Joel_Senior_(footballer,_born_1999)

Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)

Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)

English footballer (born 1999)

Joel Toby Senior (born 24 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Morecambe.[2]

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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

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    "EFL squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contracted players" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. [2]
    Joel Senior at Soccerbase
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Profile". FC United.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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    Joel Senior at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Joel Senior makes Curzon Ashton switch". The Non-League Football Paper. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Senior Service For New Boy Joel". Burnley F.C. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. [8]
    Adam Lord (16 May 2019). "Burnley sign Curzon Ashton right back Joel Senior". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Clubs publish 2019/20 released lists". www.premierleague.com.
  10. [10]
    "Joel Senior | Altrincham Football Club". www.altrinchamfc.com.
  11. [11]
    "Carlisle sign Altrincham defender Senior". BBC Sport.
  12. [12]
    "Manager: Some tough decisions to make". Carlisle United Football Club. 30 May 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Morecambe sign defender Senior after Carlisle exit" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. [14]
    "Carlisle United 1–1 Stockport County (5–4 pens)". BBC Sport. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  15. [15]
    "End of Season Awards 2023/24". Morecambe FC. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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