Josh Seberry

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Josh Seberry
Personal information
Full name Joshua Seberry
Date of birth (2004-06-15) 15 June 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth London, England [1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Newport County
Number 15
Youth career
2016–0000 Drogheda Boys
0000–2022 Drogheda United
2022–2023 Shelbourne
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Newport County 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Joshua Seberry (born 9 January 2005) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Newport County.

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Early life

Born in London, England, Seberry was raised in Monasterboice, County Louth and was a National Champion swimmer [3] and track and field athlete in his youth. [4] As well as GAA football, swimming and athletics, he also holds a national fighting title and Black Belt in Taekwondo. [2] Seberry started playing football aged 12 at Drogheda Boys at under-13 level. [5]

Career

Seberry played for Drogheda Boys academy and St Kevins Boys academy before moving to the LOI where he joined Drogheda United u15 before moving to Shelbourne's academy aged 18 in 2022 where after 5 months featured in 4 of the club's 2023 First Team pre-season friendlies under manager Damien Duff [2] before his transfer to Newport County in Wales. [1]

In July 2023, following a brief trial, Seberry signed a two-year contract with Newport County. [6]

He made his first league match-day squad for Newport on the 5 August 2023, being named amongst the substitutes against Accrington Stanley. [7] He made his Carabao Cup starting debut for Newport on 8 August 2023, in the 3–1 EFL Cup first round win against Charlton Athletic and as a right back holding premiership team Brentford to a 1-1 draw [8] He made his Football League debut for Newport on 15 August 2023 as a second half substitute in the 4–2 EFL League Two against Crewe Alexandra. [9] and his first League start against Colchester. Seberry suffered a broken leg on 24 October 2023 while playing Notts County [10] that would rule him out of action for four-to-five months with him requiring surgery. [11]

Style of play

Seberry is described as a "natural athlete" gifted with pace and is experienced playing at right back and as an attacking right sided centre back. [12]

Personal life

Seberry qualifies to play for Ireland, England or South Africa. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played on 24 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newport County 2023–24 [14] EFL League Two 90002010120
Career total90002010120

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Republic of Ireland – J. Seberry – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
    2. 1 2 3 "Joshua Seberry | Stats | History | Career Details | Images | extratime.com – The Home of Irish Football – Extratime.com". www.extratime.com.
    3. ↑ "Underage' Joshua qualifies for national swimming finals". Independent.ie. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    4. ↑ "Dunleer AC had huge success at the Leinster cross country championships o". Dunleerac.net. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    5. ↑ "U13s, The New Kid". Droghedaboys.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    6. ↑ "Josh Seberry: Newport County sign Shelbourne defender". BBC Sport. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    7. ↑ "ACCRINGTON STANLEY VS. NEWPORT COUNTY". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
    8. ↑ "NEWPORT VS. CHARLTON". Soccerway. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
    9. ↑ "Demetriou leads Crewe rout of ex-club Newport" – via bbc.co.uk.
    10. ↑ "Notts County 3–0 Newport County: Macauley Langstaff scores twice in comfortable win". BBC Sport. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
    11. ↑ "Josh Seberry: Newport County defender faces 'four or five' months out with broken leg". BBC Sport. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
    12. ↑ "Irish trialist Josh Seberry earns two-year Newport County deal". South Wales Argus. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    13. ↑ "Josh Seberry". Extra Time. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
    14. ↑ Josh Seberry at Soccerway
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