*Indicates unconfirmed information. Figures in brackets after English team names indicate all appearances made and goals scored in competitive matches for Football League clubs from 1888 onwards. For Scottish League clubs the figures show details of all competitive appearances and goals scored from 1946/47 onwards.
Antonio Gonnella
Appearances: 3+4 Goals: 0
Date / Year of birth: 29th April 1989
Position: Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 2009/10
Season of last appearance: 2009/10
Clubs - Millwall, Fisher Athletic (conference south), Cambridge City (Conference south), Hastings United, Maidstone United, Dulwich Hamlet, Folkestone, Kingstonian, Canvey Island, Concord Rangers, Bognor Regis, Faversham Town, Sittingbourne and Kent Football United
Diminutive midfielder who started his football career at Millwall up until the age of 14. Antonio competed in the English Schools Athletic association national cross-country championship in 2003. He went on to represent London in multiple races throughout the UK.
Antonio joined Fisher and progressed through the club's scholarship ranks and made his conference blue square south first team debut at the age of 17 against Cambridge city in a 0-0 draw in the 2006/07 season. He went on to make 13 appearances (2 as sub). The entire squad was then released by new manager in May 2007.
Antonio went to Italy his father home country and played in numerous tournaments and was invited to train with Avellino Calcio Serie B. Antonio decided to return to his home in England where he joined Cambridge City and made five substitute appearances before receiving interest from Hastings United. Antonio decided to leave Cambridge city due to location and the interest of game time at Ryman premier level.
Antonio then signed for Hastings and made his debut as they lost 1-0 to visitors Leyton in the Isthmian league premier division game on 10.11.07. He got his only goal of 2007/08 season when he struck the winner in a 2-1 win against Margate on 22.2.08. Antonio finished that season making 19 premier division appearances (5 as sub). He went on to make 28 league appearances (four as sub) for Hastings during the 2008.09 campaign.
In July 2009 Antonio completed preseason with Carshalton but decided to join Maidstone at the start on the season.
On 18.8.09 Antonio scored his first goal for the Stones after coming on as a substitute in a 2-1 win over Waltham Abbey. At the end of September Antonio's previous club showed interest and he re-joined. He took his tally to 68 outings and 14 goals.
Antonio joined Dulwich Hamlet and saw the opportunity to play with is younger brother Gerry Gonnella who was also at Dulwich Hamlet, but this was cut short due to travel as Antonio was studying at Canterbury Christ Church university.
Antonio joined local club Margate after a successful trial game at Hartsdown park. Antonio then made his debut in midfield in a 3-3 draw away to Bognor Regis in the Isthmian premier division. Thanet times said, "he looked pretty handy when Margate got the ball on the floor". He also started Margate's next match - a 3-2 defeat at Sittingbourne in the Isthmian League Cup on 16.12.09 - but Antonio only featured twice as a substitute in the four games that followed.
On 26.1.10 he was back in the starting line-up for a 1-0 win over Chatham in a Kent Senior Cup tie at Hartsdown Park and after that Antonio made two sub appearances in Margate's next five games. The last of them came in a 3-1 home defeat against Billericay on 16.2.10 and in March 2010 he then received interest from Maidstone United's manager Peter Nott who put in a seven-day request to sign him for his second spell at the club.
Antonio re-joined Maidstone for the remainder of the 2009/10 campaign and finished the season having scored six times in 19 Premier Division appearances (six as sub). Antonio was being assessed by professional club Southend United, but nothing resulted from this.
At the start of the 2010/11 campaign Antonio was troubled by injuries and had only made eight league appearances (five as sub) without scoring for Maidstone. He suffered double ankle ligament damage playing against Carshalton athletic that side-lined him for a few months.
In December 2010 Antonio made his decision to leave the club after being offered a contract to see the season out.
Antonio moved to Folkestone Invicta with university friend Frankie Chappell. He made four Premier Division appearances (two as sub) without scoring for Invicta and then left Folkestone to sign for Kingstonian in January 2011.
Antonio featured 12 times for the K's in the Premier Division before the end of 2010/11 but all bar one of his appearances were as a substitute.
Just after the start of the 2011/12 season he joined Canvey Island and Antonio made 11 Premier Division appearances there (seven as sub) without scoring before briefly linking up with Conference South outfit Thurrock on a dual-registration basis. However, after he signed papers, the manager moved on with most of the team.
At the end of December 2011, he switched from Canvey Island to Concord Rangers where he made four sub appearances in the Premier Division without scoring.
Antonio's next move took him back to Folkestone in January 2012, but he only featured seven times for Invicta as a substitute in Division 1 South before signing for Bognor Regis in March 2012.
Antonio finished 2011/12 with the Sussex club and played five times (four as sub) for them in Division 1 South without scoring.
In June 2012 he joined Faversham and after scoring once from six substitute appearances which included an overhead kick in the first game of the season draw against Eastbourne Town in Division 1 South. In October 2012 Antonio had received interest from Sittingbourne.
Antonio joined The Brickies who were also in Division 1 South, and he made four league appearances (two as sub) without scoring before suffering an ACL knee injury which side-lined him for over 12 months.
Antonio now plays his football under joint management of his brothers Ennio Gonnella and Gerry Gonnella at Kent Football United in the SCEFL league.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
ILC |
KSC |
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2009/10 (MFC) |
3 (51) |
4 |
0 |
ISTHMIAN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION (19TH OF 22) |
1QR |
1QR |
3R |
QF |
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Margate finished in
relegation position but were reprieved and remained in the Isthmian League
Premier Division. | |||||||||