Clint Gosling

Clint Gosling
Personal information
Full nameClint C Gosling
Date of birth1 May 1960
Place of birthLiverpool, England
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Retired
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978-1979Eastern Suburbs16(0)
1980Mount Wellington2(0)
1981-1986Newcastle KB/Rosebud
1987Sydney City Hakoah
1987Melita Eagles
1988-1993Sydney Olympic89(0)
1993-1994Newcastle Breakers26(0)
National team
1984-1993New Zealand39(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 February 2007.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2007

Clint Gosling (born 1 May 1960) is a former association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]

Raised in Auckland, Gosling played his junior football at Lynndale AFC, which later merged with Avondale United to become Lynn-Avon United, and represented Auckland and New Zealand at various junior age group levels.

His senior career began with Eastern Suburbs and Mount Wellington before he moved to Australia to join Newcastle KB/Rosebud and later Sydney Olympic in the Australian National Soccer League[2]

Gosling made his full New Zealand début in a 1-1 draw with Fiji on 20 October 1984.[3] He played a total of 66 times for his country including unofficial matches, 39 or which were A-internationals.[1][4] Gosling gained his final cap in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993.[3]

Following his playing career, Gosling remained at Newcastle United Jets as goalkeeping coach until being dismissed by the club in November 2011. He continues as goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis for the New Zealand national teams at all levels.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  2. "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  4. "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  5. Gardiner, James (2011-11-26). "Clint Gosling dumped by Jets - Local News - Sport - Football - Soccer - Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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