Joe Baker (footballer, born 1977)
Joseph Philip Baker is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger for Leyton Orient in the Football League in the late 1990s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Philip Baker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1977[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Kentish Town, London[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Leyton Orient | 75 | (3) |
| Sutton United | |||
| Billericay Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Baker was born in Kentish Town, London, on 19 April 1977.[1] He came through the youth ranks at Chelsea and Charlton Athletic before signing for Leyton Orient in May 1995.[2] He started only 23 games in the Football League but made 52 appearances as a substitute, scoring three goals.[2] He was never able to pin down a starting place in the first team and after five seasons, he was released by Orient in October 1999 and dropped into non-league football with Sutton United and Billericay Town for whom he made over 100 appearances.[2]
Career statistics
Source: Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0752424122.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leyton Orient | 1995–96 | Third Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||