William Harris (born 1 October 2000) is an English professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for club
Spennymoor Town
Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field.
The club began playing in the Northern ...
.
Career
A youth product of
Hebburn Town and
Burnley
Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...
, Harris began his career with consecutive loans to
Colne
Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds.
The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Val ...
and
Warrington Town. He moved to
EFL League One club
Sunderland on 1 September 2020, making his professional debut in a 2–1
EFL Trophy win over
Lincoln City on 5 October 2021. He made his senior professional league debut on 16 October 2021, coming on as a 90th minute substitute in a 2–1 win over
Gillingham.
On 6 January 2022, Harris joined
EFL League Two club
Barrow on loan for the remainder of the
2021–22 season, featuring nine times for The Bluebirds. He was released by Sunderland at the end of his contract.
In July 2022, Harris signed for newly-promoted
National League
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club
Gateshead on a one-year deal.
On 17 June 2023, Harris signed for
National League North
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club
Spennymoor Town
Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field.
The club began playing in the Northern ...
.
Career statistics
Honours
Gateshead
*
FA Trophy runner-up:
2022–23
References
External links
Spennymoor Town F.C. profile*
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2000 births
Living people
Footballers from South Shields
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Warrington Town F.C. players
Colne F.C. players
Burnley F.C. players
Hebburn Town F.C. players
Barrow A.F.C. players
Gateshead F.C. players
Spennymoor Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Northern Premier League players
National League (English football) players