Ross Lafayette

Ross Lafayette (born 22 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for Wealdstone.

Ross Lafayette
Personal information
Full name Ross Lafayette[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-22) 22 November 1985[1]
Place of birth Watford, England
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Wealdstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Chesham United 21 (3)
2007–2008 Barton Rovers 11 (1)
2008 Chesham United 2 (0)
2008–2009 Aylesbury United 11 (0)
2009 Wealdstone 4 (0)
2009 Aylesbury 6 (4)
2009–2010 Burnham 16 (5)
2010–2012 Hemel Hempstead Town 30 (12)
2012–2014 Welling United 79 (36)
2014–2015 Luton Town 11 (0)
2015 → Woking (loan) 11 (3)
2015 → Welling United (loan) 7 (2)
2015–2016 Eastleigh 22 (4)
2016 Aldershot Town 16 (2)
2016–2017 Dover Athletic 44 (12)
2017–2018 Sutton United 27 (7)
2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 10 (3)
2018-2019 Billericay Town 0 (0)
2019- Wealdstone 26 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:00, 22 Feb 2020 (UTC)

Lafayette's early career consisted of playing for non-League football clubs in North London and the home counties.

Career

Alongside his part-time playing career, Lafayette trained in digital media and was employed by The Independent and Evening Standard.

Lafayette signed for Welling United from Hemel Hempstead Town in the summer of 2012.[3] In his first season, he contributed to Welling winning the Conference South by scoring 19 goals. In his second season Lafayette scored 16 goals as Welling established themselves in the Conference Premier.

After two seasons at Welling, Lafayette signed a two-year contract with League Two side Luton Town.[4][5] He made his league debut against Bury on 19 August 2014, coming off the bench.[6] He made only one start for Luton before being loaned out to Conference Premier side Woking for a month, scoring once in six league and cup appearances. He was loaned back to former club Welling in March 2015 and scored twice to help the club avoid relegation.

He was transfer listed by Luton at the end of the 2014–15 season,[7] and subsequently signed for Eastleigh on a free transfer.[8] He spent the 2016–17 season with Dover Athletic,[9] before joining Sutton United in May 2017.[10]

In June 2019 he signed with Wealdstone for the second time.[11]

References
  1. "Ross Lafayette". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. "Ross Lafayette". 11v11. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. "Welling United stars living the dream". Bexley Times. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. "Luton Town sign Ross Lafayette from Welling United". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. "Former Evening Standard man Ross Lafayette signs for Luton Town". Evening Standard. Evening Standard. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. "Luton v Bury". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. "Luton Town: Hatters release seven and transfer list six more". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  8. "Lafayette to leave Luton for Eastleigh". Luton Today. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37023827
  10. Gwillym, Warren (18 May 2017). "Sutton United boss Doswell raids rivals to sign Kenny Davis, Ross Lafayette and Moses Emmanuel". Sutton Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  11. Wealdstone
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