Shane Huke

Shane Huke (born 2 October 1985) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maidstone United.

Shane Huke
Personal information
Full name Shane Huke[1]
Date of birth (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985[1]
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Rochedale Rovers 16 (2)
2003–2007 Peterborough United 29 (1)
2003 → King's Lynn (loan) 4 (0)
2003–2004 → Bedford Town (loan) 3 (0)
2004 → Heybridge Swifts (loan) 9 (1)
2004–2005 → Cambridge City (loan) 3 (0)
2005 → AFC Hornchurch (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2009 Dagenham & Redbridge 36 (2)
2009 Central Coast Mariners 3 (0)
2010–2011 Rushden & Diamonds 40 (2)
2011–2013 Dover Athletic 54 (4)
2013–2015 Ebbsfleet United 41 (4)
2015–2016 Maidstone United 15 (0)
Total 256 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He began his career with Peterborough United, and scored his first competitive goal in his career on 25 November 2006, against Torquay United, a match which Peterborough won 5–2.[2] He moved to Dagenham & Redbridge in May 2007.

Huke was regularly strongly linked with several A-League clubs in Australia. On 23 January 2009, Huke was released by Dagenham & Redbridge for personal reasons. Dagenham manager, John Still said he was very sad and disappointed to be losing Huke.[3]

On 25 March 2010, Huke signed for Rushden & Diamonds until the end of the 2009–10 season.

On 17 May 2011, Huke left Rushden & Diamonds to join Conference South side Dover Athletic on a one-year deal. In May 2012 he signed a new contract with the Kent club.

Huke signed for newly relegated Conference South club Ebbsfleet United in June 2013.[4] He eventually left the club in January 2015, to join Maidstone United

In the summer of 2015, Huke was forced to retire because of a knee injury. He now works as a matchday ambassador for Ebbsfleet United.

Honours

Club
Maidstone United

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. "Peterborough 5-2 Torquay". BBC. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Arab raiders plunder A-League for ACL". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 January 2009.
  4. "Shane Huke the fourth Dover Athletic player to join Ebbsfleet United". Dover Express. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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