Shane Huke

Shane Huke (born 2 October 1985) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maidstone United.

Shane Huke

Personal information
Full name	Shane Huke[1]
Date of birth	(1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Rochedale Rovers	16	(2)
2003–2007	Peterborough United	29	(1)
2003	→ King's Lynn (loan)	4	(0)
2003–2004	→ Bedford Town (loan)	3	(0)
2004	→ Heybridge Swifts (loan)	9	(1)
2004–2005	→ Cambridge City (loan)	3	(0)
2005	→ AFC Hornchurch (loan)	0	(0)
2007–2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	36	(2)
2009	Central Coast Mariners	3	(0)
2010–2011	Rushden & Diamonds	40	(2)
2011–2013	Dover Athletic	54	(4)
2013–2015	Ebbsfleet United	41	(4)
2015–2016	Maidstone United	15	(0)
Total		256	(16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He began his career with Peterborough United, and scored his first competitive goal in his career on 25 November 2006, against Torquay United, a match which Peterborough won 5–2.^[2] He moved to Dagenham & Redbridge in May 2007.

Huke was regularly strongly linked with several A-League clubs in Australia. On 23 January 2009, Huke was released by Dagenham & Redbridge for personal reasons. Dagenham manager, John Still said he was very sad and disappointed to be losing Huke.^[3]

On 25 March 2010, Huke signed for Rushden & Diamonds until the end of the 2009–10 season.

On 17 May 2011, Huke left Rushden & Diamonds to join Conference South side Dover Athletic on a one-year deal. In May 2012 he signed a new contract with the Kent club.

Huke signed for newly relegated Conference South club Ebbsfleet United in June 2013.^[4] He eventually left the club in January 2015, to join Maidstone United

In the summer of 2015, Huke was forced to retire because of a knee injury. He now works as a matchday ambassador for Ebbsfleet United.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Club

Maidstone United

• Isthmian League Premier Division: 2014–15