{{Short description|English footballer (born 1983)}} {{use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Gareth Gwillim |image = |caption = |fullname = Gareth Stuart Gwillim |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|9|df=y}} |birth_place = Farnborough, London, England |height = |position = Left back |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Welling United |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Crystal Palace |years1 = 2002–2003 |clubs1 = Farnborough Town |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2002 |clubs2 = Ashford Town (Kent) |caps2 = 3 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2003–2007 |clubs3 = Bishop's Stortford |caps3 = 158 |goals3 = 2 |years4 = 2007–2010 |clubs4 = Histon |caps4 = 123 |goals4 = 6 |years5 = 2010–2011 |clubs5 = Dagenham & Redbridge |caps5 = 2 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2011 |clubs6 = → AFC Wimbledon (loan) |caps6 = 20 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2011–2012 |clubs7 = AFC Wimbledon |caps7 = 27 |goals7 = 1 |years8 = 2012–2013 |clubs8 = Sutton United |caps8 = 19 |goals8 = 1 |years9 = 2013–2014 |clubs9 = Ebbsfleet United |caps9 = 14 |goals9 = 0 | totalcaps = 367 | totalgoals = 10 |club-update = }}
'''Gareth Stuart Gwillim''' (born 9 January 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back.
==Career== Born in Farnborough, London, Gwillim began his career as a junior at Welling United and Crystal Palace,<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=419|edition=43rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=12680 |title=Player profile |access-date=11 September 2010 |publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001022351/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=12680 |archive-date=1 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> before moving into non-League football, playing for such teams as Farnborough Town, Ashford Town (Kent),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=370 |title=Gareth Gwillim player profile |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive, nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk |accessdate=25 June 2022}}</ref> Bishop's Stortford and Histon.<ref>{{soccerbase|33412}}</ref>
After Histon rejected a formal approach from Dagenham & Redbridge in November 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Sport/Histon/Histon-no-to-bid-for-Gwillim.htm|title=Histon 'no' to bid for Gwillim|access-date=11 September 2010|date=27 November 2009|publisher=Cambridge News}}</ref> Gwillim eventually signed for Dagenham & Redbridge in June 2010 on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/8720642.stm|title=Dagenham & Redbridge sign Gwillim and Lewis|access-date=11 September 2010|date=3 June 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Gwillim made his professional debut on 31 August 2010, in a 0–1 defeat in the Football League Trophy against Charlton Athletic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8951081.stm|title=Charlton 1 – 0 Dag & Red|access-date=11 September 2010|date=31 August 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> After the match, Gwillim publicly announced his plans to usurp Damien McCrory as the club's first-choice left back.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dagenham_and_redbridge/8961503.stm|title=Gareth Gwillim up for Dagenham & Redbridge challenge|access-date=11 September 2010|date=1 September 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Gwillim made his debut in the Football League on 21 September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8989686.stm|title=Dag & Red 1 – 1 Exeter|access-date=21 September 2010|date=21 September 2010|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
On 13 January 2011, Gwillim agreed a loan deal with AFC Wimbledon,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcwimbledon.com/news.php?Psection_id=2&Psub_section_id=1&Open=5535#5535|title=Gareth joins as Chris departs|access-date=13 January 2011|date=13 January 2011|publisher=AFC Wimbledon official website}}</ref> playing with them in the 2011 Conference play-off final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13418508|title=AFC Wimbledon 0–0 Luton Town (4–3 on pens)|access-date=21 May 2011|date=21 May 2011|author=Steve Marshall|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Gwillim signed permanently for the club in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11750_7032216,00.html|title=Gwillim signs Dons deal|access-date=11 July 2011|date=11 July 2011|publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> He then returned to non-league football with Sutton United and Ebbsfleet United.<ref>{{soccerway|gareth-gwillim/36104}}</ref>
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