Julian Kevin Joachim (born 20 September 1974) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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. He is an advisor at

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in the

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. During his professional career he initially played from 1992 until 2011, but he came out of retirement in 2013. Joachim notably played in the

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for

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and

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, having also played in the

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for

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and

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and was capped nine times by

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, scoring one goal. Over the course of his career in professional football, he scored over 100 league goals and accumulated over 450 league appearances and played in the

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. Since 2008 he has been a non-league football journeyman and has played for

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, Thurmaston Town,

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, Hinckley United, Holbeach United, Coalville Town, Oadby Town, Shepshed Dynamo, Holwell Sports, Newark Town, Radcliffe Olympic, Aslockton & Orston and Bourne Town.

Playing career

Joachim came through the

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, and went on to score the club's first ever Premier League goal on the opening day of the 1994–95 season in a 3–1 home defeat to

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. The 21-year-old was sold to

in 1996 for £1.5 million, making his debut for them as a substitute against

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on 24 February 1996. He was cup-tied for their victory in the 1996 Football League Cup final having played in the competition for Leicester City earlier that season. He was top goalscorer 1998–99. Playing for Villa, he appeared in the 2001 American crime thriller,

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, briefly seen on a TV screen playing in the background. After five seasons in the Premiership, Joachim dropped down a division to play for the

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in a deal that saw Villa exchange Joachim plus £2 million for

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. In 2004 Joachim moved to

, a club heavily in debt and in the process of rebuilding an inexpensive team, on a free transfer. He made 10 starts and 17 substitute appearances in the league for Leeds that year, but could only deliver two goals before being loaned out to

for the final two months of the season. After turning down Walsall he dropped down another division to League Two. Joachim spent the 2005–06 season with

whom he joined in July 2005. He moved to another League Two side,

, for a club record fee of £100,000 on 14 August 2006. Despite making 40 league appearances and scoring 9 goals as Darlington reached the play-offs, Joachim was released at the end of the 2007–08 season. He subsequently moved into non-league football, signing with newly promoted

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side

in June 2008. Budget cuts following King's Lynns's demotion to the

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Premier Division in May 2009, resulted in Joachim not being offered fresh terms for the 2009–2010 season. Local reports in June 2009 linked him with a return

. He briefly played as an amateur in the

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for Thurmaston Town at the start of the 2009–10 season, but a couple of weeks later he signed semi professional terms with

. Joachim signed on for

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Premier Division side Holbeach United for the 2010–11 season. On 14 July 2011 Joachim, aged 36, re-signed for

on non-contract basis. On 26 August 2011, after making just two appearances (one in the league), Joachim was released after failing to impress in his second spell with the Pilgrims. In August 2013 Joachim, aged 38, came out of retirement and re-signed with United Counties League Premier Division side Holbeach United for the 2013–14 season. He made three appearances for the club (scoring once), before finishing the season with Oadby Town. On 17 October 2014 Joachim signed for Midland League Premier Division side Shepshed Dynamo. He made 15 appearances for the club in all competitions. In the 2015–16 season Joachim played for Holwell Sports in the

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, scoring ten goals in 36 appearances in all competitions. On 14 July 2016 Joachim signed for Newark Town. He scored eight goals in eleven games for the Blues, before finishing the 2016–17 season with

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side Montpellier. At the start of the 2017–18 season Joachim signed for East Midlands Counties League side Radcliffe Olympic. He made 40 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring four goals. On 5 July 2018 Joachim signed for

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side Aslockton & Orston, scoring 33 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions. A year later, he joined

side

as a player and advisor, as part of the club's collaboration with Player Trader. However, he departed the club in October without playing a game, joining Bourne Town that month.

International career

Joachim starred in the England National Under-18 side that won the European U-18 Championships in

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. He also had nine England Under-21

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to his name before he was called up by

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to represent them at senior level. However at that time, due to him playing for England at U21 level he was ineligible to play for the

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team, only being informed of this upon arrival in

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for a World Cup qualifier in April 2000. He was part of England's U20 squad that finished third at the

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in Australia. He scored England's winning goal in their 2–1 third place play-off win over Australia at the

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References

External links

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