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DeutschJoel Senior (footballer, born 1999)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Toby Senior[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Didsbury, England | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2023 | Carlisle United | 17 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Morecambe | 43 | (1) |
| 2024– | Bristol Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:05, 4 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Joel Toby Senior (born 24 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL League One club Bristol Rovers.[2]
Early and personal life
[edit]Senior was born in Didsbury.[3] His brothers are also footballers, who played in non-league for Maine Road.[3]
Career
[edit]Senior spent nearly a decade with Oldham Athletic, but was released at the age of 15 for being too small.[3] He later described it was the worst day of his life.[3] He began playing non-league football around Greater Manchester, initially with Sunday league team Hough End.[3] At the age of 16 he was playing for Maine Road and working two days a week in an engineering and design company.[3] He then made 68 appearances in all competitions for F.C. United of Manchester,[4] including 58 league appearances,[5] before moving to Curzon Ashton in February 2019,[6] for whom he made ten league appearances in National League North.[5]
In May 2019 he signed a 12-month contract with Premier League club Burnley, with the option of a further year, with the intention that he would initially play with their under-23 team.[3][7][8]
He was released by Burnley at the end of the 2019–20 season.[9] He later signed for Altrincham.[10] He signed for Carlisle United in January 2022.[11]
On 30 May 2023, after Carlisle won promotion to League One, Carlisle manager Paul Simpson announced that Senior would be released once his contract expired.[12]
In June 2023, it was announced that he would sign for League Two side Morecambe on a one-year deal from 1 July 2023.[13] Following a successful first season, Senior was named as Morecambe's Player of the Year, also winning Players' Player of the Season.[14] Despite having been offered a new contract, he opted to depart the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.[15]
Bristol Rovers
[edit]On 29 June 2024, Senior agreed to join League One side Bristol Rovers on a two-year deal with the option for a further season.[16][17] In his fourth appearance for the club, a 2–0 defeat to Stockport County, Senior suffered a torn hamstring, likely to rule him out of action for a period of around two months according to manager Matt Taylor.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of end of 2023–24 season
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Curzon Ashton | 2018–19[19] | National League North | 10 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Altrincham | 2020–21[19] | National League | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2021–2[19] | National League | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Carlisle United | 2021–22[20] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022–23[21] | League One | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Morecambe | 2023–24[22] | League Two | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 50 | 1 |
| Career total | 131 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 2 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL League Two play-offs
Honours
[edit]Carlisle United
Individual
- Morecambe Supporters' Player of the Season: 2023–24[14]
- Morecambe Players' Player of the Season: 2023–24[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Joel Senior at Soccerbase
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Profile". FC United.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b Joel Senior at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Joel Senior makes Curzon Ashton switch". The Non-League Football Paper. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Senior Service For New Boy Joel". Burnley F.C. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Adam Lord (16 May 2019). "Burnley sign Curzon Ashton right back Joel Senior". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Clubs publish 2019/20 released lists". www.premierleague.com.
- ^ "Joel Senior | Altrincham Football Club". www.altrinchamfc.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Carlisle sign Altrincham defender Senior". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Manager: Some tough decisions to make". Carlisle United Football Club. 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Morecambe sign defender Senior after Carlisle exit" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "End of Season Awards 2023/24". Morecambe FC. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Shrimps confirm retained list". www.morecambefc.com. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Joel Senior completes Bristol Rovers transfer". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Joel Senior: Bristol Rovers sign right-back from Morecambe". BBC Sport. 29 June 2024.
- ^ Hargraves, Daniel (29 August 2024). "Bristol Rovers injury news ahead of Cambridge United as Gas handed significant double blow". Bristol Post. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Joel Senior at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Joel Senior in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Joel Senior in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Joel Senior in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Carlisle United 1–1 Stockport County (5–4 pens)". BBC Sport. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.