Joel Imasuen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Victor Imasuen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Atlanta, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Werder Bremen | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 2021–2022 | Viktoria Berlin | ||
| 2022–2023 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Werder Bremen II | 27 | (41) |
| 2024– | Werder Bremen | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:06, 21 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Joel Victor Imasuen (born 27 October 2004) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Werder Bremen.
Career
[edit]Imasuen joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen from Viktoria Berlin in 2022.[2] During the 2023–24 season, he mainly played for the club's reserves in the Bremen-Liga.[3] He and teammate Maik Łukowicz fought for the spot as top scorer across all Oberligas, the German fifth tier, having scored 25 (Imasuen) and 30 goals (Łukowicz) after 20 matches.[3] On 21 March 2024, Imasuen played for Werder Bremen's first team in a friendly against Hannover 96, scoring his side's only goal in a 3–1 loss.[2] He subsequently trained with the first team.[2] On 30 March 2024, he debuted in the Bundesliga during a 2–0 loss to VfL Wolfsburg.[4]
Style of play
[edit]Imasuen mainly operates as a forward. Werder Bremen's head of professional football Clemens Fritz described him as having an "intense style of play".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Joel Imasuen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d Cottäus, Daniel (26 March 2024). "U23-Spieler Imasuen überzeugt bei den Werder-Profis" [U23 player Imasuen impresses with the Werder pros]. Weser Kurier (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Lukowicz und Imasuen: Torjäger-Duell bei Werder Bremen II" [Lukowicz and Imasuen: Goalscorer duel at Werder Bremen II]. kicker (in German). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Joel Imasuen | SV Werder Bremen: Imasuen feiert sein Profidebüt gegen Wolfsburg". ligainsider.de. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Joel Imasuen at kicker (in German)
- Living people
- 2004 births
- American men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Atlanta
- Men's association football forwards
- Bundesliga players
- Oberliga (football) players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- SV Werder Bremen II players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players in Germany
- 21st-century American sportsmen