Alex Paulsen

Alex Paulsen
	Paulsen playing for the Wellington Phoenix in 2024.
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Paulsen
Date of birth	4 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Wellington Phoenix
Number	40
Youth career
0000–2017	Onehunga Sports
2018–	Wellington Phoenix
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2023	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
2018	→ Wellington United
2019–2021	→ Lower Hutt City
2021–	Wellington Phoenix
International career‡
2018–2019	New Zealand U-17
2019–	New Zealand U-23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023

Alexander Paulsen (born 4 July 2002) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wellington Phoenix.

Paulsen was educated at Selwyn College in Auckland and Scots College in Wellington. He was part of the New Zealand team in the football competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Club career[edit]

Born in New Zealand to South African parents, he made his A-League debut on 19 December 2021, in a 2–1 loss against Sydney FC after coming on for an injured Oli Sail.^[6]

In an FFA Cup quarterfinal match against Melbourne City on 5 January 2022, Paulsen made three saves in a 0–0 (4–3) penalty shootout extra time win to secure the Phoenix's maiden semifinal appearance in the competition.^[7]

Honours[edit]

Individual

A-League Men Player of the Month: October/November 2023, March 2024

References[edit]

^ "Alex Paulsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ Andrew Voerman (2 November 2019). "Fifa Under-17 World Cup: New Zealand stay alive thanks to Alex Paulsen's saves". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Paulsen Bounces Back at First Opportunity". FIFA. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ Rollo, Phillip (19 December 2021). "'Not up to standard': Wellington Phoenix lose third A-League Men game in a row". Stuff.
^ Rollo, Phillip (6 January 2022). "Alex Paulsen saves the day to send Wellington Phoenix into FFA Cup final four". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links[edit]

Alex Paulsen at Soccerway

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[1] "Alex Paulsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[2] Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[3] Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[4] Andrew Voerman (2 November 2019). "Fifa Under-17 World Cup: New Zealand stay alive thanks to Alex Paulsen's saves". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[5] "Paulsen Bounces Back at First Opportunity". FIFA. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[6] Rollo, Phillip (19 December 2021). "'Not up to standard': Wellington Phoenix lose third A-League Men game in a row". Stuff.

[7] Rollo, Phillip (6 January 2022). "Alex Paulsen saves the day to send Wellington Phoenix into FFA Cup final four". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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