Joel Victor Imasuen (born 27 October 2004) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

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for

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

Career

Imasuen joined

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

from Viktoria Berlin in 2022. During the 2023–24 season, he mainly played for the club's reserves in the

Bremen-Liga The Bremen-Liga, sometimes also referred to as ''Oberliga Bremen'', is a fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football ...

. He and teammate

Maik Łukowicz Maik Łukowicz (born 1 February 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for German team Werder Bremen II. Born in Germany, he represented Poland at under-17 and under-20 levels. Club career Born in Bremen, Germany, he bega ...

fought for the spot as top scorer across all Oberligas, the German fifth tier, having scored 25 (Imasuen) and 30 goals (Łukowicz) after 20 matches. On 21 March 2024, Imasuen played for Werder Bremen's first team in a friendly against

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...

, scoring his side's only goal in a 3–1 loss. He subsequently trained with the first team. On 30 March 2024, he debuted in the Bundesliga during a 2–0 loss to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

Style of play

Imasuen mainly operates as a

. Werder Bremen's head of professional football

Clemens Fritz Clemens Fritz (born 7 December 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right-back and as a defensive midfielder. He is mostly known for his 11-year spell at Werder Bremen. Having begun his career at Rot-Weiß Erfurt an ...

described him as having an "intense style of play".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imasuen, Joel Living people 2004 births American men's soccer players Soccer players from Atlanta Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players Oberliga (football) players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate soccer players in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany