List of New Zealand Knights FC players

New Zealand Knights Football Club was a New Zealand professional football club based in Auckland. The club was formed in 2004, and played their first competitive match in July 2005 when they participated in the 2005 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup. The club played its home matches at North Harbour Stadium. The Knights was dissolved in 2007, following two seasons of football.

New Zealand Knights' record appearance-maker was Darren Bazeley, with 47 appearances over 2 seasons, ahead of Noah Hickey with 43.

List of players

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including A-League and A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup matches.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Table headers

• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• New Zealand Knights career – The year of the player's first appearance for New Zealand Knights to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of games started.
• Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

List of New Zealand Knights FC players

Name	Nationality	Position	New Zealand Knights career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
Bull, RonnieRonnie Bull	England	2 !DF	2005	10	0	10	0	[1]
Collett, BenBen Collett	England	3 !MF	2005–2006	18	3	21	0	[2]
Devine, SeanSean Devine	Ireland	4 !FW	2005–2006	23	10	33	3	[3]
Emblen, NeilNeil Emblen	England	3 !MF	2005–2007	34	3	37	3	[4]
Fitzsimmons, SteveSteve Fitzsimmons	Australia	5 !U	2005	11	3	14	1	[5]
Hay, DannyDanny Hay	New Zealand	2 !DF	2005	11	0	11	0	[6]
Milosevic, DannyDanny Milosevic	Australia	1 !GK	2005–2006	23	0	23	0	[7]
Rose, JoshuaJoshua Rose	Australia	2 !DF	2005–2006	12	3	15	1	[8]
Tambouras, JohnJohn Tambouras	Australia	2 !DF	2005–2007	21	3	24	1	[9]
Tinkler, ColeCole Tinkler	New Zealand	2 !DF	2005–2006	11	2	13	0	[10]
Yeo, SimonSimon Yeo	England	4 !FW	2005	11	1	12	4	[11]
Hickey, NoahNoah Hickey	New Zealand	3 !MF	2005–2007	36	7	43	2	[12]
Zhang Xiaobin	China	3 !MF	2005–2006	4	11	15	1	[13]
Moss, GlenGlen Moss	New Zealand	1 !GK	2005–2006	8	2	10	0	[14]
van Eijs, FrankFrank van Eijs	Netherlands	2 !DF	2005–2006	15	0	15	0	[15]
Brockie, JeremyJeremy Brockie	New Zealand	4 !FW	2005–2006	9	5	14	4	[16]
Maguire, JoshJosh Maguire	Australia	3 !MF	2005–2006	8	6	14	0	[17]
Bazeley, DarrenDarren Bazeley	England	2 !DF	2005–2007	45	2	47	1	[18]
Christie, JeremyJeremy Christie	New Zealand	5 !U	2005–2006	8	2	10	1	[19]
Caravella, ZenonZenon Caravella	Australia	3 !MF	2005–2006	20	1	21	0	[20]
Imaya, NaokiNaoki Imaya	Japan	5 !U	2005–2006	6	5	11	0	[21]
Bright, KrisKris Bright	New Zealand	4 !FW	2005–2006	9	3	12	0	[22]
Jasper, SamSam Jasper	New Zealand	3 !MF	2006	1	1	2	0	[23]
Buari, MalikMalik Buari	England	3 !MF	2006–2007	19	6	25	2	[24]
Bunce, CheChe Bunce	New Zealand	2 !DF	2006–2007	22	0	22	1	[25]
Gemmill, ScotScot Gemmill	Scotland	3 !MF	2006–2007	14	4	18	0	[26]
Kovacevic, SimeSime Kovacevic	Australia	2 !DF	2006	15	2	17	0	[27]
Richter, JontiJonti Richter	Australia	4 !FW	2006–2007	17	7	24	1	[28]
Salley, JonasJonas Salley	Ivory Coast	3 !MF	2006–2007	15	0	15	0	[29]
Turnbull, MichaelMichael Turnbull	Australia	1 !GK	2006	8	0	8	0	[30]
White, MichaelMichael White	New Zealand	5 !U	2006–2007	3	11	14	0	[31]
Duruz, GregoryGrégory Duruz	Switzerland	2 !DF	2006	15	1	16	0	[32]
Casey, AdamAdam Casey	Australia	4 !FW	2006	5	8	13	0	[33]
Rodrigues, DaniDani Rodrigues	Portugal	3 !MF	2006	9	0	9	1	[34]
Johnson, RichardRichard Johnson	Australia	3 !MF	2006–2007	19	1	20	0	[35]
Necevski, IvanIvan Necevski	Australia	1 !GK	2006	2	0	2	0	[36]
Parisi, FrancoFranco Parisi	Australia	4 !FW	2006	0	1	1	0	[37]
Banks, CampbellCampbell Banks	New Zealand	4 !FW	2006	1	1	2	0	[38]
Mohammed, HamzaHamza Mohammed	Ghana	3 !MF	2006	1	1	2	0	[39]
de Moraes, FernandoFernando de Moraes	Australia	3 !MF	2006	2	3	5	0	[40]
Wells, DustinDustin Wells	Australia	3 !MF	2006	6	0	6	0	[41]
Marcina, AlenAlen Marcina	Canada	4 !FW	2006–2007	8	0	8	2	[42]
Paston, MarkMark Paston	New Zealand	1 !GK	2006–2007	10	0	10	0	[43]
Gordon, DeanDean Gordon	England	2 !DF	2006–2007	6	0	6	0	[44]
Gao Leilei	China	3 !MF	2006–2007	6	1	7	1	[45]
Fleming, JeffJeff Fleming	New Zealand	3 !MF	2006	1	0	1	0	[46]
ODor, StevenSteven O'Dor	Australia	2 !DF	2006–2007	3	0	3	0	[47]
Li Yan	China	3 !MF	2006–2007	0	2	2	0	[48]

Club captains

Two players held the position of captain of the New Zealand Knights between 2005 and 2007. The first club captain was Danny Hay, who led the side in 2005.^[49] The longest-serving captain was Darren Bazeley, who was captain from 2005 to 2007 after taking over from Hay.^[50]

Dates	Name	Notes
2005	Danny Hay[49]
2005–2007	Darren Bazeley[50]	Longest-serving captain in Knights' history

Notes

• ^ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

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