Timothy Esmonde Myers (born 17 September 1990) is a New Zealand former professional

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who played as a

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. He made three appearances for the New Zealand national team in 2012.

Club career

Myers began playing for Eastern Suburbs in Auckland as a five-year-old. He moved to

Waitakere United Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeū and The Trusts Arena. History Waitakere Uni ...

as a teenager. In 2005, at the age of 14, Myers was captain of the New Zealand team at the Manchester United Premier Cup tournament in

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International career

Myers represented New Zealand at

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

playing the first two matches. He also played for the New Zealand Under-20 team at the 2008 OFC U-20 Championship as the Kiwis finished third place. In 2012, Myers was called up to the Under-23 team, winning the

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and qualifying to 2012 Olympic Football Tournament, where he played in one of New Zealand's games. He missed two of the three warmup games due to an injury. Myers was called to

2012 OFC Nations Cup The 2012 OFC Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the OFC Nations Cup organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The group stage of the tournament also doubled as the second round of the OFC qualification tournament for the 2014 FIFA ...

and had his debut coming off the bench against

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, appearing in two other matches of the tournament.

Career statistics

New Zealand's goal tally first.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, Tim 1990 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Association footballers from Auckland Men's association football central defenders New Zealand men's international footballers New Zealand men's under-23 international footballers New Zealand men's under-20 international footballers New Zealand men's youth international footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand 2012 OFC Nations Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics New Zealand Football Championship players Waitakere United players Team Wellington FC players Three Kings United players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen