Andrew Barron (footballer)

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Andrew Barron
Personal information
Full name Andrew Barron
Date of birth (1980-12-24) 24 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Invercargill, New Zealand
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Central midfielder
Youth career
1988–1997 Petone
2000–2003 WCU Crusaders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000
Miramar Rangers
2003–2004
New Orleans Shell Shockers
 29 (8)
2004–2005 Lisburn Distillery 16 (1)
2005–2006
Canterbury United
 15 (1)
2006–2007
Team Wellington
 12 (4)
2008 Minnesota Thunder 11 (0)
2008–2010
Team Wellington
 22 (8)
2013
Kiwi FC
International career‡
2006–2010
New Zealand
 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2010

Andrew Barron (born 24 December 1980 in

central midfielder
, combines full-time employment as an investment counselor and banker with semi-professional football.

He last played for

All White who played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup
, making him one of the very few amateur All Whites in recent years.

Club career

Barron signed for

Team Wellington for the following season and scored four goals in 12 appearances in a playmaker
role.

In 2008, Barron went in search of a professional career overseas and signed with the

NZFC 2008–09 season
. Barron has made 34 appearances (all starts) and scored 12 goals in both stints with the Wellington club.

International career

Barron made his debut for the

New Zealand national football team in the first match of a two-game friendly series against Malaysia on 19 February 2006.[1] Barron scored his first international goal in the second match of the Malaysian series with an 88th-minute strike to seal a 2–1 win for the All Whites.[2]

Barron was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, along with fellow non-professionals James Bannatyne and Aaron Scott[3] and was also part of the All Whites team which beat Bahrain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off match. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he made headlines when he featured as a late substitute against defending champions Italy and became the first non-professional footballer to participate in the tournament.[4]

International goals
# Date Opponent Final Score Result Competition
1 23 February 2006  Malaysia 2–1 Win Friendly
Last updated 7 April 2010

Career statistics

All-Time Club Performances
Club Season
Premiership
 Irish Cup
League Cup
 Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
IFA Premiership
)
2004–05
 16 1 16 1
Club Total 16 1 16 1
Club Season NZFC Chatham Cup Club World Cup Oceania Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Canterbury United
(New Zealand Football Championship
)
2005–06
 15 1 15 1
Club Total 15 1 15 1
Club Season NZFC Chatham Cup Club World Cup Oceania Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Team Wellington
(New Zealand Football Championship
)
2006–07
 12 4 12 4
Club Total 12 4 12 4
Club Season USL-1 Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Minnesota Thunder
(USL First Division)
2008
 11 0 11 0
Club Total 11 0 11 0
Club Season NZFC Chatham Cup Club World Cup Oceania Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Team Wellington
(New Zealand Football Championship
) 		2008–09 7 4 7 4
2009–10
 15 4 15 4
Club Total 22 8 20 6
Career totals 76 14 76 14
Last updated 30 April 2010

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand 1 Malaysia 0". New Zealand Football. 19 February 2006. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ "New Zealand 2 Malaysia 1". New Zealand Football. 23 February 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Mind-boggling scenario for NZ footballers". Stuff. 30 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Her er VMs glade amatør!". vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 4 June 2021.

External links

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