Joe Baker (footballer, born 1977)

Joe Baker
Personal information
Full name Joseph Philip Baker[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-19)19 April 1977[1]
Place of birth Kentish Town, London[1]
Position(s) Right winger[2]
Youth career
Chelsea
Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 Leyton Orient 75 (3)
Sutton United
Billericay Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Philip Baker is an English former professional footballer who played as a right winger for Leyton Orient in the Football League in the late 1990s.

Baker was born in Kentish Town, London, on 19 April 1977.[1] He came through the youth ranks at Chelsea and Charlton Athletic before signing for Leyton Orient in May 1995.[2] He started only 23 games in the Football League but made 52 appearances as a substitute, scoring three goals.[2] He was never able to pin down a starting place in the first team and after five seasons, he was released by Orient in October 1999 and dropped into non-league football with Sutton United and Billericay Town for whom he made over 100 appearances.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J. (2015). The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 (First ed.). G2 Entertainment. p. 8. ISBN 9781782811671.
  2. ^ a b c d Kaufman, Neilson N; Ravenhill, Alan E (2002). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club. Tempus Publishing. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0752424122.