Legendary journeyman finally retires at 46 after playing more than 900 games for 52 clubs

Daily Mail​

04-06-2025

A legendary journeyman in football has finally called time on his career after playing more than 900 games for 52 different clubs.
Jefferson Louis, who featured for the likes of Oxford, Stevenage and Wrexham, started his playing days back in 1996 with Risborough Rangers, before embarking on the ultimate journeyman career.
His final club was Thame United, who the forward played 54 times for before hanging up his boots.
The most time he ever spent at a club was two seasons, and he one placed for five clubs in one year in 2011, playing for Gainsborough Trinity, Darlington, Weymouth, Hayes & Yeading, Maidenhead and Brackley all in the calendar year.
More of his clubs included Lincoln, Newport and Crawley, but he spent almost all of his career in non-league also turning out once for the Dominica national side in a World Cup qualifier.
Although he has waved goodbye to his playing days, he is remaining in football, with the 46-year-old now taking up a role as assistant first team coach at Slough Town.
Louis once claimed his journeyman status had worked against him. He said: 'People say he must be a rebel, Jefferson must have been rude.
'It's tarnished me. Some managers think I must be a bad apple.'
His new boss, though - Slough head coach Scott Davies - is backing him to be a success in the dugout.
'Football these days for me is more about mentality than ability,' he said. 'Every player at the level has ability which has allowed them to get to this point, but it's so important that we, as a management team, can tap into their psychological side too.
'Throughout the season, individuals will need one-to-one chats when things aren't going as well as they may have hoped.
'And I strongly believe that with myself, Yella and now Jefferson joining the group, we've got all bases covered with the wealth of experience we have that we can now give back to the players.'