Allan Boath
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Roderick Boath | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1976–1977 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Forfar Athletic | 15 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | Woolston WMC | 36 | (10) |
| 1980 | Christchurch United | 21 | (2) |
| 1981 | Woolston WMC | 16 | (2) |
| 1982 | West Adelaide Hellas | 11 | (2) |
| 1983–1984 | Christchurch United | 22 | (4) |
| 1984 | Auckland University | 13 | (3) |
| 1985–1988 | North Shore United | 89 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 1980–1988 | New Zealand | 39 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Allan Roderick Boath (born 14 February 1958 in Dundee, Scotland) is a former association football player, who represented New Zealand at international level.
Career
Having been developed as a player through the Celtic youth scheme, Boath signed for Dundee United but never played for the first team.
Boath emigrated to New Zealand in 1978. He qualified to play for New Zealand through residency laws[1] and made 39 A-International appearances for New Zealand, scoring six times.[2][3]
He represented the All Whites for all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, where they lost to Scotland, USSR and Brazil.[4]
References
- ↑ "Blether with Brown - 24 January 2005". The Evening Telegraph. 2005-01-24.
- ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ↑ "NZ 1982 World Cup". NZ Football. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
External references
- Allan Boath – FIFA competition record
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