Alexander Ian Grant (born 23 January 1994) is an Australian

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Pohang Steelers The Pohang Steelers (Hangul: 포항 스틸러스) are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province that compete in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. The Steelers were founded on 1 A ...

Career

Portsmouth

Grant signed a two-year scholarship with

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in July 2010. He progressed through reserve and academy sides, and appeared on the bench against

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, on 28 April 2012. In his next season, on 14 August, he made his professional debut, acting as a starter in a

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match against

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. On 20 December, he was loaned to

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in a one-month deal. He made his debut on New Year's Day, against

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. On 24 January 2013, he joined

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 20 ...

on a one-month loan deal. He joined Hawks as a replacement for fellow Portsmouth player

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, who gained first team action at Pompey. He made his Hawks debut two days later, in a 0–0 away draw against

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. He scored his first goal for Hawks on 16 April, against

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Stoke City

On 9 May, despite his loan being successful, he was released by Pompey. Following his release by Portsmouth, Grant signed for

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who fought off competition from Everton. On 30 August 2014 Grant joined

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

on loan. He scored his first goal for the Silkmen in an FA Cup tie against

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. Grant was released by Stoke at the end of the 2014–15 season.

Perth Glory

Grant returned to Australia in June 2015 and joined

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side

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

Pohang Steelers

In December 2020, with 3 seasons left on his Perth Glory contract, Grant joined

on an undisclosed fee transfer.

International career

Despite being born in England, Grant was called to play for Australia U17. He was on the provisional 35-man squad for the

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Career statistics

Honours

Perth Glory *

: Premiers 2018–19 *

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runner-up:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Alex 1994 births Living people Footballers from Manchester English footballers Australian soccer players Association football defenders Portsmouth F.C. players Eastleigh F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Perth Glory FC players Pohang Steelers players National League (English football) players A-League Men players