![]() Travers with AFC Bournemouth in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mark Travers[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 May 1999||
Place of birth | Maynooth, Ireland[3] | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AFC Bournemouth | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Youth career | |||
Confey | |||
Lucan United | |||
2014–2015 | Cherry Orchard | ||
2015–2016 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
2016–2017 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | AFC Bournemouth | 65 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Weymouth (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2021 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2023 | → Stoke City (loan) | 13 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Republic of Ireland U15 | |||
Republic of Ireland U16 | |||
Republic of Ireland U17 | |||
Republic of Ireland U18 | |||
Republic of Ireland U19 | |||
Republic of Ireland U21 | |||
2019– | Republic of Ireland | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
Mark Travers (born 18 May 1999) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth.
He has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international level up until under-21 level as well as the Republic of Ireland senior team, earning his first cap in September 2019.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Travers’ first youth club was Confey in Leixlip, he then moved on to Lucan United, before spending a season at Cherry Orchard and 6 months at Shamrock Rovers.[3]
AFC Bournemouth
[edit]Travers signed for English club AFC Bournemouth in July 2016, aged 17.[4][5] He joined Weymouth on loan in August 2017, scoring on his debut.[4][6] The loan ended in January 2018.[7]
In July 2018 he signed a new "long-term" contract with Bournemouth.[8]
He made his debut for Bournemouth on 4 May 2019 in a 1–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.[9] Upon doing so, he became the first teenage goalkeeper since Joe Hart in 2006 to start a Premier League match, and made a number of saves to help the club record its first ever victory over Tottenham, with Travers keeping a clean sheet and receiving Man of the Match for his performance.[10] He was later selected by BBC pundit Garth Crooks in his 'Team of the Week'.[11]
On 15 July 2019, Travers signed a new long term contract at Bournemouth.[12]
He moved on loan to Swindon Town in January 2021.[13][14] He was recalled by Bournemouth on 11 February 2021, having made eight appearances.[15]
Following the departure of Asmir Begović, Travers began the 2021–22 season as Bournemouth's first choice goalkeeper, beginning with a 2–2 draw with West Brom on the opening day of the campaign.[16] Travers started all but one of the Cherries' opening 14 games, an unbeaten run which included a club record-setting six away games in a row without conceding a goal.[17] For his performances in September 2021, Travers was nominated for the club's player of the month award, losing out to Gary Cahill.[18] In June 2022 he signed a new five-year contract with Bournemouth.[19]
Travers joined Stoke City on loan for the 2023–24 season.[20][21] He made 14 appearances for Stoke before he was recalled by Bournemouth on 27 October 2023 after an injury sustained by Neto.[22]
International career
[edit]Travers has played for Ireland from under-15 to under-19 youth levels,[4] and whilst a member of the under-21 team received his first call-up to the senior national team in March 2019.[23] He was called up again to the Republic of Ireland national football team senior squad in May 2019, for Ireland's 2020 European Qualifiers against Denmark and Gibraltar.[24]
Travers made his senior international debut on 10 September 2019, starting in a 3–1 win over Bulgaria at the Aviva Stadium.[25]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 11 May 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Bournemouth | 2017–18[26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19[9] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20[27] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2020–21[28] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2021–22[29] | Championship | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | ||
2022–23[30] | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2023–24[31] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 65 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
Weymouth (loan) | 2017–18[32] | Southern League Premier Division | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
Swindon Town (loan) | 2020–21[28] | League One | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Stoke City (loan) | 2023–24[31] | Championship | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Career total | 109 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 1 |
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]AFC Bournemouth
- Championship runner-up: 2021–22[35]
Individual
- EFL Championship Golden Glove: 2021–22[36]
- AFC Bournemouth Player of the Year: 2021–22[37]
References
[edit]- ^ "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b Mark Travers at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b "'An unbelievable day' – Getting to know Irish teen Mark Travers after superb man of the match performance on debut". www.msn.com.
- ^ a b c "Profile". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Profile". Weymouth F.C. 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ Dan Rose (19 August 2017). "WATCH: Cherries goalkeeper Mark Travers scores winner on senior debut for loan club Weymouth". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Mark Travers returns to AFC Bournemouth". Weymouth F.C. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Mark Travers signs new long-term Cherries deal". Bournemouth Echo. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Mark Travers in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Tom Crocker (4 May 2019). "Nathan Ake heads in a late winner as AFC Bournemouth beat Tottenham". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Garth Crooks (5 May 2019). "Garth Crooks' team of the week: Travers, Van Dijk, Loftus-Cheek, Rondon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers signs new long-term deal". Sky Sports. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Town snap up Bournemouth 'keeper Travers on loan". Swindon Advertiser.
- ^ "Swindon sign Bournemouth keeper Travers". BBC Sport.
- ^ "AFC BOURNEMOUTH RE-CALL GOALKEEPER MARK TRAVERS". www.swindontownfc.co.uk.
- ^ "AFC Bournemouth 2–2 West Bromwich Albion". BBC Sport. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Cherries clean up to set new club record". AFC Bournemouth. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Cahill named September POTM". AFC Bournemouth. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Travers signs new five-year deal at Bournemouth". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Potters land goalkeeper Travers". Stoke City. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Stoke sign Bournemouth goalkeeper Travers on loan" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Mark Travers recalled by AFC Bournemouth". Stoke City. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Euro 2020 qualifiers: Republic of Ireland boss McCarthy hands three players first call-ups". BBC Sport. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "AFC Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers named in provisional Republic of Ireland senior squad". Bournemouth Echo. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Fresh faces make the difference as Ireland eventually see off Bulgaria". The 42. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Mark Travers in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Mark Travers in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Mark Travers in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Games played by Mark Travers in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Mark Travers in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Games played by Mark Travers in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
- ^ "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Mark Travers". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Mark Travers". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "AFC Bournemouth 1-0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Travers Wins Golden Glove". AFC Bournemouth. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Player Of The Season Awards Handed Out". AFC Bournemouth. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the AFC Bournemouth website