Paulsen playing for the Wellington Phoenix in 2024.
Personal information
Full name
Alexander Noah Paulsen[1]
Date of birth
(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Wellington Phoenix
Number
40
Youth career
0000–2017
Onehunga Sports
2018–
Wellington Phoenix
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2018–2023
Wellington Phoenix Reserves
21
(0)
2018
→ Wellington United
2
(0)
2019–2021
→ Lower Hutt City
39
(0)
2021–
Wellington Phoenix
33
(0)
International career‡
2018–2019
New Zealand U-17
8
(0)
2019–
New Zealand U-23
4
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023
Alexander Noah Paulsen (born 4 July 2002) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wellington Phoenix.
Paulsen was educated at Selwyn College in Auckland and Scots College in Wellington. He was part of the New Zealand team in the football competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4][5][6]
^"Player profile".
^"Alex Paulsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^Andrew Voerman (2 November 2019). "Fifa Under-17 World Cup: New Zealand stay alive thanks to Alex Paulsen's saves". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^"Paulsen Bounces Back at First Opportunity". FIFA. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
of the Season: 2023–24 A-Leagues All Stars: 2024 "Player profile". "AlexPaulsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021. Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo...
like that to change the game is very disappointing." Sydney FC strikers Alex Brosque and Mark Bridge both scored break-away goals as Phoenix pushed forward...
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A-League. The inaugural ceremony took place on 11 June 2009 in Sydney. The Alex Tobin OAM Medal is selected by the PFA Executive to a current or former player...
the end of extra time. Tilio missed the deciding penalty for City when AlexPaulsen saved his shot before Nicholas Pennington scored the winning penalty...
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athlete to compete at Olympics". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2021. Azzi, Alex (22 July 2021). "Soccer player Quinn is the first out trans Olympian, but...
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