Joel Craig Stevens (born 7 February 1995) is a New Zealand

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a striker for Swedish club

Oskarshamns AIK Oskarshamns AIK is a Swedish football club located in Oskarshamn in Kalmar County. Background Oskarshamns Allmänna Idrottsklubb were formed on 1 September 1922. Notable players that have played for the club include Amar Drndo, Viktor Niklasson ...

Club career

In March 2018, Joel joined

Husqvarna FF Husqvarna FF is a football club in Huskvarna, Sweden. The team is sponsored by the Husqvarna AB. History Husqvarna FF was founded on 3 February 1987 following the merger of the men's association football sections of Husqvarna IF and Huskvarna S ...

who play in

Division 1 Södra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden ...

in Sweden. In November 2019, Stevens returned home to Dunedin to play again for his Youth club

Southern United Southern United, previously known as Otago United, is a semi-professional football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Founded in 2004, they play their home games at the Logan Park and Forsyth Barr Stadium. It is the southernmost football clu ...

in the

ISPS Handa Premiership The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

In March 2020, Stevens joined Swedish club

IFK Värnamo IFK Värnamo is a Swedish football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swedish national football team when the ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Joel 1995 births Living people Men's association football forwards New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers New Zealand expatriate men's association footballers Wellington Phoenix FC players Waitakere United players Team Wellington FC players Husqvarna FF players Southern United FC players IFK Värnamo players Oskarshamns AIK players A-League Men players Ettan Fotboll players New Zealand Football Championship players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden