Justin Chavez

{{short description|American soccer player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}

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| name = Justin Chavez

| image = CINvTB 2017-04-19 - Justin Chavez (33842724070) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Chavez playing for Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2017

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|23}}

| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender/Midfielder

| collegeyears1 = 2008–2011

| college1 = Tulsa Golden Hurricane

| collegecaps1 = 77

| collegegoals1 = 5

| years1 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers

| caps1 = 27

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2017

| clubs2 = Tampa Bay Rowdies

| caps2 = 53

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2018

| clubs3 = Oklahoma City Energy

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 0

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| club-update = October 3, 2018

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Justin Chavez (born March 23, 1990) is an American professional soccer player.

Career

=College and youth=

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Chavez attended Edmond Memorial High School and later attended the University of Tulsa, where he spent four seasons playing with the soccer side, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.{{cite web|title=Justin Chavez |url=http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/chavez_justin00.html |work=Tulsa Hurricane |access-date=July 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417021221/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/chavez_justin00.html |archive-date=April 17, 2014 }} Chavez then entered the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft where he was drafted by the Chicago Fire, however, he was never given a contract with the team.{{cite web |title=Justin Chavez |url=http://www.strikers.com/index.php/team/906-justin-chavez.html |work=Strikers |access-date=July 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110931/http://www.strikers.com/index.php/team/906-justin-chavez.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

=Fort Lauderdale Strikers=

On March 25, 2013, it was announced that Chavez had signed his first professional contract with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League.{{cite web |title=Strikers Sign Five as Roster Nears Completion |url=http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=4225 |work=North American Soccer League |access-date=July 27, 2013}} He then made his debut for the Strikers on May 18 against the San Antonio Scorpions in which he came off the bench in the 78th minute for Shavar Thomas as the Strikers lost the match 1–3.{{cite web |title=SAN ANTONIO SCORPIONS VS. FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS 3 – 1 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/19/united-states/nasl/san-antonio-scorpions-fc/miami-fc/1433970/ |work=Soccerway |access-date=July 27, 2013}}

Career statistics

{{updated|October 3, 2018}}{{soccerway|justin-chavez/292772}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|Playoffs

!colspan=2|Cup

!colspan=2|Continental

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=3|Fort Lauderdale Strikers

|2013

|rowspan=2|NASL

|13

0colspan=2|–00colspan=2|–130
2014

|14

00000colspan=2|–140
colspan=2|Total

!27

0000000270
rowspan=4|Tampa Bay Rowdies

|2015

|rowspan=2|NASL

|15

0colspan=2|–00colspan=2|–150
2016

|22

1colspan=2|–20colspan=2|–241
2017

|USL

|16

01010colspan=2|–180
colspan=2|Total

!53

1103000571
OKC Energy

|2018

|USL

|28

0colspan=2|–10colspan=2|–290
colspan=3|Career total

!108

11040001131

References

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