Cameron Gardner
{{short description|English footballer (born 2005)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cameron Gardner
| full_name = Cameron Alexander Gardner{{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf|title=SQUAD LIST 2024/25 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS|publisher=English Football League|date=6 September 2024|accessdate=14 September 2024}}
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|9|22|df=y}}{{soccerway|cameron-gardner/928307|accessdate=2 January 2024}}
| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Grimsby Town
| clubnumber = 22
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Gateshead
| youthyears2 = 2021–
| youthclubs2 = Grimsby Town
| years1 = 2023–
| clubs1 = Grimsby Town
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024
| clubs2 = → Grimsby Borough (loan)
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 3
| club-update = 16:49, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Cameron Alexander Gardner (born 22 September 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for {{English football updater|GrimsbyT}} club Grimsby Town.
Early life
Gardner was born in Newcastle upon Tyne,{{cite web|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/grimsby-town-teen-cameron-gardner-8783531|title=Grimsby Town teen Cameron Gardner is full of promise, but Hurst will hold back the pressure|publisher=Grimsby Telegraph|last1=Allen|first1=Sam|date=27 September 2023|accessdate=2 January 2024}} playing for the Gateshead academy.{{cite web|url=https://gtfc.co.uk/manager/cameron-gardner/|title=Cameron Gardner|website=gtfc.co.uk|accessdate=2 January 2024}}
Career
Having joined Grimsby Town at the age of sixteen from Gateshead, Gardner made his senior debut in September 2023 in an EFL Trophy defeat to Barnsley.{{cite web|url=https://gtfc.co.uk/report-town-beaten-in-efl-trophy-tie-at-barnsley/|title=REPORT {{!}} Town beaten in EFL Trophy tie at Barnsley|website=gtfc.co.uk|date=5 September 2023|accessdate=2 January 2024}} Later that month, on the day of his eighteenth birthday, he signed a first professional three-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://gtfc.co.uk/gardner-signs-professional-terms-on-his-birthday/|title=Gardner signs professional terms on his birthday!|website=gtfc.co.uk|date=22 September 2023|accessdate=2 January 2024}} Gardner signed a new deal with the club in November 2024, extending his stay until 2028.{{cite web|URL=https://gtfc.co.uk/cameron-gardner-signs-till-2028/|title=Cameron Gardner Signs Till 2028|website=gtfc.co.uk|date=29 November 2024|accessdate=29 November 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 26 December 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" |Grimsby Town
|2023–24{{soccerbase season|183214|2023|accessdate=12 August 2024}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25{{soccerbase season|183214|2024|accessdate=12 August 2024}}
|League Two |11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3{{Efn|name=EFT}} | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
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References
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{{Grimsby Town F.C. squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players