Vaughan Coveny

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Vaughan Coveny
Personal information
Full name Vaughan Coveny
Date of birth December 13, 1971 (1971-12-13) (age 36)
Place of birth    Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Wellington Phoenix
Number 8
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*




1991-1993
1993-1995
1995-2006
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-present
Newlands United
Porirua Viard
Waterside Karori
Miramar Rangers
Melbourne Knights
Wollongong Wolves
South Melbourne
Newcastle Jets (loan)
Newcastle Jets
Wellington Phoenix





024 (12)
247 (88)
010 0(4)
031 0(9)
014 0(1)   
National team2

1992-2007
New Zealand U-23
New Zealand

071 (30)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 February 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 8 February 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Vaughan Coveny (born 13 December 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a successful football player, who frequently represented his country from the 1990s onwards. Coveny currently plays for New Zealand based A-League club, the Wellington Phoenix. Coveny is primarily a striker although he has also played as a winger.

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[edit] Club career

He is currently playing for Wellington Phoenix FC, whom he joined after leaving the Newcastle United Jets who he had played with for a brief period on loan in the 2005/06 A-League season. He has also previously played for Melbourne Knights and Wollongong City in the National Soccer League, but the majority of his career was spent at South Melbourne in the NSL, and later on, Victorian Premier League.

[edit] International career

Coveny became New Zealand's greatest ever goalscorer on May 27, 2006, when he scored twice in the All Whites 3-1 victory over Georgia[1].

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