Che Bunce (born 29 August 1975 in Auckland) is a New Zealand footballer was a player-coach for Waikato FC in the

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. He is a lawyer by trade.

Club career

In April 2006 he signed for New Zealand Knights where he was captain for the A-League 2006-07 season.New Zealand Knights F.C.
retrieved 12 December 2006 Bunce was on trial at

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side Dundee United in late January 2007, and despite being expected to join the Terrors, joined Coventry City instead. Bunce failed to make an appearance for City and was told in April 2007 that he was free to leave the Ricoh Arena at the end of the season.

International career

Bunce played for the New Zealand U-23 and made 29 appearances for the New Zealand national football team, the All Whites from 1998, scoring 2 goals., His last appearance was on 24 March 2007 when the All Whites endured an embarrassing 4–0 loss to

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References

External links

Che Bunce Interview

No kidding, Bunce still has it

Kiwi finds a niche in Iceland league
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