Harry Kenneth Baker (born 20 September 1990) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

, who plays for

Grays Athletic Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury. History The club was established as Grays Juniors in 1890, before merging with former ...

in the

Isthmian League The Isthmian League () is a regional Association football, football league covering Greater London, East of England, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, th ...

Career

Baker made his professional debut on 7 October 2008 in

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

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defeat against

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gr ...

, which was concluded in a

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. On 12 January 2010, he joined

on loan, and stayed with the Essex club until 11 February. He was unable to secure a regular place in the first team on his return to Orient, and was released by manager

Russell Slade Russell Mark Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English former professional football manager and coach. Having had an extended career at reserve team level, Slade entered professional sports coaching with Notts County in 1993. He briefly took ...

on 9 May 2010. Baker joined Dover Athletic on 6 August. He made his debut in the 2–2 draw with

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The most prominent aspect of the club is its men's first team, who play in the , the seventh level of the E ...

on 17 August, and scored his first goal for Dover in the 6–3 victory over Farnborough on 18 September. Baker signed for

in January 2012, scoring on his debut in the 3–1 league win over Havant & Waterlooville on 21 February. He signed for then Conference North club

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is in the London metropolitan area, London commuter belt, near the border with Essex, just west of the ...

in November 2012, where he has played in a variety of positions. In 2014, he signed for Isthmian League Premier Division side Billericay Town.

References

External links

Leyton Orient profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Harry 1990 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Bexley People from Bexleyheath English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Leyton Orient F.C. players Grays Athletic F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Billericay Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Isthmian League players 21st-century English sportsmen