Joe Champness
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Champness | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Newcastle Jets | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Moreton Bay United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Moreton Bay United | 17 | (3) |
| 2016 | Brisbane Roar NPL | 14 | (4) |
| 2017 | Coimbra Academic Association | 9 | (0) |
| 2017– | Newcastle Jets | 17 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Australia U20 | 7 | (2) |
| 2018– | Australia U-23 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2018 | |||
Joseph "Joe" Champness (born 27 April 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Newcastle Jets. Additionally he releases music under the name JOWIC.
Early life
Champness attended St Patrick's College where he was college captain in 2014 and played for the Brisbane Roars Youth Team before moving to Newcastle to pursue his football career.
Club career
Newcastle Jets
2016-17
Champness signed a scholarship contract with the Newcastle Jets along with 3 other emerging youngsters in January 2017 until the end of the 2017-18 season, but almost immediately after the deals were announced Champness and former emerging Jet Antonee Burke signed a loan deal with Portuguese 2nd Division club Academica de Coimbra through to mid-2017. Champness spent his time at Academica playing football for the reserve team and occasionally training with the first team.
2017-18
Champness had a good pre season in 2017 appearing regularly for the first team, scoring 4 goals and impressing new coach Ernie Merrick enough to reward him with a 3-year deal until 2019/20 although he will still be playing under the scholarship contract for the 2017-18 season. Champness made his professional debut on the 7 October 2017 away to the Central Coast Mariners coming on late and scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Champness then started his first professional game in Round 5 at home against the Wellington Phoenix. Champness scored his second goal for Newcastle in round 8 starting the game and scoring in the 75th minute in the Jets 4-1 win over the Melbourne Victory.
Career statistics
- As of 8 February 2018[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AAC Secção de Futebol | 2016–17 | Campeonato de Portugal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Newcastle Jets | 2017–18 | A-League | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| Career totals | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
International
Champness is currently eligible for both Australia and New Zealand, his birthplace. He has represented Australia at youth level and was a member of the Young Socceroos team in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship in Bahrain. Currently, he is a member of the Australia under-23 squad.
Music
Outside of his football career, Joe is an artist and entrepreneur. Under the name JOWIC and also being referred to as “Joey C” he releases music through his label NarrowRoad Faction. Forming the label are long time friends; audio engineer Callum Watt, Charles Mendy along with Producers such as Pirmid Beats and partners respectively. His schedule is rumoured to involve singles and a debut full length project in the near future.
Honours
International
External links
- Joe Champness at Soccerway
- ↑ Joe Champness at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2018.