Justin Chavez

Justin Chavez
Personal information
Date of birth	March 23, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Number	13
College career
Years	Team
2008–2011	Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2014	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
2015–	Tampa Bay Rowdies
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 17, 2016

Justin Chavez (born March 23, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League.

Career

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Chavez attended the University of Tulsa, where he spent four seasons playing with the soccer side, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

As of July 27, 2013^[5]

Club	Season	League		League Cup		Domestic Cup		CONCACAF		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2013	13	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	13	0
Career total		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0

^ "Justin Chavez". Tulsa Hurricane. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
^ "Justin Chavez". Strikers. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
^ "Strikers Sign Five as Roster Nears Completion". North American Soccer League. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
^ "SAN ANTONIO SCORPIONS VS. FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS 3 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
^ Justin Chavez at Soccerway