Tony Lochhead

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Personal information
Tony Lochhead
Full name	Tony James Lochhead
Date of birth	January 12, 1982 (1982-01-12) (age 26)
Place of birth	Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Wellington Phoenix
Number	3
Youth clubs
2001–2004	Tauranga City United UC Santa Barbara
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005–2007 2007–present	Orange County Blue Star New England Revolution Wellington Phoenix	010 (1) 019 (1) 018 (1)
National team²
2003–present	New Zealand U-17 New Zealand U-23 New Zealand	013 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Tony James Lochhead (born 12 January 1982 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a football defender from New Zealand who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix FC of the Hyundai A-League.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001. Lochhead would play for the UCSB Soccer team from 2001 to 2004, starting all 83 games he played, and setting a school record for minutes. Lochhead was named first-team All-Big West in 2003, and was a second team All-American and the Big West Defensive Player of the Year in 2004. As a senior, Lochhead helped lead Santa Barbara to the NCAA Championship, where the Gauchos lost to Indiana on penalty kicks.

Following his career at Santa Barbara, Lochhead was drafted 33rd overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. However, at that time he elected not to sign with MLS. He signed with New England in September 2005, some months into the season. On April 13, 2007, the Revolution waived Lochhead, presumably to free up an international roster spot for former UC Santa Barbara teammate Bryan Byrne, who was signed the same day.

On 11 May 2007, Wellington Phoenix FC of Australia's A-League announced the signing of Lochhead on a two-year contract.^[1]

[edit] International career

Lochhead is also a promising player for the New Zealand national team, and has started every match for the team during 2006 World Cup Qualifying. He has represented New Zealand at Under-17 and Under-23 level as well.