Jordan Owens (footballer)

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Jordan Owens
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Crusaders
Number 18
Youth career
2005–2007 Crusaders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007– Crusaders 526 (198)
International career‡
2007–2008 Northern Ireland U19 2 (1)
2008–2010 Northern Ireland U21 2 (0)
2010 Northern Ireland U23 2 (1)
2011 Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2011

Jordan Owens (born 9 July 1989) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership side Crusaders as a striker. [1] He is the club's all-time top goalscorer, having surpassed the record held by Glenn Hunter in January 2016.

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Club career

Owens came up through the Crusaders youth system, and after impressive displays for the reserves, he made his debut towards the end of the 2007/08 season, scoring his first goal against Larne. [2] He also scored the opening goal in a 4–1 Irish Cup semi-final victory over Institute to take the Crues into their first Irish Cup final in 29 years, [3] and repeated the feat in 2011, scoring against Portadown in another Irish Cup semi final. [4]

In the 2014–15 season he hit 30 goals as Crusaders finished as league champions. In January 2016 he scored against Rathfriland Rangers to break the Crusaders goalscoring record of 157, held since 1997 by Glenn Hunter. [5] He is also the all-time top goalscorer in North Belfast derby matches with Crusaders' nearest rivals Cliftonville.[ citation needed ]

On 6 March 2018, Owens scored a hat-trick in a league match against Glenavon to surpass 200 goals for Crusaders, becoming the first player to reach this milestone for the club. [6]

International career

He has represented Northern Ireland at U19, U21, and U23 level, scoring for the U23s against Poland [7] [8] He received a call-up to the full squad, along with team-mates Stuart Dallas and Colin Coates, for the 2011 Nations Cup games against Republic of Ireland and Wales. [9] He made his debut against Wales, coming on in the 79th minute. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played on 7 May 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crusaders 2006–07 00200000—20
2007–08 124100000—134
2008–09 321252102 [a] 1—4015
2009–10 32842213 [a] 12 [b] 14313
2010–11 322042423 [c] 0—4324
2011–12 34951335 [c] 12 [b] 04914
2012–13 331651514 [c] 12 [b] 04919
2013–14 371643435 [c] 02 [b] 25224
2014–15 372630222 [a] 14 [b] 14830
2015–16 371831102 [d] 04 [e] 14720
2016–17 372020203 [d] 12 [e] 04621
2017–18 351710307 [f] 22 [b] 14820
2018–19 25755221 [a] 02 [e] 03514
2019–20 26112210004 [b] 03313
2020–21 31731—2 [a] 0—368
2021–22 30042232 [a] 0—385
2022–23 26351100030354
2023–24 30410204 [g] 14 [h] 0415
Career total52619859233517459336698253
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the County Antrim Shield.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the County Antrim Shield and Setanta Sports Cup.
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the NIFL Charity Shield and County Antrim Shield.
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
  6. ↑ Appearances in the County Antrim Shield and Scottish Challenge Cup.
  7. ↑ Appearances in the NIFL Charity Shield, County Antrim Shield and UEFA Conference League playoffs.
  8. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Honours

Crusaders

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  2. ↑ "Fixtures / Results / Scorers 2007/2008". Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Carling Premiership". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Crusaders 3–1 Portadown". BBC Sport. 9 April 2011.
  5. ↑ IRISH CUP: Jordan Owens breaks goalscoring record as Crues defeat Rathfriland Rangers News Letter, 9 January 2016
  6. ↑ "Jordan Owens sends out ominous statement of intent after joining 200-goal club". Belfast Live. MGN. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland survive scare to secure Milk Cup final date". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News and Media. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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  9. ↑ "Trio handed first call-up for NI". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011.
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  11. ↑ "J. Owens". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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