Alex Greive
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 May 1999 | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | St Mirren | ||
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– | St Mirren | 10 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2022– | New Zealand | 3 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:33, 28 March 2022 (UTC) |
Alexander Greive (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for Scottish club St Mirren, as a striker.
Club career[]
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]
International career[]
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.[9] He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute.[10] In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals.[11]
Honours[]
Individual
- Northern League Golden Boot: 2021[6]
- Northern League MVP: 2021[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c "From local football to Scottish Premier League: Kiwi striker's remarkable rise". NZ Herald.
- ^ "Alex Greive - Men's Soccer". Northern Kentucky University Athletics.
- ^ "Cincinnati Dutch Lions - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - #10 - Alexander Greive - F". www.cdlfc.com.
- ^ Alex Greive at Soccerway
- ^ "Northern Region Football - LOTTO NRFL Senior Fixtures". www.northernregionfootball.org.nz.
- ^ a b c "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". New Zealand Football.
- ^ "St Mirren sign New Zealander Greive". BBC Sport.
- ^ "New Zealand forward Alex Greive joins Saints". www.stmirren.com.
- ^ "Alex Greive to replace Andre de Jong in men's national team squad". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
- ^ "Men's team end three-match winning run with defeat against Jordan". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Alex Greive strikes twice as All Whites set up World Cup qualifying semifinal against Tahiti". Stuff.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- New Zealand association footballers
- New Zealand international footballers
- Papakura City FC players
- Waitakere City FC players
- Birkenhead United AFC players
- Northern Kentucky Norse men's soccer players
- Cincinnati Dutch Lions players
- Waitakere United players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- USL League Two players
- New Zealand Football Championship players
- New Zealand National League players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Association football forwards
- New Zealand expatriate association footballers
- New Zealand expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- New Zealand expatriates in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- New Zealand association football biography stubs