Gabriel Breeze
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gabriel Breeze
| full_name = Gabriel Hendrix Breeze{{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/f9455bd0-4dac-11ee-8864-711544c578ce.pdf|title=SQUAD LIST 2023/24 & U21 REGISTERED CONTRACT PLAYERS|publisher=English Football League|date=7 September 2023|accessdate=28 December 2023}}
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|12|30|df=y}}{{soccerway|gabriel-breeze/682590|accessdate=28 December 2023}}
| birth_place = Carlisle, England
| height =
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Carlisle United
| clubnumber = 13
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Carlisle United
| years1 = 2022–
| clubs1 = Carlisle United
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → Widnes (loan)
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| club-update = 18:47, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Gabriel Hendrix Breeze (born 30 December 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{English football updater|CarlislU}} club Carlisle United.
Career
In June 2021, just halfway through his scholarship programme, Breeze signed a two-year professional deal with his hometown club Carlisle United, whom he had joined as a teenager.{{cite web|url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2021/june/contracts-second-years-earn-professional-deals/|title=CONTRACTS: Second years earn professional deals|website=www.carlisleunited.co.uk|date=28 June 2021|accessdate=28 December 2023}} In September 2022, Breeze joined Northern Premier League West Division club Widnes on an initial one-month loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2022/september/loan-keeper-heads-out-for-one-month-spell/|title=LOAN: Keeper heads out for one-month spell|website=www.carlisleunited.co.uk|date=27 September 2022|accessdate=28 December 2023}} He had an extension clause in his contract activated at the end of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2023/may/club-retained-and-released-list/|title=CLUB: Retained and released list|website=www.carlisleunited.co.uk|date=30 May 2023|accessdate=28 December 2023}}
On 26 December 2023, Breeze made his senior debut for Carlisle in a League One fixture with Fleetwood Town.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67756980|title=Fleetwood Town 1–1 Carlisle United|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 December 2023|accessdate=28 December 2023}} Having made a further three league appearances under Paul Simpson, he was rewarded with a new three-year contract in February 2024. {{cite web|url=https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2024/february/contract-breeze-signs-new-deal|title=CONTRACT: Breeze signs new deal|website=www.carlisleunited.co.uk|date=29 February 2024|accessdate=3 November 2024}}
In the 2024-25 League Two season, he became the first choice goalkeeper under both Mike Williamson and Mark Hughes.
Career statistics
{{updated|26 April 2025}}
| 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="4" |Carlisle United
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|137348|2023|accessdate=28 December 2023}}
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|31 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |34 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Widnes (loan)
|2022–23{{cite web|title=Widnes – Appearances – Gabriel Breeze – 2022-2023|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/widnes/appearances/2022-2023/gabriel-breeze/932506|website=www.footballwebpages.co.uk|accessdate=28 December 2023}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
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References
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{{Carlisle United F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breeze, Gabriel}}
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Carlisle United F.C. players
Category:Northern Premier League players