Noah Hickey

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Noah Hickey
Full name	Noah Hickey
Date of birth	June 9, 1978 (1978-06-09) (age 30)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	right winger
Youth clubs
	Eastern Suburbs
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Central United The Football Kingz Tampere United The Football Kingz Waitakere United New Zealand Knights Gisborne City	15 (0) 07 (3) 35 (2)
National team
1997-2007	New Zealand	31 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Noah Hickey (born June 9, 1978) is a Soccer player from New Zealand who plays for Gisborne City in the Central Premier League and last played professionally for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League. He plays as either a striker or a right-winger and Was an established member of the New Zealand national team, the 'All White].

He was the 1997 New Zealand Young Player of the Year, and has had trials with English teams Watford F.C. and Northampton Town F.C., perhaps due to his appearance in the 2003 Confederations Cup tournament.

Noah had a successful stint with Tampere United of Finland. He scored the goal that helped them win the league against MyPa, and also scored an infamous winner with his hand against rivals FC Haka.

He has presented a children's football show on Sky Sports in New Zealand. He is also infamous for missing an open goal in bizarre fashion, now featured on several 'bloopers' tapes. Noah Hickey in 2005 was thought to be the fastest player in the A-league.^{[citation needed]}

On 28 May 2007 Hickey surprised many by retiring from International and pro football exactly 10 years to the day of his first cap. There have been suggestions that this came about due to a fallout with New Zealand and Wellington Phoenix manager, Ricki Herbert. This followed New Zealand's disastrous results in South America which Herbert blamed on player fitness and commitment.

Noah Hickey has also appeared on NZ reality television show City Celebrity Country Nobody.