Joseph Katebian (born 9 November 1995) is an Australian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Avondale.

Early life

Katebian was born in

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on 9 November 1995, to

Lebanese Australian Lebanese Australians () refers to citizens or permanent residents of Australia of Lebanese ancestry. The population is diverse, having a large Christian religious base, being mostly Maronite Catholics, while also having a large Muslim group ...

parents of distant

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n origin. Katebian played football from a young age for local club Bulleen Lions where he would later play for the senior squad. Katebian also played for

Ivanhoe Grammar School Ivanhoe Grammar School is a private, co-educational, Anglican, day school, located in Ivanhoe (Buckley House and The Ridgeway Campus) and Doreen (Plenty Campus), both located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Foun ...

's first eleven in his later years of high school, where he graduated in 2013.

Club career

Youth career

Katebian spent his early years playing for

FC Bulleen Lions FC Bulleen Lions is an Australian semi-professional football club based in the Melbourne suburb Bulleen. Founded in 1974 by Melbourne's Italian community, the club currently competes in the Victoria Premier League 1, the second highest level o ...

in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, before joining Melbourne Heart Youth for the 2013–14 season. At the season's end, Katebian joined cross-town rivals

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, that he later captained in the

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, where he won the league's 2015 player's player of the year and golden boot awards. Katebian featured in the starting eleven that defeated

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on 26 September 2015, which promoted Melbourne Victory NPL Youth to the highest level of the

Melbourne Victory

Katebian made his official competitive debut for the

senior squad on 1 September 2015, in the

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round of 16 clash against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute for

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. His

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debut came two months later on 19 November 2015, in the round five clash against

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, substituted on for

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in the 90th minute of the 2–1 victory at

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. On 31 May 2016, Katebian departed Melbourne Victory to pursue football opportunities abroad. In June 2016, he went to Serbia for trials at

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Brisbane Roar

On 5 August 2016, Katebian signed a one-year contract with

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, reuniting with

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who coached him at Melbourne Victory Youth. After managing just 27 minutes of A-League football, Katebian was released by the Roar.

Avondale FC

On 1 November 2017, it was announced that Katebian had joined

Avondale FC Avondale FC is an Australian semi-professional association football club, with the men's and women's teams based in Parkville and the junior sides based in Avondale Heights, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the National Pre ...

Career statistics

Honours

With Melbourne Victory Youth: *

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Playoff Promotion Winners:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Individual * Melbourne Victory Youth Player's Player of the year:

* Melbourne Victory Youth Youth medal:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Player's Player of the year:

Golden Boot:

* National Youth League Golden Boot: 2015–16

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Katebian, Joey Living people 1995 births Men's association football forwards A-League Men players Melbourne Victory FC players Brisbane Roar FC players Soccer players from Melbourne National Premier Leagues players Australian people of Lebanese descent Australian people of Armenian descent Australian men's soccer players Sportspeople of Lebanese descent People educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School 21st-century Australian sportsmen