Owen Lucas Bevan (born 26 October 2003) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as centre-back for National League club Yeovil Town on loan from AFC Bournemouth. He is a Wales under-21 international.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Owen Lucas Bevan[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 19) | ||
Place of birth | Winchester, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Yeovil Town (on loan from AFC Bournemouth) | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2022 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | (0) |
2022 | → Truro City (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2022– | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 12 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Wales U19 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Wales U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, 19 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:18, 2 October 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Winchester, and raised in Fair Oak, Hampshire Bevan qualifies for Wales through his mother. His father, Lester Bevan, is a boxing coach. Owen’s brother Taylor Bevan is a former English amateur boxing champion who represented Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal in the men's light heavyweight event.[2][3]
Bevan joined the youth academy at AFC 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]
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.[12] 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.[13][14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Bournemouth | 2021–22[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2022–23[16] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Truro City (loan) | 2021–22[17] | Southern League Premier Division South |
19 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2022–23[18] | National League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Career total | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
Yeovil Town F.C. – current squad | |
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