Ben Sigmund

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Ben Sigmund
Personal information

Full name	Benjamin Robert Sigmund
Date of birth	(1981-02-03) 3 February 1981
Place of birth	Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Wellington Phoenix
Number	18
Youth career
-1998	Christchurch United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1998–2002	Christchurch United^[1]	76	(14)
2003–2004	Football Kingz	1	(0)
2004–2006	Canterbury United	83	(7)
2006	Fawkner Blues	11	(1)
2006–2008	Auckland City	43	(5)
2008–	Wellington Phoenix	132	(7)
National team^‡
1999	New Zealand U17	3	(0)
	New Zealand U20	12	(0)
2000–	New Zealand	31	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2014

Benjamin Robert Sigmund (born 3 February 1981^[2]) is a New Zealand footballer who plays for A-League club Wellington Phoenix.^[3] He has represented New Zealand at under-17, under-20 and senior men's level.

Club career

Born in Blenheim, Sigmund spent his early career with Football Kingz, Canterbury United, Fawkner Blues and Auckland City. He signed for the Wellington Phoenix in 2008. On 9 July 2012 he signed a two-year contract extension keep him with the club until 2015.^[4]

International career

Sigmund made his senior international debut as a substitute in August 2000 against Oman, but did not earn a second cap until 2007,^[5] where he earned a call up to play Wales in Wrexham after nearly seven years in the football wilderness. On 6 September 2008 Sigmund scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win over New Caledonia with a header from a corner.^[5]

Sigmund was named as part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa,^[6]^[7] and was more recently in the side the beat Bahrain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match on 14 November 2009.

On 10 May 2010, Sigmund was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[8]

Honours

Personal Honours:

Wellington Phoenix Member's Player of the Year: 2008–2009^[9]

References

↑ Smith, Tony (13 November 2009). "All Whites pair united by Christchurch". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
↑ Ben Sigmund profile at Soccerway
↑ Phoenix Sign Sigmund As Final Defender
↑ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league/news/1112586/Sigmund-extends-Phoenix-stay
↑ 5.0 5.1 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
↑ "New Zealand – All Whites name Confederations Cup squad". Oceania Football confederation. 7 May 2009.
↑ "2009 Confederations Cup – New Zealand squad". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
↑ "All Whites World Cup squad named". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=26606

External links

New Zealand Squads

v t e New Zealand squad – 2008 OFC Nations Cup Winners (4th Title)

Bannatyne Barbarouses Bertos Boyens Brockie Bright Brown Campbell Christie Draper Ellensohn Elliott James Killen Lochhead Moss Mulligan Nelsen Old Oughton Paston Pearce Peverley Pritchett Scott Sigmund Smeltz Smith Spoonley Vicelich Coach: Herbert

v t e New Zealand squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Paston 2 Scott 3 Lochhead 4 Oughton 5 Sigmund 6 Vicelich 7 Elliott 8 Brown (c) 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Bertos 12 Moss 13 Barron 14 Christie 15 Brockie 16 James 17 Mulligan 18 Boyens 19 Old 20 Wood 21 Bright 22 Smith 23 Bannatyne Coach: Herbert

v t e New Zealand squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Paston 2 Sigmund 3 Lochhead 4 Reid 5 Vicelich 6 Nelsen (c) 7 Elliott 8 Brown 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Bertos 12 Moss 13 Barron 14 Fallon 15 McGlinchey 16 Clapham 17 Mulligan 18 Boyens 19 Smith 20 Wood 21 Christie 22 Brockie 23 Bannatyne Coach: Herbert

v t e New Zealand squad – 2012 OFC Nations Cup Third Place

1 Paston 2 Myers 3 Lochhead 4 Sigmund 5 Smith (c) 6 Hogg 7 Bertos 8 McGlinchey 9 Smeltz 10 Killen 11 Rojas 12 Moss 13 Gleeson 14 Fallon 15 Vicelich 16 Brockie 17 Barbarouses 18 Clapham 19 Boxall 20 Wood 21 Howieson 22 Payne 23 McGeorge Coach: Herbert

v t e Wellington Phoenix FC – current squad

1 Moss 2 Muscat 3 Caira 4 Adams 5 Boxall 6 Brindell-South 7 Bertos 8 Ifill 9 Cunningham 10 Huysegems 11 Brockie 12 Boyd 13 Riera 14 Rufer 15 Hicks 16 Fenton 17 Lia 18 Sigmund 20 Italiano 21 Hernández 22 Durante 23 Ridenton 24 Krishna 25 Lujić Watson Coach: Merrick

Persondata
Name	Sigmund, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand association footballer
Date of birth	3 February 1981
Place of birth	Blenheim, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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