Makise Evans

Makise Flavius Evans (born August 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Stevenage.[2]

Makise Evans
Personal information
Full name Makise Flavius Evans[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stevenage
Number 39
Youth career
0000–2022 Enfield Borough
2022–2023 Stevenage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Stevenage 2 (0)
2023 → Potters Bar Town (loan) 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:55, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Stevenage

Evans signed a scholarship agreement with the Stevenage academy ahead of the 2022–23 season, having previously played at under-16 level for Enfield Borough.[3][1] He joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Potters Bar Town on loan in March 2023.[4] Evans scored his first goal in senior football in a 2–1 defeat to Lewes on 25 March 2023.[4] In doing so, he became Potters Bar's youngest goalscorer at the age of 16 years and 217 days old.[5] He made nine appearances in all competitions during the loan agreement,[4] before returning to Stevenage in April 2023.[6] Evans made his first-team debut in Stevenage's 1–0 defeat to Mansfield Town on 22 April 2023.[7] His 87th-minute substitute appearance in the match meant he became Stevenage's youngest ever player.[8]

Style of play

Stevenage academy manager Jorden Gibson described Evans as a "strong, powerful and raw talent".[3]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stevenage 2022–23[7] League Two 2000000020
Potters Bar Town (loan) 2022–23[4] Isthmian League Premier Division 81——1091
Career total 101000010111

    References
    1. "Enfield Borough (Youth) U16 Panthers". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    2. "Chelsea tracking 16-year-old wonderkid Makise Evans over summer transfer as striker impressed at Stevenage".
    3. "Academy announce 2022/23 First Year scholars". Stevenage F.C. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    4. "Potters Bar Town – Appearances – Makise Evans". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    5. "Potters Bar Town – Makise Evans". Potters Bar Town F.C. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    6. Metcalfe, Neil (21 April 2023). "Stevenage looking to hand 16-year-old Makise Evans a debut". The Comet. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    7. "Games played by Makise Evans in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
    8. Tebbutt, Aaron (22 April 2023). "Report: Mansfield Town 1–0 Stevenage". Stevenage F.C. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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