Shaun Jeffers

Shaun Elliot Jeffers (born 14 April 1992) is an English professional footballer who last played as a forward for National League South club Chelmsford City.

Shaun Jeffers
Jeffers playing for Newport County in 2014
Personal information
Full name Shaun Elliot Jeffers[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992
Place of birth Bedford, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Coventry City 6 (0)
2010–2011 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 22 (1)
2011 → Cambridge United (loan) 2 (0)
2012 → Tamworth (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Peterborough United 8 (1)
2014–2015 Newport County 35 (2)
2014 → Brackley Town (loan) 7 (2)
2015–2016 Yeovil Town 25 (1)
2016 → Woking (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 Chelmsford City 39 (21)
2017–2018 Boreham Wood 26 (3)
2018 → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) 13 (6)
2018–2019 Brackley Town 12 (1)
2019–2020 Chelmsford City 32 (14)
National team‡
2010–2011 England U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:14, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:07, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Club career

Coventry City

Jeffers made his professional debut, for Coventry City, on 12 August 2009, in a 1–0 Football League Cup defeat to Hartlepool United. He went on to make his Football League Championship debut three days later as a substitute in a 2–0 win against Barnsley. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Jeffers signed a new deal with the club.[2]

Then, at the end of the 2010–11 season, Jeffers was offered a new deal for another year,[3] which he signed a two-year deal on 20 June 2011.[4]

Shaun was released from the club on 15 May 2013.[5]

Loan spells

On 6 August 2010, Jeffers moved on loan to Football League Two side Cheltenham Town to gain first team experience, the move was an initial one-month deal, which could be extended further.[6] He made his debut for in the opening game of the season, on 7 August 2010, against Gillingham coming on a substitute.[7] His first professional goal came in a 6–4 reverse at Rotherham United, less than two minutes after Jeffers had entered the pitch as a substitute.[8]

After making four appearance and scoring once, Jeffers had his loan with Cheltenham Town extended until 1 January.[9] Later in his Cheltenham Town career, Jeffers had mostly make appearance by coming on as a substitute in the second half and by January, Jeffers loan spell with the club extended.[10] A few weeks later, Jeffers returned to the Coventry City on 31 January 2011.[11]

On 17 February 2011, Jeffers joined Cambridge United on loan for twenty eight days.[12] He made his debut on 18 February 2010, against Kidderminster Harriers coming on a substitute. Jeffers returned to Coventry City on 21 March 2011. He was recalled so caretaker manager Andy Thorn could assess Jeffers along with the whole squad during a two-week international break.[13]

On the last day of the summer transfer window, Jeffers signed for Tamworth on a one-month loan deal.[14] Having not earning games, Jeffers returned to his parent club.[15]

Peterborough United

In July 2013, it was reported that Jeffers went on trial at Tranmere Rovers and had played several matches for Tranmere as a trialist. His performance there was successful and he was offered a contract.[16] However, Jeffers rejected a contract offer from Tranmere due to not being offered accommodation as part of the deal, much to Tranmere manager Ronnie Moore's surprise.[17] Jeffers signed for League One side Peterborough United on 16 October 2013.[18] He made his debut three days later, replacing Britt Assombalonga in the 88th minute of a 1–0 win against Shrewsbury Town.[19] He scored his first goals for the club on 7 December, scoring twice in a 5–0 win against Tranmere Rovers in the FA Cup.[20] On 26 December, he scored against former club Coventry in a 4–2 defeat.[21]

Newport County

On 28 January 2014 Jeffers joined Newport County as part of the deal that took Conor Washington to Peterborough United.[22] He made his debut for Newport County on 15 February 2014 versus Hartlepool. In September 2014 he joined Brackley Town on loan. Jeffers scored his first football league goal for Newport County in the 3–2 win against Carlisle United on 29 November 2014. He was released by Newport in May 2015 at the end of his contract.[23]

Yeovil Town

On 23 June 2015, Jeffers signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a one-year contract after his release from Newport County.[24]

On 2 February 2016, Jeffers joined National League side Woking on a 28-day loan.[25] On 6 February 2016, Jeffers made his Woking debut featuring in a 1–0 victory over Oxford City in the FA Trophy, before being replaced by Matt Robinson with 13 minutes remaining.[26]

He was released by Yeovil at the end of the 2015–16 season.[27]

Non-League

On 3 August 2016, Jeffers signed for National League South side Chelmsford City.[28] Jeffers went on to score his first goal against Margate with an impressive bicycle kick also going on to win the 'Man Of The Match' award.[29] On 29 October 2016, Jeffers picked up his 10th goal of the campaign when scoring a penalty against Concord Rangers.[30] Over the course of the season, he earned several Man of the Match awards and scored 21 goals, making him one of the highest-scoring players in the division. His contribution helped Chelmsford reach the play-off final for promotion to National League, where they lost to Ebbsfleet United.

After a successful season which saw him score 21 goals, Jeffers signed for National League side Boreham Wood in July 2017. Following a loan spell at Hampton & Richmond Borough in 2018, Jeffers signed for National League North club Brackley Town, scoring once in 12 league appearances for the club. On 28 May 2019, Chelmsford announced the signing of Jeffers, marking his second spell at the club.[31] On 16 June 2020, Chelmsford announced the departure of Jeffers for the second time. [32]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 2009–10[33] Championship 400010—50
2010–11[34] Championship 000000—00
2011–12[35] Championship 201000—30
2012–13[36] League One 0000000000
Total 6010100080
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2010–11[34] League Two 22110111[lower-alpha 1]0252
Cambridge United (loan) 2010–11[37] Conference Premier 2000—0020
Tamworth (loan) 2012–13[37] Conference Premier 6000—0060
Peterborough United 2013–14[38] League One 8112002[lower-alpha 1]0113
Newport County 2013–14[38] League Two 140000000140
2014–15[39] League Two 212001100223
Total 352001100363
Yeovil Town 2015–16[40] League Two 25131103[lower-alpha 1]1323
Woking (loan) 2015–16[37] National League 10——2[lower-alpha 2]131
Chelmsford City 2016–17[37] National League South 392110—10[lower-alpha 3]25023
Boreham Wood 2017–18[37] National League 26331—2[lower-alpha 4]1315
2018–19[37] National League 0000—0000
Total 26331—21315
Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) 2017–18[37] National League South 136——2[lower-alpha 5]0156
Brackley Town 2018–19[37] National League North 12130—6[lower-alpha 6]2213
Chelmsford City 2019–20[37] National League South 241210—5[lower-alpha 7]33015
Career total 2194812441331026863
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Surrey Senior Cup
  3. Four appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in Essex Senior Cup, three appearances in National League South play-offs
  4. Appearances in FA Trophy
  5. Appearances in National League South play-offs
  6. Four appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, two appearances in Hillier Cup
  7. Three appearances and two goals in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Essex Senior Cup
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References
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  15. "Taylor-made move for new boy Greg". Tamworth Herald. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  16. "Trialists offered Rovers deal". Coventry Telegraph. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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  19. "Peterborough United 1–0 Shrewsbury Town" BBC Sport. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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