 Hessenthaler with Dover Athletic in July 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Hessenthaler | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Gillingham (head of recruitment) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dartford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1983 | Corinthian | ||
| 1983–1984 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Corinthian | ||
| 1986–1990 | Dartford | ||
| 1990–1991 | Redbridge Forest | ||
| 1991–1996 | Watford | 195 | (11) |
| 1996–2006 | Gillingham | 303 | (20) |
| 2005 | → Hull City (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Barnet | 40 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Dover Athletic | 36 | (4) |
| Total | 584 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | England National Game XI | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Gillingham (player/manager) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Dover Athletic (player/manager) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Gillingham | ||
| 2014–2015 | Gillingham (co-caretaker)[1] | ||
| 2016 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 2017–2018 | Eastleigh | ||
| 2018–2023 | Dover Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Hessenthaler (born 17 August 1965) is an English football manager and former player who is head of recruitment at EFL League Two club Gillingham. He began his career in non-league football and did not turn professional until he joined Watford at the age of 26. In 1996, Hessenthaler joined Gillingham and spent the next ten years at the club as player and later player-manager, managing the club to its highest ever finish in the English football league system and becoming regarded as a legend of the Kent club. After leaving Gillingham, he had a short spell at Barnet, before joining Dover Athletic in 2007. In his two seasons in charge he led the club to successive championships, of Isthmian League Division One South and the Isthmian League Premier Division. After three years at Dover, he became manager at Gillingham for the second time, but his contract was terminated at the end of the 2011–12 season. He returned to the club as assistant manager in 2014, before taking on a similar role at Leyton Orient the following year. In 2016, he was appointed manager of the club, but was sacked later the same year. In November he was appointed manager of Eastleigh, but the following year left to return to Dover, where he stayed until January 2023.
- ^ Cawdell, Luke (5 January 2015). "Gillingham are being led by a team of coaches, consisting of Steve Lovell, Andy Hessenthaler, Darren Hare and Mark Patterson". Kent Online. Retrieved 20 January 2015.