Joshua Luke Bowler (born 5 March 1999) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

right winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syst ...

on loan from club

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. He has previously played for

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre rivers, and ...

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus ...

, Everton, and

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's ...

Club career

Queens Park Rangers

After being released by

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandswo ...

, Bowler spent two years at the newly established Aldershot FC Academy before its closure in 2013. Bowler then joined the

youth team in 2013, becoming a full professional in March 2017. In May that year, he made his first-team debut in the last game of the

2016–17 EFL Championship The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United w ...

season against

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or The Yellows) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club competes in the EFL Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2 ...

Everton

On 7 July 2017, Bowler joined Everton on a three-year deal.

Hull City (loan)

On 18 July 2019, Bowler signed a one-year contract extension with Everton and joined club

on loan for the 2019–20 season. Bowler made his first appearance for the club in the opening match of the 2019–20 season, a 2–1 defeat at

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ...

, when he came off the bench to replace

Kamil Grosicki Kamil Paweł Grosicki (; born 8 June 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Pogoń Szczecin and the Poland national team. A full international for Poland with over eighty caps since 2008, he rep ...

. On 1 June 2020, Hull indicated the loan would be extended to the end of the 2019–20 season.

Blackpool

On 19 June 2021, Bowler agreed to sign for

in a one-year deal that was confirmed on 1 July. The club had an option to extend his contract by a further year, which they exercised at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Nottingham Forest

On 1 September 2022, Bowler signed with

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

side

and was immediately loaned to

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

club

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

for the remainder of the season. After struggling for minutes in Greece, Bowler was recalled by Forest on 5 January 2023, and immediately loaned to his previous club Blackpool. On 1 August 2023, Bowler signed for Championship club

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

on a season-long loan deal.

Career statistics

Honours

Everton U23s * Premier League Cup: 2018–19

References

External links

Josh Bowler
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1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Chertsey English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Everton F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players English Football League players Super League Greece players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Footballers from Surrey {{England-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub