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English footballer

Will de Havilland
Personal information
Full name William Lee de Havilland
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Huntingdon, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team Maidenhead United
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2013 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Millwall 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Cambridge City (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Histon (loan) 10 (1)
2014 Bishop's Stortford 1 (0)
2014–2016 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2016–2018 Wycombe Wanderers 19 (0)
2017 → Aldershot Town (loan) 8 (0)
2018 → Maidstone United (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019 Maidstone United 42 (3)
2019–2021 Dover Athletic 42 (5)
2021– Maidenhead United 109 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

William Lee de Havilland (born 8 November 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club Maidenhead United.

De Havilland began his career with Millwall, never making a first-team appearance, and spending loan spells with non-league clubs Cambridge City and Histon. After leaving Millwall in 2014 he had a brief spell, also in non-league, with Bishop's Stortford, before returning to league football with Sheffield Wednesday. He left the club after two years, having not made a first-team appearance, and signed for Wycombe Wanderers where he made his professional debut. He spent loan spells at non-league Aldershot Town and Maidstone United. In June 2018 it was announced that he would sign a permanent contract with Maidstone United in July 2018.

Career

De Havilland began his career with Millwall, spending a loan spell with Cambridge City and two loan spells with Histon. After playing for Bishop's Stortford, he signed for Sheffield Wednesday in August 2014. He moved to Wycombe Wanderers in July 2016. He signed on loan for Aldershot Town in July 2017. He signed on loan for Maidstone United in February 2018.

In May 2018 it was announced that he would not be retained by Wycombe following the end of the 2017–18 season. Later that month Maidstone United announced that De Havilland would re-sign for them. Maidstone United were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 season, and de Havilland had a relegation clause in his contract. He signed for Dover Athletic in June 2019. Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that de Havilland was out of contract and had left the club.

On 1 July 2021 it was announced that he had joined Maidenhead United.

Career statistics

As of 9 November 2024
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall 2013–14 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridge City (loan) 2013–14 SFL Premier Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Histon (loan) 2013–14 Conference North 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Bishop's Stortford 2014–15 Conference South 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2014–15 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2016–17 League Two 16 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 23 0
2017–18 League Two 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 1
Total 19 0 2 0 0 0 8 1 29 1
Aldershot Town (loan) 2017–18 National League 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Maidstone United (loan) 2017–18 National League 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Maidstone United 2018–19 National League 42 3 3 0 0 0 6 2 51 5
Dover Athletic 2019–20 National League 29 3 2 0 — 1 0 32 3
2020–21 National League 13 2 0 0 — 1 0 14 2
Total 42 5 2 0 — 2 0 46 5
Maidenhead United 2021–22 National League 27 1 1 0 — 0 0 28 1
2022–23 National League 34 2 2 1 — 3 0 39 3
2023–24 National League 37 1 2 0 — 1 0 40 1
2024–25 National League 11 1 3 0 — 2 0 16 1
Total 109 5 8 1 — 6 0 123 6
Career total 247 14 15 1 0 0 22 3 284 18
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  3. Appearance(s) in National League Cup

Playing style

De Havilland, a defender, bases his playing style on John Terry and Gary Cahill.

References

  1. ^ "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ Will de Havilland at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. "Blues announce squad". Bishop's Stortford F.C. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. "William De Havilland pens Owls deal". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. "Wycombe Wanderers: Scott Brown and Will De Havilland join League Two club". BBC Sport. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. "Will de Havilland: Aldershot Town sign Wycombe Wanderers defender on loan". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. "Will makes Maidstone move". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. "Scott Brown: Wycombe Wanderers keeper among four to leave Chairboys". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. "How Watt's helped Will". Kent Online. 2 August 2018.
  10. @maidstoneunited (18 May 2018). "Are you ready for some more news? We're delighted to announce that Will De Havilland has agreed terms for the 2018/19 season. 🖤⚽️💛" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via Twitter.
  11. "Will to consider Stones future". Kent Online. 11 April 2019.
  12. "WHERE THERE'S A WILL". www.doverathletic.com. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  13. "RETAINED AND RELEASED LIST". www.doverathletic.com. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. Maidenhead United (1 July 2021). "Will De Havilland is a Magpie" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  15. "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. "Will De_havilland Profile | Aylesbury United FC".
  17. "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  19. "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  20. "Games played by Will de Havilland in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. Tim Street (31 July 2014). "Training with Adebayo Akinfenwa will help make Wycombe new boy a better player". Get Bucks. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
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