Joel Senior (footballer, born 1999)

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

Joel Senior
Personal information
Full name Joel Toby Senior[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999
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)

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. 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. 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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