Joel Colwill

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Joel Colwill
Personal information
Full name Joel William Colwill
Date of birth (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Neath, Wales
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 27
Youth career
–2023 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Cardiff City 19 (1)
2024–2025 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 22 (6)
2025 → Exeter City (loan) 18 (0)
International career‡
2019 Wales U16 2 (0)
2022 Wales U18 4 (0)
2022 Wales U19 3 (1)
2023– Wales U21 7 (0)
2025– Wales 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:41, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Joel William Colwill (born 27 October 2004) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Cardiff City and the Wales national team.

Club career

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Colwill is a product of the Cardiff City academy, signing his first professional contract with Cardiff in June 2022.[1] In August 2023, Colwill made his senior debut for Cardiff City in the EFL Cup against Colchester United.[2] Colwill signed a new five-year contract with Cardiff City in September 2023.[3]

On 2 August 2024, Colwill joined League Two club Cheltenham Town on an initial season-long loan deal.[4] Having impressed over the first-half of the season, it was announced on 10 January 2025 that Colwill would be recalled from his loan at Cheltenham.[5] On 12 January 2025, Colwill was signed by League One club Exeter City on loan until the end of the season.[6]

International career

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Joel Colwill made his Wales Under-21 debut on 8 September 2023 in the 4-0 friendly win against Liechtenstein alongside his brother Rubin.[7] In September 2025 he was called up to the Wales senior squad for the first time.[8]

He made his Wales senior debut in a 1-0 friendly defeat to Canada on 9 September 2025.[9]

Career statistics

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As of match played 2 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City 2023–24[10] Championship 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
2024–25[11] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025–26[12] League One 15 1 1 0 4 2 1[a] 0 21 3
Total 17 1 2 0 6 2 1 0 26 3
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2024–25[11] League Two 22 6 2 2 1 0 3[a] 1 28 9
Exeter City (loan) 2024–25[11] League One 18 0 – – – 18 0
Career total 57 7 4 2 7 2 4 1 72 12
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

International

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As of match played 9 September 2025[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2025 1 0
Total 1 0

Personal life

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Joel Colwill is the younger brother of Wales international footballer and Cardiff City teammate Rubin Colwill.[14]

Honours

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Cheltenham Town Young Player of the Year (2024/25)

References

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  1. ^ Colwill Cardiff debut
  2. ^ Colwill Cardiff debut
  3. ^ Colwill Cardiff contract
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  7. ^ Colwill Wales U21 debut
  8. ^ Joel Colwill Wales call up
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  14. ^ Joel and Rubin Colwill new contracts
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