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Mark Paston
Personal information
Full name Mark Nelson Paston
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 1
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2009

Mark Nelson Paston (born December 13, 1976)[1] is a New Zealand football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.

Club career

His senior career began with Napier City Rovers before he moved to the United Kingdom in 2003 to join Bradford City. He followed this with a season at Walsall and then St Johnstone, before returning to New Zealand to with the New Zealand Knights, and later their replacement in the A-League, Wellington Phoenix.[2][3]

International career

Paston, having represented New Zealand at Under-23 level, made his full All Whites debut at the age of 20 in a 5–0 loss to Indonesia on 21 September 1997, but did not feature in another full international until 2003, Jason Batty, Michael Utting and later Ross Nicholson being preferred choices.[4][5] Since returning to the international side in 2003, Paston has competed with former Wellington Phoenix team-mate Glen Moss for the goalkeeper position.[4]

He was named as part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa, [6] where he was second choice as Moss played in all three games. However, Moss's suspension from international football for improper conduct[7] meant that Paston played in the World Cup Qualification playoff against Bahrain. On 10 October 2009 Paston kept a clean sheet in the first leg in Riffa, and in the return leg on 14 November 2009 he was Man of the Match, saving a penalty from Sayed Mohamed Adnan in the 51st minute which was enough to secure New Zealand a 1-0 win in Wellington, enabling them to qualify for the World Cup for only the second time in their history.

References

  1. ^ Soccerway profile
  2. ^ "Wellington Phoenix, Mark Paston". Wellingtonphoenix.com. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ a b "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "New Zealand - All Whites name Confederations Cup squad". Oceania Football confederation. 7 May 2009.
  7. ^ Grantley Bernard (05 November 2009). "Moss Sees Red". Herald Sun. Retrieved 10 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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