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Vaughan Coveny
Personal information
Full name Vaughan Coveny
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 8
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2007

Vaughan Coveny (born 13 December, 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a football player, who frequently represented his country from the 1992 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.

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.[1]

International career

Coveny made his full All Whites debut in a 0-0 draw with Fiji on 19 September, 1992. He was included in the New Zealand side for both the 1999 Confederations Cup finals tournament[2] and the 2003 Confederations Cup finals tournament.[3] He ended his international playing career with 64 A-international caps to his credit, his final cap a gained in a 1-1 draw with Estonia on May 31, 2006 with a total of 28 A-international goals.[4] 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, bringing his total A-international goal tally to 28.[5][6].

Honours

New Zealand Young Player of the Year: 1992[7]

References

  1. ^ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  2. ^ "1999 Confederation Cup Squad". NZ Football. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  3. ^ "Vaughan Coveny". Sportiing Heroes. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  4. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  5. ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  6. ^ Coveny becomes All Whites greatest scorer
  7. ^ "Honours List". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

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