Dwight Gayle
Gayle playing for Peterborough United in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Walthamstow, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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Current team
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Newcastle United | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Stansted | ||
| 2011–2013 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 18 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 42 | (29) |
| 2012–2013 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 9 | (7) |
| 2013 | Peterborough United | 20 | (6) |
| 2013–2016 | Crystal Palace | 64 | (15) |
| 2016– | Newcastle United | 24 | (20) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 20 February 2017 (UTC). |
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Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle (born 17 October 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Newcastle United.
Gayle began his career in the Arsenal Academy, after being released by the club as a teenager he dropped down to the ninth tier of English football joining Stansted of the Essex Senior League. Over the following seasons, Gayle worked his way back up the English football pyramid via stints at Bishop's Stortford, Dagenham & Redbridge and Peterborough United, before establishing himself in the Premier League with Crystal Palace. In 2016, he signed for Newcastle United.
Gayle was born in Walthamstow, London. He started his career in the academy of Arsenal but was released as a teenager. In 2009, he joined Essex Senior League club Stansted, where he went on to score 57 goals in the 2010–11 season.
In the summer of 2011, he signed for League Two club Dagenham & Redbridge. In August 2011, he was immediately sent out on loan to Conference North side Bishop's Stortford on a season-long loan. He then signed his professional contract in July 2012, on a three-year contract after scoring 29 goals in 42 appearances for Bishop's Stortford. He made his professional debut for the Daggers on 18 August 2012, in a 2–0 defeat to Cheltenham Town.
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