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Team Taranaki
Team Taranaki Emblem
Founded2003
GroundPukekura Park, New Plymouth
ManagerIan McGrath
LeagueCentral Premier League
201010th

Team Taranaki is an semi-professional association football club based in the Taranaki region, New Zealand and they are competing in the Central Premier League.

The club was formed in 2003 as a composite team for Central Premier League competition, involving players from individual clubs in the Taranaki region. The club plays its home matches at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

Club history

The club was relegated from the Central League in 2007, to be replaced with Gisborne City. However, Gisborne City elected not to exercise their right to promotion as part of a club rebuilding strategy, and as such Team Taranaki were allowed to remain in the competition.

Present day

Taranaki selectors included Samoan international Desmond Fa'aiuaso when they named their 2010 season squad,[1] however he was released after having only played 2 full games to return to Samoa for personal reasons.[2] This proved to be temporary, and Fa'aiuaso returned to Team Taranaki's starting line-up the following week.[3]

Players 2010 Season

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 New Zealand NZL Graham Oliver
— GK New Zealand NZL Michael Reive
— DF New Zealand NZL Andrew Thomson
— DF New Zealand NZL Trent Lazarus
— DF New Zealand NZL Jeremy Hill
— DF United States USA Shane Garner
— DF New Zealand NZL Peter Kelbrick
— DF New Zealand NZL Greg Clark
— DF England ENG Adam Luque
— MF New Zealand NZL Jared Macelhannan
— MF New Zealand NZL Nathan Hill
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF New Zealand NZL Nick Betteridge
— MF New Zealand NZL Mark Christensen
— MF Germany GER Hermann Dzingel
— MF New Zealand NZL James Grieves
— MF New Zealand NZL John Sigurdsson
— FW Samoa SAM Desmond Fa'aiuaso
— FW Samoa SAM Josh Herlihy
— FW England ENG Tomas Mosquera
— FW New Zealand NZL Vincent Sharp
— FW New Zealand NZL Corey Jacobson

Staff

  • New Zealand Ian McGrath (Coach)

References

  1. ^ "Newcomers bring depth to Team Taranaki". Taranaki Daily News. 25 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Team Taranaki lose import". Taranaki Daily News. 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Depleted Team Taranaki draw". Taranaki Daily News. 14 June 2010.


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