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| Date of birth | (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Papakura City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Waitakere City | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Northern Kentucky Norse | 48 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Birkenhead United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Cincinnati Dutch Lions | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Waitakere United | 14 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Birkenhead United | 19 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | St Mirren | 63 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Dundee United (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Bohemians | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | New Zealand | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Alexander Greive (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
Grieve played youth football with Papakura City and Waitakere City. He began his senior career with Birkenhead United in New Zealand's NRFL Premier in 2015, at 15 years of age.
Greive played college soccer with the Northern Kentucky Norse, also appearing at club level for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in 2019 whilst studying. Greive spent the 2020–21 season with Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship. After playing with Birkenhead United, scoring 19 goals in 19 games in the 2021 season, and winning the Northern League Golden Boot, he signed for Scottish club St Mirren in January 2022.
He moved on loan to Dundee United in January 2024.
In July 2024 he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians on a multi-year contract. On 29 December 2024, it was announced that he had departed the club after 2 goals in 15 appearances in all competitions.
International career
On 26 January 2022, Greive earned his first call-up to the New Zealand national team for friendly matches against Jordan and Uzbekistan as a late replacement for Andre de Jong. He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute. In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1. | 24 March 2022 | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  New Caledonia |
1–0 | 7–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2. | 3–1 |
Honours
New Zealand
Individual
- Northern League Golden Boot: 2021
- Northern League MVP: 2021
References
- ^ "From local football to Scottish Premier League: Kiwi striker's remarkable rise". NZ Herald.
- "Alex Greive – Men's Soccer". Northern Kentucky University Athletics.
- "Cincinnati Dutch Lions – 2019 Regular Season – Roster – #10 – Alexander Greive – F". www.cdlfc.com.
- Alex Greive at Soccerway
- "Northern Region Football – LOTTO NRFL Senior Fixtures". www.northernregionfootball.org.nz.
- ^ "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". New Zealand Football.
- "St Mirren sign New Zealander Greive". BBC Sport.
- "New Zealand forward Alex Greive joins Saints". www.stmirren.com.
- "St Mirren's Alex Grieve joins Dundee Utd on short-term loan". BBC Sport. 9 January 2024.
- Team, Extratime. "Bohemians sign New Zealand international Alex Greive from St Mirren". extratime.com.
- "ALEX GREIVE DEPARTS | Bohemian FC". bohemianfc.com.
- O'Hehir, Paul (29 December 2024). "Bohemians confirm player departure after just five months of multi-year deal". Irish Mirror.
- "Alex Greive to replace Andre de Jong in men's national team squad". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
- "Men's team end three-match winning run with defeat against Jordan". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
- ^ Voerman, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Alex Greive strikes twice as All Whites set up World Cup qualifying semifinal against Tahiti". Stuff.
- "Four new names in All Whites squad selected for OFC Nations Cup". New Zealand Football. 5 June 2024.
- "All Whites win sixth OFC Men's Nations Cup with 3–0 win against Vanuatu". Friends Of Football. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
| New Zealand squad – 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup winners (6th title) | ||
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- New Zealand men's association footballers
- New Zealand men's international footballers
- Papakura City FC players
- Waitakere City FC players
- Birkenhead United AFC players
- Northern Kentucky Norse men's soccer players
- Cincinnati Dutch Lions players
- Waitakere United players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Bohemian F.C. players
- USL League Two players
- New Zealand Football Championship players
- New Zealand National League players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- New Zealand expatriate men's association footballers
- New Zealand expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- New Zealand expatriates in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- New Zealand expatriates in Ireland
- Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup players
- OFC Nations Cup–winning players
- League of Ireland players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen