Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)

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Joel Senior
Personal information
Full name Joel Toby Senior[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Didsbury, England
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Carlisle United
Number 32
Youth career
2004–2014 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Hough End
2015–2017 Maine Road
2017–2019 F.C. United of Manchester 58 (0)
2019 Curzon Ashton 10 (0)
2019–2020 Burnley 0 (0)
2020–2022 Altrincham 61 (0)
2022– Carlisle United 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Joel Toby Senior (born 24 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Carlisle United as a right back.

Early and personal life[]

Senior was born in Didsbury.[2] His brothers are also footballers, who played in non-league for Maine Road.[2]

Career[]

Senior spent nearly a decade with Oldham Athletic, but was released at the age of 15 for being too small.[2] He said it was the worst day of his life.[2] He began playing non-league football around Greater Manchester, initially with Sunday league team Hough End.[2] At the age of 16 he was playing for Maine Road and working 2 days a week in an engineering and design company.[2] He then made 68 appearances in all competitions for F.C. United of Manchester,[3] including 58 league appearances,[4] before moving to Curzon Ashton in February 2019,[5] for whom he made 10 league appearances in National League North.[4]

In May 2019 he signed a 12-month contract with Premier League club Burnley, with the option of a further year, with the intenton that he would initially play with their under-23 team.[2][6][7]

He was released by Burnley at the end of the 2019–20 season.[8] He later signed for Altrincham.[9] He signed for Carlisle United in January 2022.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tyrone Marshall (22 May 2019). "The incredible story of Manchester footballer Joel Senior's rise from non-league to Premier League". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Profile". FC United.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b Joel Senior at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Joel Senior makes Curzon Ashton switch". The Non-League Football Paper. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Senior Service For New Boy Joel". Burnley F.C. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ Adam Lord (16 May 2019). "Burnley sign Curzon Ashton right back Joel Senior". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Clubs publish 2019/20 released lists". www.premierleague.com.
  9. ^ "Joel Senior | Altrincham Football Club". www.altrinchamfc.com.
  10. ^ "Carlisle sign Altrincham defender Senior" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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