Tony Jamieson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tony Lloyd Jamieson | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1981–2000 | North Wellington | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Tupapa Maraerenga | 5 | |
2001–2005 | Wellington United | 12 | |
2005–2007 | Wairarapa United | 1 | |
2007–2008 | Wellington Olympic | 4 | |
2008–2010 | Stop Out | ||
2010–2011 | Island Bay United | ||
2011–2013 | Tupapa Maraerenga | 9 | |
International career‡ | |||
2000–2012 | Cook Islands | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2015 |
Tony Lloyd Jamieson (born 16 March 1974, Wellington, New Zealand) is a former international footballer[1] for the Cook Islands, having played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns.[2]
Career
Club
Jamieson is the captain and the most experienced player of Cook Islands Men's National Football Team. He is the goalkeeper, has been a part of the team since 2000 and has played 31 official internationals including Club World Cup international qualifiers. He wears number 1 for his kit.
Jamieson has taken part in four successive FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns for the Cook Islands, for the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups.[2] He started his club career in 1981 and has become a member of 9 clubs since then until 2012 (North Wellington United 1981–2000, Tupapa Maraerenga FC 2000–2001, Wellington Diamaonds United 2001–2005, Nadi FC – IDC tournament, 2005, Wairarapa United 2005–2007, Nikao Sokkatak FC, Wellington Olympic AFC 2007–2008, Stop Out FC 2008–2010, Island Bay United 2010–2011).
Jamieson started his career as a junior player in Wellington, New Zealand, playing for North Wellington AFC in 1981, aged 7.
Nikao Sokkattack and Rarotonga F.C.
At the age of 27 he became player for Tupapa Maraerenga FC, a local club team in Rarotonga, part of Cook Islands, his mother's birth country. He played in the Cooks for 1 year and then, at the age of 27 and in 2001 was transferred to New Zealand club, Wellington Diamond United. [citation needed]
North Wellington Diamond United
He played there for 5 years, until the age of 31. New Zealand football, is the second most improved football, after Australian, of the Oceanian zone.
Nadi FC
In 2005, he became a player of Nadi F.C. in the IDC, Inter-district Cup Tournament.[citation needed]
His greatest football accomplishments have been to receive the man of the match awards in the two biggest internationals of his career. One against Australia in 2000 and the other against New Zealand in 2004. In both games the Cook Islands lost 17–0 and 2–0 respectively.[citation needed]
Jamieson is still playing football in Rarotonga, goalkeeping in the men's premier league competition for Nikao FC at the young age of 39 years. Tony was working for the Cook Islands Football Association in Rarotonga as the Technical Director of Football of the country.[citation needed]
International
Jamieson made his international debut for the Cook Islands in 2000. In 2007, Jamieson became infamous after sitting with the ball for over minute during a 2–0 defeat to Fiji.[3]
Management career
In November 2011, Jamieson was appointed as technical director of the Cook Islands Football Association.[4]
In February 2014, Jamieson was banned from all football-related activities by the Oceania Football Confederation for five years for several ethical breaches.[5]
Career statistics
International
Cook Islands | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2000 | 2 | 0 |
2001 | 4 | 0 |
2002 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 4 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 4 | 0 |
2008 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 19 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 26 November 2011[6]
References
- ^ "SPG Round-up". Fiji Times. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ a b "FIFA Player Statistics: Tony Jamieson". FIFA. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ "Cook Islands Goalkeeper Wastes Time in 2010 World Cup Qualifier (Oceania) v Fiji August 2007". www.youtube.com. Youtube. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "New technical director appointed". oceaniafootball.com/. Oceania Football. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Sport: OFC bans Cook Islands and PNG football officials". radionz.co.nz/. Radio New Zealand International. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Tony Jamieson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Rarotonga
- Nadi F.C. players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Cook Islands international footballers
- Cook Island association footballers
- Wellington United players
- Wellington Olympic AFC players
- Stop Out players
- New Zealand expatriates in Fiji
- New Zealand people of Cook Island descent
- Cook Island expatriates in Fiji
- North Wellington players