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Date of birth | 13 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bohemians | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Papakura City | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Waitakere City | ||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Northern Kentucky Norse | 48 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2022– | New Zealand | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 August 2024 ‡ 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 for Irish club Bohemians, as a striker.
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]
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. [11] He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute. [12] In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals. [13]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | 24 March 2022 | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | New Caledonia | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
2. | 3–1 |
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