Andy Hessenthaler
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andrew Hessenthaler | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Eastleigh (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dartford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1983 | Corinthian | ||
| 1983–1984 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Corinthian | ||
| 1986–1990 | Dartford | ||
| 1990–1991 | Redbridge Forest | ||
| 1991–1996 | Watford | 195 | (11) |
| 1996–2006 | Gillingham | 303 | (20) |
| 2005 | → Hull City (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Barnet | 40 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Dover Athletic | 36 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1990 | England National Game XI | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2004 | Gillingham | ||
| 2007–2010 | Dover Athletic | ||
| 2010–2012 | Gillingham | ||
| 2014–2015 | Gillingham (co-caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew "Andy" Hessenthaler (born 17 August 1965 in Dartford, Kent) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career in non-league football and did not turn professional until he joined Watford at the age of 26. In 1996, Hessenthaler joined Gillingham and spent the next ten years at the club as player and later player-manager, managing the club to its highest ever finish in the English football league system and becoming regarded as a legend of the Kent club. After leaving Gillingham, he had a short spell at Barnet before joining Dover Athletic in 2007. In his two seasons in charge he led the club to successive championships, of Isthmian League Division One South and the Isthmian League Premier Division. After three years at Dover, he became manager at Gillingham for the second time, but his contract was terminated at the end of the 2011–12 season. He returned to the club as assistant manager in 2014, before taking on a similar role at Leyton Orient the following year. In 2016, he was appointed manager of the club, but was sacked later the same year.
As a teenager, Hessenthaler played for the youth team of his local club Dartford. He later joined Fawkham-based amateur team Corinthian, but Charlton Athletic took him on in 1983 on a non-contract trial basis. He failed to secure a contract with the club, however, and returned to playing on a part-time basis while working as a builder. In 1986, he was spotted by Dartford manager Peter Taylor while playing in a Kent Senior Cup match. Hessenthaler signed for his hometown club on a wage of £40 per week, the first regular income he had ever received for playing.
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