Stanislas playing for Bournemouth in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Felix Junior Stanislas | ||
Date of birth | 26 November 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Kidbrooke, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bournemouth | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2008 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | West Ham United | 42 | (5) |
2008–2009 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Burnley | 93 | (7) |
2014– | Bournemouth | 53 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
2009 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:13, 6 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:18, 9 June 2012 (UTC) |
Felix Junior Stanislas (born 26 November 1989), more commonly known as Junior Stanislas, is an English footballer who plays for Bournemouth as a Winger.
He started his career in the youth team of West Ham United at the age of 10 in 2000. He signed a three-year academy contract in the summer of 2006, playing regularly for the under-18 side and reserves. In November 2008, he joined Football League One side Southend United on a six-week loan. He made his first-team debut for West Ham in March 2009, at the age of 19. He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract in April 2009.
In August 2011, he joined Football League Championship side Burnley on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee. In June 2014 he signed for Bournemouth on a free transfer, helping them to the Championship title in his first season.
Born in Kidbrooke, London, Stanislas first joined West Ham United as a schoolboy at the age of 10. In May 2006, Stanislas signed a three-year academy scholarship. He made his Premier Academy League debut in a 3–2 defeat to Watford on 8 April 2006, at the age of 16. He became a regular for the Academy in the 2006–07 season, appearing 26 times and scoring 9 goals as West Ham finished as runners-up to Arsenal. He carried his goalscoring form into the 2007–08 season, scoring 10 goals in 24 appearances. He made his Premier Reserve League debut on 29 August 2007, in a 2–1 defeat to Aston Villa. His first goals came in the 8–0 rout over Derby County, as he netted a brace. He was part of the first-team squad that travelled to North America in the summer of 2008 for the pre-season tour. He started the 2008–09 season in the reserves, scoring his first goal of the season on 21 October 2008, in a 1–0 home win over Arsenal.