Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Katebian | ||
Date of birth | 9 November 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Avondale FC | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2013 | Bulleen Lions | ||
2014–2016 | Melbourne Victory | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Bulleen | 37 | (27) |
2014–2016 | Melbourne Victory NPL | 41 | (40) |
2015–2016 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | (0) |
2017– | Avondale FC | 92 | (19) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2022 |
Joseph Katebian (born 9 November 1995) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a forward for Avondale in the NPL Victoria.
Katebian was born in Melbourne on 9 November 1995, to Lebanese Australian parents of distant Armenian origin. Katebian played football from a young age for local club Bulleen Lions where he would later play for the senior squad. Katebian also played for Ivanhoe Grammar School's first eleven in his later years of high school, where he graduated in 2013.
Katebian spent his early years playing for FC Bulleen Lions in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, before joining Melbourne Heart Youth for the 2013–14 season. At the season's end, Katebian joined cross-town rivals Melbourne Victory, that he later captained in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, [1] where he won the league's 2015 player's player of the year and golden boot awards. [2] Katebian featured in the starting eleven that defeated North Geelong Warriors on 26 September 2015, which promoted Melbourne Victory NPL Youth to the highest level of the National Premier Leagues Victoria. [3]
Katebian made his official competitive debut for the Melbourne Victory senior squad on 1 September 2015, in the 2015 FFA Cup round of 16 clash against Rockdale City Suns, coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute for Archie Thompson. [4] His A-League debut came two months later on 19 November 2015, in the round five clash against Central Coast Mariners, substituted on for Gui Finkler in the 90th minute of the 2–1 victory at AAMI Park. [5] [6] On 31 May 2016, Katebian departed Melbourne Victory to pursue football opportunities abroad. [7]
In June 2016, he went to Serbia for trials at FK Čukarički. [8]
On 5 August 2016, Katebian signed a one-year contract with Brisbane Roar, reuniting with John Aloisi who coached him at Melbourne Victory Youth. [9] After managing just 27 minutes of A-League football, Katebian was released by the Roar.
On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Katebian had joined Avondale FC. [10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Melbourne Victory | 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
A-League total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
With Melbourne Victory Youth:
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