Owen Bevan
Welsh footballer (born 2003)
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Owen Lucas Bevan (born 26 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Premier League club Bournemouth. He is a former Wales under-21 international.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Owen Lucas Bevan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bournemouth | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2022 | Bournemouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | 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) |
| 2022–2023 | Wales U21 | 5 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Personal life
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 Welsh former amateur boxing champion who represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal in the men's light heavyweight event.[2][3]
Club career
Bevan joined the youth academy at 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]
International career
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]
Career statistics
- 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 | ||
| Bournemouth | 2021–22[19] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[20] | Premier League | 1 | 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[a] | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2023–24[21] | League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 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