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Alex Paulsen
New Zealand footballer born 2002
Alexander Paulsen (born 4 July 2002) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wellington Phoenix.
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Paulsen playing for the Wellington Phoenix in 2024. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Paulsen | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2017 | Onehunga Sports | ||
| 2018– | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 21 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Wellington United | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Lower Hutt City | 39 | (0) |
| 2021– | Wellington Phoenix | 28 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | New Zealand U-17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019– | New Zealand U-23 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023 | |||
Paulsen was educated at Selwyn College in Auckland and Scots College in Wellington. He was part of the New Zealand team in the football competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4][5]
Born in New Zealand to South African parents, he made his A-League debut on 19 December 2021, in a 2–1 loss against Sydney FC after coming on for an injured Oli Sail.[6]
In an FFA Cup quarterfinal match against Melbourne City on 5 January 2022, Paulsen made three saves in a 0–0 (4–3) penalty shootout extra time win to secure the Phoenix's maiden semifinal appearance in the competition.[7]
Individual
- "Alex Paulsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- Andrew Voerman (2 November 2019). "Fifa Under-17 World Cup: New Zealand stay alive thanks to Alex Paulsen's saves". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- "Paulsen Bounces Back at First Opportunity". FIFA. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- Rollo, Phillip (19 December 2021). "'Not up to standard': Wellington Phoenix lose third A-League Men game in a row". Stuff.
- Rollo, Phillip (6 January 2022). "Alex Paulsen saves the day to send Wellington Phoenix into FFA Cup final four". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Alex Paulsen at Soccerway
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