Joe Devera
 Devera playing for Portsmouth in 2013 | |||
| 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] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Portsmouth | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Welwyn Garden City | |||
| ?–2005 | Barnet | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2011 | Barnet | 177 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Northwood (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Swindon Town | 53 | (2) |
| 2013– | Portsmouth | 26 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 1 February 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Joseph "Joe" Devera (born 6 February 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a defender.
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] avoiding relegation almost every season when the club was favourite to get relegated and 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 the 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 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.
Career statistics
- As of 1 February 2014.
| 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 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Subtotal | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Career total | 263 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 301 | 5 | |
1 Including Football League Trophy and Football League play-offs.
Honours
Swindon Town
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Joe Devera: Portsmouth agree to sign Swindon defender". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
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