Blake Powell

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Blake Powell

| fullname = Blake Powell

| image = Blake Powell 2014.jpg

| caption = Powell training with Sydney FC in 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|04|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

| height = {{convert|1.76|m|abbr=on}}

| position = Striker / Attacking midfielder{{cite web|last1=Huguenin|first1=Michael|title=Central Coast's strikeforce has Irish striker smiling|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/central-coast-mariners-strikeforce-has-roy-odonovan-smiling/1e4xiq5xrm6ms1dsittvm0u92q|website=A-League|publisher=Football Federation Australia|access-date=30 September 2016}}

| currentclub = APIA Leichhardt

| clubnumber = 10

| youthyears1 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs1 = Sydney FC

| years1 = 2008–2010

| caps1 = 27

| goals1 = 7

| clubs1 = Sutherland Sharks

| years2 = 2011

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 4

| clubs2 = Bonnyrigg White Eagles

| years3 = 2012

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 2

| clubs3 = Sutherland Sharks

| years4 = 2012–2014

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 3

| clubs4 = Sydney FC

| years5 = 2014–2015

| caps5 = 31

| goals5 = 28

| clubs5 = APIA Leichhardt

| years6 = 2015–2016

| caps6 = 23

| goals6 = 8

| clubs6 = Wellington Phoenix

| years7 = 2015–2016

| caps7 = 1

| goals7 = 1

| clubs7 = Wellington Phoenix Reserves

| years8 = 2016–2018

| caps8 = 36

| goals8 = 5

| clubs8 = Central Coast Mariners

| years9 = 2018–2019

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

| clubs9 = Ceres-Negros

| years10 = 2020

| caps10 = 3

| goals10 = 1

| clubs10 = Sutherland Sharks

| years11 = 2021–

| caps11 = 14

| goals11 = 4

| clubs11 = APIA Leichhardt

| club-update = 9 November 2021

}}

Blake Powell (born 18 April 1991) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a striker for APIA Leichhardt in the National Premier Leagues NSW.

Career

= Sydney FC =

A member of Sydney FC National Youth League side over the 2010/11 and 2011/12 season as well as part of the Sydney FC Asian Champions League squad in 2011, Powell was rewarded with an A-League contract prior to the 2012/13 season.

He made his debut for Sydney FC on 13 October 2012 against Newcastle Jets; he scored his first goal on his debut in a 3–2 home loss.

= Wellington Phoenix =

On 17 July 2015, Powell joined Wellington Phoenix.{{cite web|url=http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/article/player-signing--phoenix-sign-former-sydney-fc-striker/12yxai42jaaoi1pdyx4gvomlon|title=Phoenix sign former Sydney FC striker|publisher=Wellington Phoenix|date=17 July 2015|access-date=4 July 2016|archive-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720183344/http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/article/player-signing--phoenix-sign-former-sydney-fc-striker/12yxai42jaaoi1pdyx4gvomlon|url-status=dead}}

On 14 February 2016, whilst playing against the Western Sydney Wanderers, Powell scored four goals, including a perfect hat-trick, in a single game in the A-League, the first Phoenix player to do so in the A-League.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-14/unstoppable-powell-stuns-wanderers-with-four-goals-for-phoenix/7167030|work=ABC News|date=14 February 2016|title=Blake Powell blitz sees Wellington Phoenix thump Western Sydney Wanderers in Parramatta Stadium}}

On 5 July 2016, Wellington Phoenix released Powell from his contract for personal reasons, allowing him to return to Sydney and his family.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/81763507/wellington-phoenix-striker-blake-powell-released-from-contract|title=Wellington Phoenix striker Blake Powell released from contract|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|publisher=Fairfax NZ|first=Cameron|last=Burnell|date=5 July 2016}}

= Central Coast Mariners =

In July 2016, after scoring a goal while trialling with the Central Coast Mariners,{{cite web|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/trialist-blake-powell-scores-in-central-coast-mariners-rout/1fabstwxa27we1di2vu8gfvp6o|title=Trialist Blake Powell scores in Mariners rout|publisher=Football Federation Australia|date=12 July 2016}} he signed a two-year deal.{{cite web|url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/07/13/powell-join-mariners-phoenix|title=Powell to join Mariners from the Phoenix|publisher=SBS|work=The World Game|first=Dave|last=Lewis|date=13 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/transfer-news-central-coast-mariners-sign-former-wellington-phoenix-striker-blake-powell/nmfn8ddezkij1xsbki31nw3ai|title=Mariners sign former Phoenix striker|publisher=Football Federation Australia|date=14 July 2016}} On 18 April 2018 Central Coast Mariners announced they wouldn't renew Powell's contract.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/football/central-coast-mariners-cull-seven-players-two-staff-in-fallout-from-wooden-spoon-season/news-story/f67813200baf661dfd5af8fd4bda81b6|title=Central Coast Mariners cull seven players, two staff in fallout from wooden spoon season|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 April 2018}}

= Ceres–Negros =

On 18 July 2018 Powell moved to Ceres–Negros F.C. in the Philippines Football League in the middle of the 2018 season.{{cite news |last1=Somerford |first1=Ben |title=Blake Powell Joins Filipino Champions |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/blake-powell-joins-filipino-champions-498573 |access-date=18 July 2018 |work=FourFourTwo |date=18 July 2018 |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205927/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/blake-powell-joins-filipino-champions-498573 |url-status=dead }}