Owen_Bevan
Owen Bevan
Welsh footballer (born 2003)
Owen Lucas Bevan (born 26 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for AFC Bournemouth. He is a Wales under-21 international.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Owen Lucas Bevan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2022 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Truro City (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Hibernian (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Wales U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Wales U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Wales U21 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Born in Winchester, and raised in Fair Oak, Hampshire Bevan qualifies for Wales through his mother, Katie. His father, Lester Bevan, is a boxing coach. Owen’s brother Taylor Bevan is a former English amateur boxing champion who represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal in the men's light heavyweight event.[2][3]
Bevan joined the youth academy at AFC Bournemouth when he was nine years old. He did play as a central midfielder but moved to defence aged 14. He was appointed as the captain of Bournemouth under-18s for the 2021–22 season. He joined Truro City on loan in January 2022.[4] Having initially signed a professional contract for the first time in March 2021,[5] Bevan was offered a new contact with Bournemouth in May 2022.[6]
Bevan was given the number 35 shirt ahead of the 2022–23 season,[7] and featured for the Bournemouth first team for the first time during a pre-season friendly against Real Sociedad.[8] On 23 August 2022, Bevan made his professional debut for AFC Bournemouth during a win on penalties over Norwich City in the League Cup.[9][10]
On 2 September 2022, Bevan joined National League side Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[11]
On 25 August 2023, Bevan joined League One club Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan deal.[12] On 2 January 2024, Bevan returned to his parent club AFC Bournemouth due to injury.[13]
On 1 February 2024, Bevan joined Scottish Premiership side Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season.[14] Due to a setback in rehabilitation from injury, Bevan was unable to play for Hibs and he returned to Bournemouth for treatment.[15]
Bevan was called up to the Wales national under-19 football team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group 10 qualifying matches in Norway against Georgia, Norway and Kosovo on 6, 9 and 12 October 2021.[16] In September 2022 Bevan made his debut for the Wales national under-21 football team in the 2–0 friendly match defeat against Austria under-21.[17][18]
- As of match played 9 December 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2021–22[19] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[20] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Truro City (loan) | 2021–22[22] | Southern League Premier Division South |
19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2022–23[23] | National League | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2023–24[21] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | 64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 2 | ||
- One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance in Somerset Premier Cup
- "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- "Owen Bevan". afcb.co.uk.
- "DEFENDER OWEN BEVAN SIGNS FOR CITY". trurocity.fc.
- "POLLOCK & BEVAN AGREE PRO DEALS". adcb.co.uk.
- "Gary Cahill heads list of 14 players to leave Cherries". Bournemouth Echo.
- "Bournemouth confirm season's squad numbers". Dorset Live. 5 August 2022.
- "NORWICH VS. BOURNEMOUTH 2–2". Soccerway.
- "Signing | Owen Bevan arrives on loan for the season". Yeovil Town F.C. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "Owen Bevan joins Robins on loan". www.ctfc.com. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- "Six loan players return to parent clubs". www.ctfc.com. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- "Hibernian sign Owen Bevan & Nectarios Triantis on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- Banks, Ben (23 February 2024). "Hibs suffer blow as January signing leaves club after injury". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- "Games played by Owen Bevan in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "Games played by Owen Bevan in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "Games played by Owen Bevan in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- "Owen Bevan Profile". aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "O. Bevan: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- Owen Bevan at Soccerway
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