Jaylan Ernest Hankins (born 17 November 2000) is a Gibraltarian

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who plays as a

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for

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, on loan from Lincoln Red Imps, and the Gibraltar national team.

Club career

Hankins came through the youth ranks of Lincoln Red Imps and made his senior breakthrough for their

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farm team Red Imps in 2015. In January 2017 he was one of a number of young prospects that joined

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strugglers

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on loan for the remainder of the season, playing 12 times for them but was unable to prevent relegation. However, his performances impressed his parent club, and he began to make infrequent appearances for Lincoln over the next two seasons before moving to the

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to play for

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. Despite only playing 4 games for their C team, he became a regular on the bench for their B team, albeit not making an appearance. Despite renewing his contract in April 2020, he attracted the attention of

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who signed him that summer, subsequently loaning him to financially troubled

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for the 2020–21 season. However, he did not play for the club and returned to Córdoba at the end of the season to play for their B team. Despite agreeing a new contract in June 2022, he returned to Gibraltar later that summer and re-joined Lincoln Red Imps, who subsequently loaned him out to FCB Magpies. There, he won his first piece of silverware against his parent side as Magpies secured the

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. His loan was extended for a further season and he featured in Magpies' maiden

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campaign against

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, notably keeping a clean sheet in the first leg. However, a serious injury would rule him out of the majority of the season, only returning to action on 12 April 2024 in a 2–2 draw with

. After struggling to break into the first team upon his return to Lincoln, he joined

on loan in January 2025.

International career

After playing through every international age group, Hankins made his debut for

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on 3 June 2024 in a friendly against

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. He kept his first clean sheet for them in the following match when they drew 0–0 with

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on 6 June 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hankins, Jaylan 2000 births Living people Gibraltarian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Lincoln Red Imps F.C. players Europa Point F.C. players UD Las Palmas players Córdoba CF players Extremadura UD footballers F.C. Bruno's Magpies players Gibraltar men's international footballers Gibraltar Premier Division players Gibraltar men's under-21 international footballers Gibraltar men's youth international footballers Gibraltarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Gibraltarian expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century British sportsmen