Greg Owens
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregory Owens | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Bathurst, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adamstown Rosebuds | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Newcastle Breakers | 42 | (5) |
| 2000–2003 | Sydney Olympic | 58 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | Newcastle United | 16 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Sydney Olympic | ||
| 2005 | Johor FC | ||
| 2005–2006 | Adelaide United | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Sydney United | ||
| 2006–2007 | Adelaide United | 21 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Central Coast Mariners | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | Bankstown City Lions | ||
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Australia U-20 | 21 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2008 | |||
Greg Owens (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian footballer who last played a midfielder for Bankstown City Lions in the NSW Premier League. He was born in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Owens joined Newcastle Breakers for the 1998–99 National Soccer League, where he made his debut aged seventeen.[1] He left the Breakers in September 2000, amid growing concerns about the team's stability.[2]
Following unsuccessful trials in Denmark and at Southampton, Owens joined A-League side Adelaide United on a short-term, injury replacement contract during the finals series of the 2005–06 season.[3] He rejoined Adelaide from Sydney United, on a longer-term contract in June 2006.[4]
Owens left Adelaide after the 2006–07 A-League for personal reasons to return to his home state, New South Wales.[5] He signed for Central Coast Mariners in March 2007.[1] Ownes scored his first goal for the Mariners in a win over Perth Glory in November 2007.[6]
Owens was released by the Mariners in May 2009.[7]
Honours
[edit]Olympic Sharks
- National Soccer League Championship: 2001–02
Adelaide United
Central Coast Mariners
Australia U20
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mariners sign Owens". A-League. 12 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Breakers lose captain, rising star". ABC News. 6 September 2000. Archived from the original on 14 September 2000. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Gardiner, James (17 February 2006). "Owens joins Adelaide's grand plan". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Adelaide signs Sydney FC's Greg Owens". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "New trauma as Owens flees". Fox Sports. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Coonan, Benjamin (20 November 2007). "Former Novocastrian Owens set for derby". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Fitzgibbons, Liam. "Central Coast Mariners release four, sign Nicky Travis". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009.
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