Alex Greive

New Zealand professional footballer
Alex Greive
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 24)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Dundee United
(on loan from St Mirren)
Number 7
Youth career
2013 Papakura City
2014 Waitakere City
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Northern Kentucky Norse 48 (20)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Birkenhead United
2019 Cincinnati Dutch Lions 10 (2)
2020–2021 Waitakere United 14 (6)
2021 Birkenhead United 19 (19)
2022– St Mirren 63 (8)
2024– → Dundee United (loan) 12 (1)
International career‡
2022– New Zealand 10 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2023

Alexander Greive (born 13 May 1999) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for Scottish club Dundee United, on loan from St Mirren, as a striker.

Club career

Grieve played youth football with Papakura City and Waitakere City.[1] He began his senior career with Birkenhead United in New Zealand's NRFL Premier in 2015, at 15 years of age.[1]

Greive played college soccer with the Northern Kentucky Norse,[2] also appearing at club level for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in 2019 whilst studying.[3] Greive spent the 2020–21 season with Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.[4] After playing with Birkenhead United, scoring 19 goals in 19 games in the 2021 season,[1][5] and winning the Northern League Golden Boot,[6] he signed for Scottish club St Mirren in January 2022.[7][8]

He moved on loan to Dundee United in January 2024.[9]

International career

On 26 January 2022, Greive earned his first call-up to the New Zealand national team for friendly matches against Jordan and Uzbekistan as a late replacement for Andre de Jong.[10] He made his international debut in the match against Jordan, appearing as an 82nd minute substitute.[11] In his first start for New Zealand on 24 March 2022 he scored two goals, his first international goals.[12]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 24 March 2022 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  New Caledonia 1–0 7–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [12]
2. 3–1

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "From local football to Scottish Premier League: Kiwi striker's remarkable rise". NZ Herald.
  2. ^ "Alex Greive - Men's Soccer". Northern Kentucky University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Cincinnati Dutch Lions - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - #10 - Alexander Greive - F". www.cdlfc.com.
  4. ^ Alex Greive at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Northern Region Football - LOTTO NRFL Senior Fixtures". www.northernregionfootball.org.nz.
  6. ^ a b c "Goal-filled final weekend in the South Central Series as Miramar Rangers (men) and Southern United (women) crowned winners". New Zealand Football.
  7. ^ "St Mirren sign New Zealander Greive". BBC Sport.
  8. ^ "New Zealand forward Alex Greive joins Saints". www.stmirren.com.
  9. ^ "St Mirren's Alex Grieve joins Dundee Utd on short-term loan". BBC Sport. 9 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Alex Greive to replace Andre de Jong in men's national team squad". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  11. ^ "Men's team end three-match winning run with defeat against Jordan". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  12. ^ a b Voerman, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Alex Greive strikes twice as All Whites set up World Cup qualifying semifinal against Tahiti". Stuff.
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