Papatoetoe AFC

Papatoetoe
Full name	Papatoetoe Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Reds, Toey
Founded	1959
Ground	Murdoch Park, Papatoetoe
Chairman	; Sal Martin (President) ; Pradeep Kumar (Junior's President) ; David Robertson (Men's) ; Hans Anema (Maintenance) ; Pamela Luhrs (Secretary) ; Sel Bradley ; Simon Kerr (Media & Comm)
Coach	Head Coach Kim Beale (Men's) Assistant Coach Kevin Meikle ;
League	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
2019	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Conference, 2nd. Promoted.
Home colours	Away colours

Papatoetoe AFC is a semi-professional football club based in Papatoetoe, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto NRFL Conference, however, have enjoyed successful spells at the top of the New Zealand game, namely in the former National League, and having won two Lotto NRFL Premier League crowns.

The club prides itself for being an inclusive family oriented club that values the diversity of their local community and its relationships with surrounding schools, and is committed to providing a player pathway from youth to first-team level.

Over the years it has forged one of the strongest records for success in South Auckland often with limited resources. Many of their youth players have represented New Zealand at age-group national team level and some have gone on to full All Whites senior national team representation, Ricki Herbert being one of their players.

History

Papatoetoe AFC was founded in 1959 through the efforts of Ken Hastings. the club entered the new Franklin & Districts competitions in 1960, competing from a site at the Papatoetoe Recreation Ground on Great South Road. In 1965 the club moved to its current home at Murdoch Park and the same year its senior team entered the Northern League. It gained promotion to the premier division in 1971, and it spent much of the next decade in either the lower reaches of the premier league or the upper part of the second flight.

Papatoetoe have reached the Quarter-finals of the Chatham Cup on three occasions, in 1984, 1985, and 1986, but have yet to progress beyond this stage of the competition.

2019 First Team Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FIJ	Faizal Mohammed
—	DF	NZL	Daniel Thomas
—	DF	NZL	Sahil Kapadia
—	DF	NZL	Toby Edwards
—	DF	NZL	Caleb Hill
—	DF	FIJ	Nazhir Khan
—	MF	NZL	Fadheel Khan
—	MF	IRQ	Marn Nissan
—	MF	FIJ	Amit Narayan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NZL	Louis Corkill
—	MF	NZL	Joel Frank
—	MF	IRQ	Rivan Jagoo
—	MF	FIJ	Sandip Singh (Captain)
—	MF	FIJ	Suvio Reddy
—	FW	SLV	Ernesto Lopez
—	FW	CHI	Axel Navarette
—	FW	NZL	Chris Groen
—	FW	VAN	Alex Saniel

Management staff

Role	Name
Head Coach	Kim Beale
Assistant Coach	Kevin Meikle
1st Team Manager	Daniel Jang
1st Team Physio	Nivia Rattan
Reserves Coach	Eric Jones
Reserves Assistant	Ronaldo Lamel
Reserves Manager	Ian Tarpey

Women's Current Squad and Appearances

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NZL	Ally Toaliloa
—	MF	NZL	Allysha Johnson
—	MF	NZL	Caitlin Turner
—	DF	NZL	Charlotte Maumeasagi
—	MF	NZL	Dana Jenkins
—	GK	NZL	Dani Bradley
—	MF	NZL	Danielle Hareb
—	MF	NZL	Daynika Lamb
—	MF	SAM	Hana Vaga
—	DF	NZL	Hannah Kelly
—	MF	SAM	Hazel Peleti
—	MF	NZL	Jax David
—	MF	NZL	Jess Snell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Lauren McElearn
—	MF	ENG	Leonie Kerr
—	DF	NZL	Liz Wong
—	FW	NZL	Lucia Iaone
—	MF	NZL	Monique Fischer
—	MF	NZL	Nicole Lawrence
—	MF	NZL	Rosie Leota
—	MF	NZL	Sarah Reid
—	FW	NZL	Sharnia Blanchard
—	DF	NZL	Shayla Hagan
—	MF	NZL	Shontelle Steven
—	FW	NZL	Tayla Hetherington

Notable former players

Many notable national New Zealand representatives have played for Papatoetoe, among them 1982 FIFA World Cup goalkeeper Frank van Hattum.

External links

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