Joel Stevens

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Joel Stevens
Personal information
Full name Joel Craig Stevens [1]
Date of birth (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Dunedin, New Zealand
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Oskarshamns AIK
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2011 Southern United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Southern United 17 (3)
2013–2014 Team Wellington 13 (5)
2014 Waitakere United 0 (0)
2014–2016 Wellington Phoenix II 21 (10)
2015–2016 Wellington Phoenix 5 (0)
2016–2018Team Wellington (loan) 37 (13)
2018 Husqvarna FF 20 (3)
2019 Team Wellington 5 (1)
2019 Southern United 8 (6)
2020–2021 IFK Värnamo 47 (6)
2022– Oskarshamns AIK 0 (0)
International career
2013–2015 New Zealand U-20 2 (1)
2014– New Zealand 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2015

Joel Craig Stevens (born 7 February 1995) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a striker for Swedish club Oskarshamns AIK.

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Club career

In March 2018, Joel joined Husqvarna FF who play in Division 1 Södra in Sweden. [2]

In November 2019, Stevens returned home to Dunedin to play again for his Youth club Southern United in the ISPS Handa Premiership [3]

In March 2020, Stevens joined Swedish club IFK Värnamo in Division 1 Södra. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 14. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "Officiellt: Husqvarna FF värvar Joel Stevens". fotbolltransfers.com. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. Cheshire, Jeff (9 November 2019). "Homecoming a boon for Stevens". Otago Daily Times Online News.
  4. "IFK Värnamo vann träningsmatchen över IS Halmia" (in Swedish). vn.se. 15 March 2020.