019 → Morecambe (loan) 42 (3)
2019– Chesterfield 178 (22)
International career
2022– England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Liam Mandeville (born 17 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as forward for Chesterfield.

Career

Mandeville made his first team debut for Doncaster Rovers on 3 April 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jonson Clarke-Harris in a home League One match against Bradford City at the Keepmoat Stadium.[3] In November 2015, he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Whitby Town on a one-month loan deal.[4] Mandeville scored his first professional goal for Doncaster Rovers in a 2–1 defeat to Walsall at the Keepmoat Stadium.[5]

Mandeville scored his first goal of the season in an EFL Cup game against Nottingham Forest which Rovers went onto lose 2–1. On 8 October 2016 Andy Williams was injured in a game v Barnet which gave Mandeville a chance in the first team. He started his goal scoring form with a goal against Oldham in the FA Cup which Rovers lost 2–1 again. Mandeville inspired Rovers to come from 1–0 behind to defeat Exeter 3–1. He got a goal and assist which led him to start against Hartlepool and he scored the winner in this game. He scored 2 more against Leyton Orient and another against Stevenage. Mandeville missed a late penalty against Plymouth in a 2–0 defeat. Plymouth's goalkeeper Luke McCormick mocked him which led to captain James Coppinger being sent off in the aftermath. He then scored from a free kick to earn Doncaster a win against Grimsby Town. This capped off the week that Mandeville won the EFL young player of the month.[6]

On 31 January 2018, he joined League Two club Colchester United on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[7] He made his Colchester debut from the bench on 10 February in their 1–1 draw at Carlisle United.[8]

He was released by Doncaster at the end of the 2018–19 season.[9]

On 5 June 2019, Mandeville signed a two-year contract with Chesterfield.[10]

In the 2022-23 season, Mandeville won the club's player of the season at the club's awards and scored the winning goal to send Chesterfield to the national league play-off final capping off a fantastic season.

During the 2023-24 season, when Chesterfield were the National League Champions and promoted to the EFL, Mandeville showed his versatility by playing at right full back as well as his more usual attacking midfield and forward roles.[11]

Style of play

"He's got a lot of attributes that I want from an attacker; he's got good vision, he can finish with both feet and he's very good technically." Darren Ferguson on Mandeville in 2016.[6]

"It is definitely helping my game. They say that when you are a kid you should play different positions to get a good understanding of the game – I am just a little bit older!” Liam Mandeville October 2023.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 January 2024
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Doncaster Rovers 2014–15[13] League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2015–16[14] 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1
2016–17[15] EFL League Two 21 7 1 1 1 1 4 1 27 10
2017–18[16] EFL League One 17 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 24 4
Total 49 9 3 2 2 1 10 3 64 15
Colchester United (loan) 2017–18[16] EFL League Two 7 0 — — 0 0 7 0
Morecambe (loan) 2018–19[17] EFL League Two 42 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 46 4
Chesterfield 2019–20[18] National League 31 4 2 0 — 1[a] 0 34 4
2020–21[19] 34 2 0 0 — 3[b] 1 37 3
2021–22[20] 43 2 3 1 — 2[c] 0 48 3
2022–23[21] 46 9 5 0 — 2[c] 1 53 10
2023–24[22] 24 5 3 0 — 0 0 27 5
Total 178 22 13 1 — 8 2 199 25
Career total 276 34 18 3 3 2 19 5 316 44
a. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy.
b. ^ 2 appearances in FA Trophy and 1 appearance, 1 goal in National League play-offs.
c. ^ Appearances in National League play-offs.

Honours

Chesterfield

References

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 47. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Liam Mandeville". Soccer Base. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 0–3 Bradford City". BBC Sport. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Blues loan Doncaster striker". Whitby Gazette. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Walsall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Liam Mandeville: Doncaster Rovers striker named EFL Young Player of the Month". BBC Sport. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ^ Hudson, Matt (31 January 2018). "U's Flash: Mandeville Confirmed". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Carlisle United 1–1 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Doncaster Rovers: Tommy Rowe, Andy Butler & Danny Andrew offered new deals". BBC Sport. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Spireites agree deal with forward". Chesterfield FC. 5 June 2019.
  11. ^ https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/sport/football/chesterfield-attacker-has-new-appreciation-for-defensive-role-4364698
  12. ^ https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/sport/football/chesterfield-attacker-has-new-appreciation-for-defensive-role-4364698
  13. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  21. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  22. ^ "Games played by Liam Mandeville in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Chesterfield 3–0 Boreham Wood: Spireites seal promotion back to the Football League". BBC Sport. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

External links

  • Liam Mandeville at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata
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