Cook Islands football continues to strive for development in football; counting on various players currently based in New Zealand – such as Harlem Simiona and Ishaq Nazeem who repersent the men’s national team – the 17,000 people self-governing island country hopes for better results in the sport. The Cook Islands are well known because ofContinue reading “Maro Bonsu-Maro: Cook Islands national team is still a possibility”
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James McGarry sees a return to Wellington Phoenix as a real possibility
James McGarry is back to New Zealand. The 22-year-old left back returned to his homeland after his contract with Willem II from Netherlands was terminated after spending two years in Europe. McGarry arrived in Netherlands back in 2018 after being a regular starter in the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the ISPS Handa Premiership for fourContinue reading “James McGarry sees a return to Wellington Phoenix as a real possibility”
Henry Fa’arodo back to training in New Zealand
Football players are allowed to resume training in New Zealand in groups of a maximum of ten people. Hamilton Wanderers’ players have resumed training this week in order to start their preparation for the winter football season in the country. Solomon Islands legend Henry Fa’arodo is one of these players that are back to theContinue reading “Henry Fa’arodo back to training in New Zealand”
Max Mata promoted to Grasshopper’s first team
Max Mata is promoted to Grasshopper’s first team in Switzerland. The 19-year-old forward from New Zealand is now part of the main squad after spending some months with the U21 team. It was reported that he is going to wear the number 15. He arrived in Europe last year to join the U21 squad ofContinue reading “Max Mata promoted to Grasshopper’s first team”
Harry Edge close to represent Malaysia internationally
Born in New Zealand, the 26-year-old defensive midfielder Harry Edge is currently playing for Torslanda IK from Sweden. He went to Europe last year after helping the Eastern Suburbs to clinch the 2018-19 ISPS Handa Premiership title. His father is Declan Edge, former footballer that represented New Zealand National Football Team from 1985 to 1991.Continue reading “Harry Edge close to represent Malaysia internationally”
Nelson Suburbs announce partnership with English team
Nelson Suburbs announced in their official social media that they have partnered with Oldham Athletic, a football team that is currently in the EFL League 2, the fourth-tier of English football. According to the team’s media this new relationship is a great opportunity to provide coaching information to assist the club while their top playersContinue reading “Nelson Suburbs announce partnership with English team”
Brian Kaltak: I had the best season of my career
The 2019-20 ISPS Handa Premiership season is over as Auckland City was claimed the champions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the unexpected end, it was a wonderful season for Vanuatu international Brian Kaltak that was named for the ISPS Handa Premiership Team of the Season for the first time in his career. The 26-year-oldContinue reading “Brian Kaltak: I had the best season of my career”
Derek Tieku: ISPS Handa Premiership 2019/20 MVP
Hamilton Wanderers ended the season at the 6th place in the ISPS Handa Premiership table, but they will have something very important to celebrate: the attacker Derek Tieku was chosen as the Most Valuable Player of the 2019/20 season of the New Zealand top-league. The 24-year old Ghanian-born English player scored eight goals in theContinue reading “Derek Tieku: ISPS Handa Premiership 2019/20 MVP”
A-League postponed; Phoenix will need to wait
The COVID-19 outbreak forced another league to stop: the Australian top-tier, the Hyundai A-League, was postponed. After many discussions around the decisions made to keep the league running, the league officials decided in the last days that the games could not keep being played due the terrible situation regarding Coronavirus. Wellington Phoenix was in Australia,Continue reading “A-League postponed; Phoenix will need to wait”
Football Fern Rebekah Stott makes history in Australia
The New Zealand international Rebekah Stott added in the past week another very important title to his career: the defender won her 4th Australian W-League – the top-tier of women’s football in Australia – for her side Melbourne City after beating by 1-0 in the grand final Sydney FC. Stott was praised as one ofContinue reading “Football Fern Rebekah Stott makes history in Australia”
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