Jesse Edge

Jesse Marshall Thompson Edge (born 26 February 1995) is an amateur New Zealand football player who plays in the Swedish amateur Division 1 Norra for IFK Berga. Besides New Zealand, he has played in Sweden, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Italy mainly as an amateur. [1][2][3][4]

Jesse Edge
Personal information
Full name Jesse Marshall Thompson Edge
Date of birth (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 IFK Berga
Youth career
0000–2011 Melville United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 WaiBOP United 19 (0)
2013–2014 Ole FA
2014–2015 Vicenza Calcio 0 (0)
2015–2016 Auckland City 10 (0)
2016–2017 Písek 15 (0)
2017–2018 Achilles '29 29 (0)
2018–2019 Železiarne Podbrezová 6 (0)
2019 → Lokomotíva Košice (loan) 9 (1)
2019 → Petržalka (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 DFS ? (2)
2020– IFK Berga 2 (1)
International career
2011 New Zealand U-17 4 (0)
2013–2015 New Zealand U-20 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:13, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Achilles '29 on 20 January 2017 in a game against NAC Breda.[5]

He then moved in 2018 to the professional club Zeleziarne Podbrezova in the Slovakian Fortuna Liga.

Edge left Slovakia in August 2019 after he didn't receive his salary. He then returned to the Netherlands and went on a trial with DFS, before signing with the club at the end of the month.[6]

In August 2020, he then joined Swedish amateur club IFK Berga in Division 1 Norra [7]

In January 2022, he then joined Swedish professional club Lunds BK in Division 1 Sodra before moving to IFK Malmo in August until the end of the 2022 season.

Honours

Club
Waikato FC
Auckland City

International
New Zealand national under-20 football team

Personal

Jesse is a nephew of former New Zealand international Declan Edge.[8]

References
  1. "Jesse Edge: The New Zealander Living The Dream In Europe". worldfootballindex.com.
  2. "Slovakia next stop on Jesse Edge's football odyssey". stuff.co.nz.
  3. "Teen's pro dream comes true in Italy". nzherald.co.nz.
  4. "The Edge project". nzherald.co.nz.
  5. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 20 January 2017.
  6. DFS versterkt zich met Nieuw-Zeelander Jesse Edge: ‘Een absolute knokker’, gelderlander.nl, 29 August 2019
  7. "New Zealand duo sign for Swedish club". 6 August 2020.
  8. "Kiwi teen Thomas signs with top Dutch club". stuff.co.nz. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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