Fin Stevens

Fin Stevens

Stevens (right) playing for Worthing in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Finley John Stevens
Date of birth	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Oxford United (on loan from Brentford)
Number	15
Youth career
2009–2019	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	Worthing	13	(1)
2020–	Brentford	3	(0)
2022–2023	→ Swansea City (loan)	5	(0)
2023–	→ Oxford United (loan)	34	(1)
International career‡
2021–	Wales U21	17	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:28, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Stevens is a graduate of the Arsenal Academy and began his senior career in non-League football with Worthing. He began his professional career with Brentford in 2020. Stevens has been capped by the Wales under-21 national team at international level.

Early years

Stevens began his career in the Arsenal Academy at the age of six. He progressed to U16 level, before being released at the end of the 2018–19 season and entering the youth system at Isthmian League Premier Division club Worthing. Stevens quickly broke into the first team squad and made 20 appearances during the abandoned 2019–20 season, scoring one goal. He was developed as a right back and encouraged to play in central midfield. Stevens departed Woodside Road in July 2020.

Brentford

2020–21

On 28 July 2020, Stevens transferred to the B team at Brentford on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee. A number of players on international duty saw Stevens called into the first team squad on the opening day of the 2020–21 season and he remained an unused substitute during an EFL Cup first round shoot-out victory over Wycombe Wanderers. Three weeks later, he made his debut for the club as a substitute for Saïd Benrahma after 79 minutes of a 3–0 fourth round victory over West London rivals Fulham. Stevens became a permanent addition to the first team training group and was an unused substitute on 28 occasions during the 2020–21 regular season. He made four further appearances before signing a new three-year contract, with a one-year option, on 11 May 2021. Stevens failed to appear during Brentford's three 2021 playoff matches, but he won a promotion medal by virtue of being an unused substitute during the Final victory over Swansea City. In recognition of his performances for both the first team and B team during the 2020–21 season, Stevens was awarded the B Team Player of the Year award.

2021–22

Stevens trained with the first team group during the 2021–22 pre-season and was named in each matchday squad during the period. He was a frequent inclusion in the first team group and on the substitutes' bench during the regular season. Following two cup appearances, Stevens made his Premier League debut as a substitute for Sergi Canós after 76 minutes of a 4–1 defeat to Southampton on 11 January 2022. He finished the 2021–22 season with four first team appearances. During the 2022 off-season, Stevens' progress was recognised with promotion into the first team squad and a new five-year contract, with a one year option.

2022–23

Stevens began the 2022–23 season behind new signing Aaron Hickey, Mads Roerslev and stand-in Kristoffer Ajer in the right back pecking order. Following just a single EFL Cup start during the opening month of the season, Stevens joined Championship club Swansea City on a season-long loan on the final day of the summer transfer window. He made just five substitute appearances before being recalled on 1 January 2023. During the second half of the 2022–23 season, Stevens made four appearances during the B team's Premier League Cup-winning campaign. He was a regular inclusion on the first team substitutes' bench, but failed to make any appearances prior to the end of the season.

2023–24

On 29 June 2023, Stevens joined League One club Oxford United on loan for the duration of the 2023–24 season. He began the season in a mixture of starting and substitute roles and scored the first professional goal of his career in a 3–0 win over Shrewsbury Town on 3 October 2023.

Because of his Cardiff-born grandfather, Stevens was contacted by Wales under-21 manager Paul Bodin in January 2021, about the possibility of pledging his international allegiance to Wales. In March 2021, Stevens was called into the Wales under-21 squad for a training camp and friendly match versus Republic of Ireland under-21. He played the full 90 minutes of the 2–1 defeat. Ahead of the under-21 team's first match of the 2022–23 season, Stevens was named captain of the squad by incoming manager Matt Jones.

As of match played 13 April 2024

Brentford

• EFL Championship play-offs: 2021

Brentford B

• Premier League Cup: 2022–23

Individual

• Brentford B Player of the Year: 2020–21