Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)
Personal information | |||
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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 | Morecambe | ||
Number | 12 | ||
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– | Morecambe | 19 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:09, 29 November 2023 (UTC) |
Joel Toby Senior (born 24 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Morecambe.[2]
Early and personal life
Senior was born in Didsbury.[3] His brothers are also footballers, who played in non-league for Maine Road.[3]
Career
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 Morecambe on 1 July 2023.[13]
Honours
Carlisle United
References
- ^ "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. 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Carlisle United 1–1 Stockport County (5–4 pens)". BBC Sport. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Maine Road F.C. players
- F.C. United of Manchester players
- Curzon Ashton F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Altrincham F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Morecambe F.C. players
- North West Counties Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- English Football League players
- People from Didsbury