Mathew Stevens
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathew Antony Stevens | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Surrey, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Barnet | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Farnborough | ||
| 2013–2014 | Reading | ||
| 2014– | Barnet | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Barnet | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:03, 12 August 2015 (UTC) | |||
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Mathew Antony "Matt" Stevens (born 12 February 1998) is an English footballer and former amateur boxer. He plays as a forward for Barnet.
Boxing career[edit]
Stevens was born into a boxing family – grandfather Les Stevens was a professional boxer[1] who fought John Conteh in 1974.[2] Stevens, who fought out of Pinewood Starr ABC in Crowthorne and once sparred with Tim Witherspoon,[3] won four national titles during his brief career at youth level. In 2011 he won the ABAE Schools national title[4] and the GB Schoolboy 3 Nations title,[5] repeating the feat again in 2012.[6][7] Stevens was undefeated during his boxing career.
Football career[edit]
Stevens quit boxing aged 15 and joined the youth team at Farnborough.[8] He then joined Reading where he scored 32 goals in the 2013–14 season at U-16 level.[9] Stevens joined Barnet in the summer of 2014 on a two-year scholarship. Impressive goal scoring form for the youth team early in the season saw him make his senior debut against Alfreton Town on 6 September 2014,[10] coming on as a substitute for Sam Togwell after 82 minutes,[11] becoming Barnet's youngest ever player aged 16 years and 204 days, a record previously held by Mauro Vilhete.[10] His first senior goal for the Bees came in the FA Trophy against Concord Rangers on 16 December 2014 – scoring a Panenka penalty – and also becoming Barnet's youngest ever goalscorer.[12] Stevens scored 57 goals in all competitions in the 2014–15 season – attracting interest from larger clubs, including Swansea City, who had a £250k offer for Stevens rejected in May 2015.[13] A bid was also received from Crystal Palace with both Manchester United and Manchester City sending scouts to watch him play.[14]
Stevens scored six times for the Bees in 2015–16 pre-season, and made his Football League debut when he came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Michael Gash against Leyton Orient on 8 August 2015.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ getreading Administrator (3 July 2012). "Stevens and Frankham set for tri-nations glory". getreading.
- ↑ "BoxRec – Les Stevens". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Mathew Stevens". Twitter.
- ↑ "Royal Navy Schools ABA Championships – Sunday 6 March – England Boxing". abae.co.uk.
- ↑ "2011 GB Schoolboy 3 Nation Championships – England Boxing". abae.co.uk.
- ↑ "2012 ABAE Schools Championship Finals – England Boxing". abae.co.uk.
- ↑ "England bring home 20 Gold Medals from the GB School Boys Championship – Kids Boxing". kidsboxing.co.uk.
- ↑ "Mathew Stevens". Twitter.
- ↑ "Barnet FC Youth Team Profiles". barnetfc.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Martin: "They keep going until the end"". barnetfc.com.
- ↑ "BBC Sport – Barnet 2–1 Alfreton Town". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Young Bees knocked out of FA Trophy". Times Series.
- ↑ "UPDATED: Barnet reject offer from Swansea City for Stevens". Times Series.
- ↑ "Manchester United and Manchester City are interested in Barnet youngster Matt Stevens but neither club has made a bid". Times Series.
- ↑ "BBC Sport – Leyton Orient 2–0 Barnet". BBC Sport.
External links[edit]
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