Alex Greive

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Alex Greive
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 San Antonio FC
Youth career
2013 Papakura City
2014 Waitakere City
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Northern Kentucky Norse 48 (20)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Birkenhead United
2019 Cincinnati Dutch Lions 10 (2)
2020–2021 Waitakere United 14 (6)
2021 Birkenhead United 19 (19)
2022–2024 St Mirren 63 (8)
2024 → Dundee United (loan) 13 (1)
2024 Bohemians 11 (0)
2025– San Antonio FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2022– New Zealand 14 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
OFC Nations Cup
Winner 2024 Fiji/Vanuatu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024

Alexander Greive (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a striker for USL Championship club San Antonio FC.

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Club career

Grieve played youth football with Papakura City and Waitakere City. [1] He began his senior career with Birkenhead United in New Zealand's NRFL Premier in 2015, at 15 years of age. [1]

Greive played college soccer with the Northern Kentucky Norse, [2] also appearing at club level for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in 2019 whilst studying. [3] Greive spent the 2020–21 season with Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship. [4] After playing with Birkenhead United, scoring 19 goals in 19 games in the 2021 season, [1] [5] and winning the Northern League Golden Boot, [6] he signed for Scottish club St Mirren in January 2022. [7] [8]

He moved on loan to Dundee United in January 2024. [9]

In July 2024 he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians on a multi-year contract. [10] On 29 December 2024, it was announced that he had departed the club after 2 goals in 15 appearances in all competitions. [11] [12]

Greive signed a multi-year contract with USL Championship club San Antonio FC in January 2025. [13]

International career

On 26 January 2022, Greive earned his first call-up to the New Zealand national team for friendly matches against Jordan and Uzbekistan as a late replacement for Andre de Jong. [14] He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute. [15] In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals. [16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.24 March 2022 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1–07–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
2.3–1

Honours

New Zealand

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Alex Greive – Men's Soccer". Northern Kentucky University Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Cincinnati Dutch Lions – 2019 Regular Season – Roster – #10 – Alexander Greive – F". www.cdlfc.com.
  4. ↑ Alex Greive at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Northern Region Football – LOTTO NRFL Senior Fixtures". www.northernregionfootball.org.nz.
  6. 1 2 3 "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". New Zealand Football .
  7. ↑ "St Mirren sign New Zealander Greive". BBC Sport.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand forward Alex Greive joins Saints". www.stmirren.com.
  9. ↑ "St Mirren's Alex Grieve joins Dundee Utd on short-term loan". BBC Sport. 9 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Team, Extratime. "Bohemians sign New Zealand international Alex Greive from St Mirren". extratime.com.
  11. ↑ "ALEX GREIVE DEPARTS | Bohemian FC". bohemianfc.com.
  12. ↑ O'Hehir, Paul (29 December 2024). "Bohemians confirm player departure after just five months of multi-year deal". Irish Mirror.
  13. ↑ "San Antonio signs New Zealand international Alex Greive". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship . Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "Alex Greive to replace Andre de Jong in men's national team squad". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  15. ↑ "Men's team end three-match winning run with defeat against Jordan". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  16. 1 2 Voerman, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Alex Greive strikes twice as All Whites set up World Cup qualifying semifinal against Tahiti". Stuff.
  17. ↑ "Four new names in All Whites squad selected for OFC Nations Cup". New Zealand Football. 5 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "All Whites win sixth OFC Men's Nations Cup with 3–0 win against Vanuatu". Friends Of Football. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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