Joe Devera
 Devera playing for Boreham Wood in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Devera[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Southgate, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boreham Wood | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2005 | Barnet | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Barnet | 177 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Welwyn Garden City (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2006 | → Northwood (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Swindon Town | 53 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Portsmouth | 72 | (1) |
| 2015– | Boreham Wood | 29 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:03, 9 August 2016 (UTC) | |||
Joseph "Joe" Devera (born 6 February 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for National League side Boreham Wood.
Career
Barnet
Born in Southgate, London,[1] Devera is a product of Barnet's youth system, and broke into the Barnet first team in the 2006–07 season. He then established himself as the club's first-choice right-back and went on to make 177 appearances at Underhill in his 6 years for the senior side, Devera's highlights at Barnet include being named as Barnet's player of the year in 2008.[2] In March 2011, he announced that he wanted to play for the Venezuela national football team,[3] Venezuela being his father's country of birth. On 8 May 2011, he was announced as Barnet's most improved and best player of the 2010–11 campaign.[4]
Swindon Town
On 13 June 2011, Devera signed for Swindon Town in League Two, as new manager Paolo Di Canio's first signing.[5] He was part of the team that was promoted to League One in the 2011/12 season. Winning the League Two title was Devera's first honour as a player. In the following 2012/2013 season Devera was part of the 'Robins' side that reached the play-offs and faced Brentford. Swindon lost on penalties in the second leg of the semi-finals but Devera managed to score a goal. The semi-final second leg was Devera's last game for Swindon and he was released after making 66 appearances in all competitions.
Portsmouth
On 14 May 2013, Devera signed for League Two side Portsmouth on a two-year contract.[5] He made his debut in a 4-1 home defeat to Oxford United on the 3rd of August 2013.
Devera was a first-choice for Portsmouth over the course of two seasons, being mainly deployed as a centre-back and a right-back. It was announced on 18 May 2015 that his contract would not be renewed, and that he would be leaving at the end of the season.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 2 May 2015.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other1 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barnet | 2005–06 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 34 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Subtotal | 186 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 206 | 2 | |
| Northwood (loan) | 2005–06 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Subtotal | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Swindon Town | 2011–12 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Subtotal | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 3 | |
| Portsmouth | 2013–14 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 1 | |
| Career total | 309 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 351 | 6 | |
1 Including Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs.
Honours
Swindon Town
References
- ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ Joe wins player of the year
- ^ Bees ace eyes call-up
- ^ Devera tops fans poll
- ^ a b "Joe Devera: Portsmouth agree to sign Swindon defender". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ "Eight players released". Portsmouth FC. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
External links
- Joe Devera at Soccerbase
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Southgate, London
- Footballers from Greater London
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- Welwyn Garden City F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Northwood F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Boreham Wood F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Isthmian League players
- National League (English football) players
- British people of Venezuelan descent