Krishna and five All-Whites chosen for Wellington Phoenix team of the decade

The unique professional football club of Oceania, Wellington Phoenix, is doing a fine season in the current edition of the Hyundai A-League. To remember the past years of the club, the social media department of the Nix decided to raise a public pool to choose the ‘Team of the Decade’ for the club – the best eleven players by position that represented the club in the last 10 years.

The Fijian international Roy Krishna is among those selected by the fans; the forward is the all time top goalscorer of the club and won the Johnny Warren medal in the previous season – the prize awarded to the best player of A-League season. Krishna also won the golden boot of the 2018/19 season of the most important football league in Australia.

Other five Oceanian players were chosen by the fans to be part of the best team of the decade of the club, one of them is still currently at the club: Liberato Cacace. The 19-year old left back is one of the most promising players in New Zealand and already caught the attention from European clubs that are scouting the his talents.

Another young talented player is among the eleven players; the now Bayern Munich midfielder Sarpreet Singh. Singh is a product of Phoenix Academy – as Cacace is – and made a stellar season in 2018/19 for the club, that helped Phoenix to be back to the A-League playoffs after several years.

Andrew Durante, the recordist of the matches for Phoenix and also the player who most played A-League matches in history, is also in the team. The 37-year old central defender parted ways with the club in the last season to play for Western United, but continues as an absolute legend for the history of the club. Durante also got New Zealand citizenship in 2013 and represented New Zealand 24 times internationally, including one FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017.

The goalkeeper of the decade is the former All-White member Glen Moss, that is currently still in A-League defending the colours of Newcastle Jets. The 36-year old player has played 140 matches for Wellington Phoenix and represented his country in 29 international matches. Moss played for seven years for Phoenix and made his debut for the national team in 2006.

From the five New Zealanders chosen by the fans only one is already retired: the former defender Ben Sigmund. The player has 181 A-League games for Wellington Phoenix and also scored seven goals. Sigmund also took part in the last appearece of an OFC member in the FIFA World Cup, when New Zealand played the most important football tournament of the world back in 2010 – Sigmund was member of the All-Whites for 14 years.

You can check the full team selected by Phoenix supporters by clicking here.