Owen Evans
Personal information
Full name Owen Rhys Evans[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996[2]
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Walsall
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2014 Hereford United
2014–2015 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Wigan Athletic 1 (0)
2016Witton Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2016Rhyl (loan) 20 (0)
2017North Ferriby United (loan) 6 (0)
2018Sutton United (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020Macclesfield Town (loan) 24 (0)
2020Cheltenham Town (loan) 11 (0)
2021–2022 Cheltenham Town 27 (0)
2022– Walsall 64 (0)
International career
2013–2014 Wales U19 4 (0)
2018 Wales U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:15, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:54, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Owen Rhys Evans (born 28 November 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for EFL League Two club Walsall as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Wigan Athletic

Evans made his professional debut for Wigan in a 2–1 victory against Blackpool in the second round of the 2017–18 EFL Cup.[3] On 25 July 2019, Evans went out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Macclesfield Town on a season-long loan deal.[4]

After his spell at Macclesfield was cut short, Evans signed for Cheltenham Town on 9 January 2020 on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[5]

Walsall

In June 2022 Evans signed for Walsall on a two year contract.[6]

International career

Evans was named in Wales Under-21 squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group 8 matches against Switzerland on 1 September 2017 and Portugal on 5 September 2017.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2015–16[8] League One 0000000000
2016–17[9] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[10] League One 0000100010
2018–19[11] Championship 0000000000
2019–20[12] Championship 0000000000
2020–21[13] League One 1010003[lower-alpha 1]040
Total 1010103050
Witton Albion (loan) 2015–16[14] Northern Premier League Division One North 5050
Rhyl (loan) 2016–17[15] Welsh Premier League 200103000240
North Ferriby United (loan) 2016–17[15] National League 60000060
Sutton United (loan) 2017–18[15] National League 20002[lower-alpha 2]040
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2019–20[12] League Two 240102000270
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2019–20[12] League Two 11000002[lower-alpha 3]0130
Career total 690306070850
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in League Two playoffs

References

  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17". English Football League. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Owen Evans". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Wigan 2 Blackpool 1". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. "Owen Evans: Wigan Athletic keeper joins Macclesfield Town on loan". BBC Sport. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. "Owen Evans: Cheltenham Town sign goalkeeper on loan from Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. Evans joins Walsall
  7. "WALES U21 SQUAD NAMED FOR EURO QUALIFIERS". faw.org.uk. Football Association of Wales. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. "Games played by Owen Evans in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. "Games played by Owen Evans in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  10. "Games played by Owen Evans in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  11. "Games played by Owen Evans in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Owen Evans in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. "Games played by Owen Evans in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  14. "Witton Albion | Fixtures and Results | 2015-2016 | Football Web Pages".
  15. 1 2 3 Owen Evans at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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