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Wellington Phoenix FC Players
Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a New Zealand-based professional football club located in Wellington, on the country's North Island. The club was formed in 2007 and played their first competitive match in July 2007 in the 2007 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. The club has always played home matches primarily at Wellington Regional Stadium. Since playing their first competitive match nearly 100 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, those players are listed here. Wellington's record appearance-maker is Andrew Durante, who has made a total of 212 appearances over 8 years at the club. Durante also holds the record for most starts, having started in 210 games. Roy Krishna is the club's top goalscorer, with 51 goals in his six seasons at the club. Eleven other players have made more than 100 appearances for the club. List of players * Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including A-League, FFA Cup and A-League Pre- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Phoenix FC
Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under Professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 A-League, 2007–08 season after its formation in March 2007, by New Zealand Football to replace New Zealand Knights FC, New Zealand Knights as a New Zealand-based club in the Australian A-League competition. Since 2011, the club has been owned by ''Welnix'', a consortium of seven Wellington businessmen. The club is one of the few clubs in the world to compete in a List of association football clubs playing in the league of another country#New Zealand / Australia, league of a different confederation (Asian Football Confederation, AFC) from that of the country where it is based (Oceania Football Confederation, OFC). It plays matches at Wellington Regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lins Côrtes
Daniel Lins Côrtes (born 12 December 1979), nicknamed Daniel, is a Brazilian-born New Zealand former footballer. Club career Born in Niteroi, Brazil, Daniel started his professional career at Madureira. In April 1999, he signed for FC Twente. He then returned to Brazil for Madureira he was signed by FC Fehérvár in April 2002 and 2003 returned again to Madureira. In April 2003, he was signed for three years with one of the biggest clubs in Brazil, Botafogo. In July 2005, he was signed on loan to Juventude. In January 2006, he was signed for Guarani. Wellington Phoenix In July 2007, he was signed by Wellington Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert. Daniel made 17 appearances in his first season, 2007–08, scoring 4 goals. In October 2008, he was rewarded with a new two-year deal, lasting until June 2011. Daniel scored the first ever goal for the Phoenix Daniel was granted New Zealand citizenship on 2 December 2008 and declared his aspirations to represent New Zealand internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Payne (footballer)
Timothy John Payne (born 10 January 1994) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League and for the New Zealand national team. A noted utility player, Payne has played almost every outfield position during his career. Club career Auckland City and Waitakere United Born in Auckland, Payne attended Sacred Heart College and started his youth career with ASB Premiership club Auckland City FC before switching to play for rivals Waitakere United. Payne played a major role in Waitakere United's success in the ASB National Youth League in 2010. Blackburn Rovers After impressing at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup Payne trialed with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers and then spent several months training at the club. Days after celebrating his 18th birthday Payne signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Rovers in January 2012. Due to work permit issues that prevented him from playing for Rovers, he was released at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ball (footballer)
David Michael Ball (born 14 December 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. Began his career at Manchester City, he never made a first-team appearance despite being a star player in the club's Reserve and Academy teams. He started the 2010–11 season on loan at Swindon Town, before he was signed by Peterborough United in January 2011. Peterborough won promotion out of League One via the play-offs in 2011, though Ball returned to the division on loan at Rochdale for the first half of the 2011–12 season. He was signed to Fleetwood Town in July 2012, and helped the club to win the 2014 League Two play-off final. He scored 49 goals in 209 league and cup games in a five-year stay at Fleetwood, before moving on to Rotherham United in June 2017. He helped Rotherham to win the 2018 League One play-offs, but left the club after spending most of the 2018–19 season on loan at Bradford City. Career Manchester City Ball spent his early childhood with P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williams (Australian Soccer)
David Joel Williams (born 26 February 1988) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Perth Glory. Williams is the first Indigenous Australian player to play for A-League club Melbourne City. He also represented Australia's national team twice. Born in Brisbane, Williams played youth football at the Queensland Academy of Sport before making his professional debut for Queensland Roar. Williams has played for several A-League clubs including Queensland Roar, North Queensland Fury, Sydney FC and Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix. Williams has also played in Europe for Danish Superliga (Denmark) club Brøndby and Hungarian NB I club Haladás. Williams is a member of the Indigenous Football Australia Council, which oversees John Moriarty Football, an Indigenous grassroots football initiative. Club career Youth career Born in Brisbane, Australia, Williams started playing football for amateur clubs Westside and Pine Hills, before moving to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandi (footballer)
Armando Sosa Peña (born 1 March 1989), known as Mandi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Canary Islands, Mandi made his debut as a senior with UD Vecindario in 2007. In the summer of 2008 he moved to Villarreal CF, representing both its C and B teams. On 2 February 2010, Mandi joined SD Ponferradina on loan until June. With the Castile and León club he was promoted to Segunda División, being regularly used during his six-month spell. On 15 July 2010, after rejecting a new contract at ''Ponfe'', Mandi signed for Real Madrid Castilla also in the third division. After again winning promotion to the second tier, he moved to Sporting de Gijón on 22 June 2012 after agreeing to a four-year deal. Mandi made his professional debut on 2 September 2012, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Racing de Santander. He scored his first goal on 5 January of the following year, in a 1–1 draw at Recrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Taylor (footballer)
Steven Vincent Taylor (born 23 January 1986) is an English former professional footballer and head coach who is the manager of UAE Third Division League club Al Qabila. As a defender, he played over 200 games in the Premier League with Newcastle United, in the span of 13 seasons. Early career Taylor was born in Greenwich, London to a family from Newcastle upon Tyne and moved back to the North East weeks later. He was raised in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside and attended Valley Gardens Middle School with future teammate Peter Ramage. Despite being based in the North-East, Taylor traveled south to the Midlands twice a week, to train on a Wednesday and play for Leicestershire-based junior side Anstey Nomads, until leaving the side at the age of fourteen under strict orders from members of Newcastle's youth staff. Taylor, then a striker, joined the Newcastle United youth academy after being scouted at Cramlington Juniors, where he played alongside Peter Ramage, and Wallsend B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matija Ljujić
Matija Ljujić ( sr-cyr, Матија Љујић; born 28 October 1993) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian side Újpest. Career Early career Ljujic is a product of the FK Partizan academy. FK Rad Ljujić played for Rad in the Serbian SuperLiga in 2015–16 season. FK Žalgiris On 15 June 2016 he signed for Lithuanian champions Žalgiris. Wellington Phoenix On 9 January 2018, Ljujić signed for Wellington Phoenix until the end of their 2017–18 season. He scored his first goal for the club in his debut home game against Western Sydney Wanderers, a long-range dipping strike that beat Vedran Janjetović in goal. Belenenses On 1 June 2018, Ljujić joined Belenenses on a three-year contract. Bnei Yehuda On 18 September 2019 Ljujić signed the Israeli Premier League club from the city Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda. Gangwon FC On 20 July 2021 Ljujić joined the K League 1 club Gangwon FC. Hapoel Haifa On 26 January 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrija Kaluđerović
Andrija Kaluđerović (; born 5 July 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career The much-travelled Kaluđerović made his senior debut for OFK Beograd under manager Stevica Kuzmanovski, coming on as an injury-time substitute for Hristijan Kirovski in a 1–1 away league draw against Budućnost Banatski Dvor on 13 December 2003, aged 16. He spent the majority of the following three seasons on loan to various clubs, most notably Spartak Subotica in the Serbian First League. In the 2009 winter transfer window, Kaluđerović moved from OFK Beograd to fellow Serbian SuperLiga club Rad. Red Star Belgrade In August 2010, Kaluđerović signed a three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade. He was the league's joint top scorer in the 2010–11 season, alongside Ivica Iliev, with 13 goals. In February 2012, Kaluđerović was transferred to Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for an undisclosed fee. In July 2013, Kaluđerović retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Chen
Jiang Chen ( zh, s=姜晨, t=姜晨, p=Jiāng Chén; born 24 June 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese former football player. Club career On 6 May 2004 he made his professional debut, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute for Sichuan Guancheng against Qingdao Hailifeng in the Chinese FA Cup. On 27 January 2006 Sichuan Guancheng was disbanded and consequently, on 5 July, Jiang moved to Tianjin Teda. On 5 August 2009 he joined A-League side Wellington Phoenix on a season-long loan deal after trialling with the team. On 17 October 2009 he made his debut for the Phoenix as a late substitute against North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from th .... On 29 December 2009, he was released early from his loan contract with the Phoenix and returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Walsh
Diego Costa Bastos Walsh (born 8 December 1979) is a Brazilian association football, footballer who last played for TOT S.C. in the Thai Premier League. Career Youth and College While growing up in Brazil, Diego played in the youth system of Santos FC, before moving to Miami, Florida at the age of 14. He played club soccer for Miami Strike Force, and was a major part of a talented team which won 5 consecutive state championships, 2 regional championships, and finished second in the National Championship. Diego turned down numerous other university scholarships to play four years of College soccer in the United States, college soccer for Southern Methodist University, from 1999 to 2002, on a full scholarship. In both his junior and senior years, Diego was a Division I First-Team All-American (soccer), NSCAA first team All-American. He is also currently SMU's all-time leader in assists, with 39, and ranks fifth in goals, also with 39. He was later named in the NSCAA "Team of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Carreiro
Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva (born 18 August 1979), known as Fred, is a Brazilian former footballer who currently is an assistant coach for Philadelphia Union II. Carreiro played for the Harrisburg Heat of the Major Arena Soccer League. He also played for Australian A-League side Melbourne Heart, MLS sides D.C. United & Philadelphia Union, and Brazilian side América among other clubs. Career Brazil Fred began his career in his native Brazil, playing for Olympic Barbacena, Tupi, América and Guarani. Melbourne Victory Fred signed for Australian club Melbourne Victory in 2006 and, despite a controversial three-game suspension for an alleged elbow, was one of the standouts of the 2006–07 A-League season. His popularity increased when he appeared in a television commercial promoting underwear. He was voted best A-League player for season 2 by The World Game Team. In the 2007 A-League Grand Final against Adelaide United, Fred had four assists on the five goals s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
