Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dominic Edward Gape | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1994 | ||
Place of birth | , England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Wycombe Wanderers | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2012 | Southampton Academy | ||
2014–2017 | Southampton U23s | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2017– | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:40, 7 January 2017 (UTC). |
Dominic Edward Gape (born 9 September 1994) is an English footballer who plays in central midfield for Wycombe Wanderers.
Born in , West Dorset, Gape joined Southampton when he was eight years old, first their academy before being promoted to the Development Squad. He captained the under-18 side in 2012–13.
Gape became part of the first-team squad in 2012, as an unused substitute in a League Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on 25 September 2012. He signed his first professional contract in May 2013. His progress was then impeded by a series of illnesses and injuries, firstly by an ankle ligament injury and then a bout of glandular fever at the end of the 2013–14 season, before he broke a metatarsal in the summer of 2014.
He made his Premier League debut on 20 December 2014, as an 89th-minute substitute for Shane Long in a 3–0 victory over Everton.
On 31 August 2016, Gape moved on loan for the first time in his career; signing with League Two side Wycombe Wanderers until 3 January 2017. He scored his first goal for Wycombe in a 5-1 win over Crewe Alexandra on 27 September 2016.
On 7 January 2017, Gape permanently joined Wycombe Wanderers on a two-and-a-half year deal.