Joshua Hope

Josh Hope
Personal information
Full name Joshua Hope
Date of birth (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998
Place of birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 16
Youth career
2012 - 2014 FFT NTC
2016– Melbourne Victory Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 FFT NTC 41 (28)
2015 FFA CoE 12 (0)
2016– Melbourne Victory NPL 41 (1)
2017– Melbourne Victory 5 (0)
National team‡
2015 Australia U17 7 (0)
2016 Australia U20 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 November 2017

Josh Hope (born 7 January 1998) is an Australian footballer who plays as an Attacking midfielder for Melbourne Victory in A-League.[2]

Career

Club career

On 5 February 2015, Hope became the first Tasmanian in 23 years to receive an Australian Institute of Sport football scholarship; Hope turned down an NPL Victoria 1 contract with Melbourne Victory to accept the offer from the FFA Centre of Excellence.[3]

In July 2016, Hope made his senior debut for Melbourne Victory as a substitute in their International Champions Cup match against Juventus F.C..[4]

On 9 August 2017, Hope made his professional debut against Brisbane Roar in the FFA Cup as an 80th minute substitute for James Troisi.[5] On 19 September 2017, he signed a professional contract with Melbourne Victory,[6] and made his league debut in a Big Blue, replacing Leroy George in the 65th minute against Sydney FC on 7 October 2017.

International career

On the 6 September 2015, Hope was selected as Captain for the U-17 Joeys pre World Cup tour of France[7] and was later a member of their FIFA U-17 World Cup squad in Chile.[8]

On 2 September 2016, Hope was selected as part of a 23-man Young Socceroos squad for the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in Vietnam.[9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FFA Cup Asian Champions League Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne Victory FC 2017–18 A-League 5 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 13 0
2018–19 A-League 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 50405010150

Honours

Club

Melbourne Victory

References

  1. ↑ "Joshua Hope". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Joshua Hope at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Luttrell, Alex (4 February 2015). "Tassie soccer star Josh Hope has AIS hopes realised". The Mercury.
  4. ↑ "Victory beats Juventus on penalties at MCG". Melbourne Victory. 23 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane Roar 1 Melbourne Victory 5". FFA Cup. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Young guns go pro". Melbourne Victory. 19 September 2017.
  7. ↑ . Walter Pless. 8 September 2015 http://www.walterpless.com.au/2015/march/tasmania-s-josh-hope-captains-joeys-in-france.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ . The World Game. 2 October 2015 https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/10/02/joeys-name-squad-fifa-u-17-world-cup. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "Josh Hope named in Young Socceroos squad". Melbourne Victory. 2 September 2016.
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