Alex Greive

Alexander Greive (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for Scottish club St Mirren, as a striker.

Alex Greive
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 St Mirren
Number 21
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– St Mirren 53 (8)
International career‡
2022– New Zealand 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023

Club career

Grieve played youth football with Papakura City and Waitakere City.[1] He began his senior career with Birkenhead United in New Zealand's NRFL Premier in 2015, at 15 years of age.[1]

Greive played college soccer with the Northern Kentucky Norse,[2] also appearing at club level for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in 2019 whilst studying.[3] Greive spent the 2020–21 season with Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.[4] After playing with Birkenhead United, scoring 19 goals in 19 games in the 2021 season,[1][5] and winning the Northern League Golden Boot,[6] he signed for Scottish club St Mirren in January 2022.[7][8]

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.[9] He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute.[10] In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals.[11]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1.24 March 2022Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar New Caledonia1–07–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[11]
2.3–1

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "From local football to Scottish Premier League: Kiwi striker's remarkable rise". NZ Herald.
  2. "Alex Greive - Men's Soccer". Northern Kentucky University Athletics.
  3. "Cincinnati Dutch Lions - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - #10 - Alexander Greive - F". www.cdlfc.com.
  4. Alex Greive at Soccerway
  5. "Northern Region Football - LOTTO NRFL Senior Fixtures". www.northernregionfootball.org.nz.
  6. "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". New Zealand Football.
  7. "St Mirren sign New Zealander Greive". BBC Sport.
  8. "New Zealand forward Alex Greive joins Saints". www.stmirren.com.
  9. "Alex Greive to replace Andre de Jong in men's national team squad". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  10. "Men's team end three-match winning run with defeat against Jordan". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  11. Voerman, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Alex Greive strikes twice as All Whites set up World Cup qualifying semifinal against Tahiti". Stuff.


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