Greg Owens

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Greg Owens

| fullname = Gregory Owens

| image = Greg Owens.jpg

| image_size = 150

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|1|27}}

| birth_place = Bathurst, Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Adamstown Rosebuds

| years1 = 1997–2000

| years2 = 2000–2003

| years3 = 2003–2004

| years4 = 2004–2005

| years5 = 2005

| years6 = 2005–2006

| years7 = 2006

| years8 = 2006–2007

| years9 = 2007–2009

| years10 = 2009

| clubs1 = Newcastle Breakers

| clubs2 = Sydney Olympic

| clubs3 = Newcastle United

| clubs4 = Sydney Olympic

| clubs5 = Johor FC

| clubs6 = Adelaide United

| clubs7 = Sydney United

| clubs8 = Adelaide United

| clubs9 = Central Coast Mariners

| clubs10 = Bankstown City Lions

| caps1 = 42

| caps2 = 58

| caps3 = 16

| caps4 =

| caps5 =

| caps6 = 2

| caps7 =

| caps8 = 21

| caps9 = 15

| goals1 = 5

| goals2 = 8

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 =

| goals5 =

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 =

| goals8 = 4

| goals9 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Australia U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 21

| nationalgoals1 = 10

| club-update = 29 November 2008

| nationalteam-update =

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUS}}}}

}}

Greg Owens (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian footballer who last played a midfielder for Bankstown City Lions in the NSW Premier League. He was born in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Playing career

=Club=

Owens joined Newcastle Breakers for the 1998–99 National Soccer League, where he made his debut aged seventeen. He left the Breakers in September 2000, amid growing concerns about the team's stability.{{cite news|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000914130000/http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/newcastle/monthly/regnew-6sep2000-9.htm|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/newcastle/monthly/regnew-6sep2000-9.htm|archive-date=14 September 2000|date=6 September 2000|website=ABC News|title=Breakers lose captain, rising star|access-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live}}

Following unsuccessful trials in Denmark and at Southampton, Owens joined A-League side Adelaide United on a short-term, injury replacement contract during the finals series of the 2005–06 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.plandrawing.com.au/plan-drawing-articles/2006/2/17/owens-joins-adelaides-grand-plan/|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140215024055/http://www.plandrawing.com.au/plan-drawing-articles/2006/2/17/owens-joins-adelaides-grand-plan/|first=James|last=Gardiner|website=The Newcastle Herald|date=17 February 2006|title=Owens joins Adelaide's grand plan|archive-date=15 February 2014|access-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live}} He rejoined Adelaide from Sydney United, on a longer-term contract in June 2006.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/adelaide-signs-sydney-fcs-greg-owens-20060609-gdnpzg.html|title=Adelaide signs Sydney FC's Greg Owens|date=9 June 2006|access-date=26 June 2023|website=Sydney Morning Herald}}

Owens left Adelaide after the 2006–07 A-League for personal reasons to return to his home state, New South Wales.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/new-trauma-as-owens-flees/news-story/8157be9c3252bf4b6185dad0ec299a47|website=Fox Sports|access-date=26 June 2023|title=New trauma as Owens flees}} He signed for Central Coast Mariners in March 2007.{{cite news|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20071201230956/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/54545/20071202-0000/www.a-league.com.au/default7dbd.html|title=Mariners sign Owens|date=12 March 2007|archive-date=1 December 2007|website=A-League|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default7dbd.html|access-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live}} Ownes scored his first goal for the Mariners in a win over Perth Glory in November 2007.{{cite news|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080713204452/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/45673/20080714-0000/www.footballaustralia.com.au/Community/defaultdd35.html|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/Community/defaultdd35.html|first=Benjamin|last=Coonan|website=Football Federation Australia|date=20 November 2007|archive-date=13 July 2008|title=Former Novocastrian Owens set for derby|access-date=21 June 2024|url-status=bot: unknown}}

Owens was released by the Mariners in May 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25511844-5001023,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521214434/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25511844-5001023,00.html|website=The Daily Telegraph|first=Liam|last=Fitzgibbons|title=Central Coast Mariners release four, sign Nicky Travis|archive-date=21 May 2009}}

Honours

Olympic Sharks

National Soccer League Championship: 2001–02

Adelaide United

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup: 2006

Central Coast Mariners

A-League Premiership: 2007–08

Australia U-20

OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oc-u20-01.html|title=Oceania U-20 World Cup 2001 Qualifiers|access-date=March 13, 2025}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20091023232054/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=ccfc_playerprofile_item&pid=688 Central Coast Mariners profile]
[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/O/OR.html Oz Football profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910184342/http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=856 Sports Australia article]

Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Bathurst, New South Wales

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Australian men's soccer players

Category:Australia men's youth international soccer players

Category:Australia men's under-20 international soccer players

Category:Australian expatriate men's soccer players

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia

Category:A-League Men players

Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players

Category:Adelaide United FC players