Cole Robert Peverley (born 3 July 1988) is a New Zealand professional

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who currently plays for

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in the

New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

. He has earned national representation honours at

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, Under-23 and

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level. Cole is reportedly signing for papamoa fc this season but is also in discussions with Tauranga city.

Career

Club

Peverley signed a two-year contract for

club

Hawke's Bay United Hawke's Bay United was a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winte ...

at the start of the 2007–08 season and made his début on 3 November 2007 against

Canterbury United Canterbury United Dragons are a semi-professional football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The team plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson. The club last played in the ISPS Handa P ...

in a 3–1 win. Peverley went on to make 45 appearances for Hawke's Bay over two seasons and scored 5 goals After two years with Hawke's Bay United, Peverley moved back to his hometown to play for

NZFC The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

club

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

. Peverley made his début for Wellington in the first game of the 2009–10 season against

YoungHeart Manawatu Manawatu United (previously known as YoungHeart Manawatu) was a football club based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It participated in the New Zealand Football Championship, and fielded a youth side in the National Youth League. Their home g ...

on 1 November 2009. Peverley signed a one-year contract with

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in the second division

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on 16 February 2011.

International

Peverley was selected in the New Zealand U-20 squad at the

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finals tournament in Canada. He was also included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for the

2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournam ...

where he featured in all 5 pool games and scored one goal against Fiji. He retained his spot in the team and was named in the final squad to travel to the

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where he played in all three of New Zealand's group matches against

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1–1
,

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0–5
and

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0–1
. Peverly made his full

début in a 0–2 loss against

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

on 19 November 2008 in a dead rubber

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (O ...

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match. Peverley was named in a 15-man All Whites training squad for a 12-day camp for New Zealand and Australian based players prior to the

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. He was not initially named in the final 23 man squad to contest the World Cup, but was subsequently drafted in as injury cover for

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who fractured his shoulder in a warm up friendly against

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Honours

;

Charity Cup The Charity Cup (known as the ASB Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons) is New Zealand's association football super cup, which takes place on annual basis. The competition was founded in 1978 as the NZFA Challenge Trophy. The Champions of the ...

(1): 2014 *

Champions (1):

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References

External links

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Team Wellington profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peverley, Cole 1988 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand Association footballers from Wellington City FC Hansa Rostock players Hawke's Bay United FC players Charleston Battery players USL Championship players Auckland City FC players Team Wellington FC players WaiBOP United players Canterbury United Dragons players Men's association football midfielders New Zealand Football Championship players 2008 OFC Nations Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics