Clint Gosling
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-05-01) 1 May 1960
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1979 Eastern Suburbs 16 (0)
1980 Mount Wellington 2 (0)
1981–1986 Newcastle KB/Rosebud
1987 Sydney City Hakoah
1987 Melita Eagles
1988–1993 Sydney Olympic 89 (0)
1993–1994 Newcastle Breakers 26 (0)
International career
1984–1993 New Zealand 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clint Gosling (born 1 May 1960) is a former association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.[1]

Raised in Auckland, Gosling played his junior football at Lynndale AFC, which later merged with Avondale United to become Lynn-Avon United, and represented Auckland and New Zealand at various junior age group levels.

His senior career began with Eastern Suburbs and Mount Wellington before he moved to Australia to join Newcastle KB UnitedNewcastle Rosebud and later Sydney Olympic in the Australian National Soccer League[2]

Gosling made his full New Zealand début in a 1–1 draw with Fiji on 20 October 1984.[3] He played a total of 66 times for his country including unofficial matches, 39 or which were A-internationals.[1][4] Gosling gained his final cap in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993.[3]

Following his playing career, Gosling remained at Newcastle United Jets as goalkeeping coach until being dismissed by the club in November 2011. He continues as goalkeeping coach on a part-time basis for the New Zealand national teams at all levels.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  5. ↑ Gardiner, James (26 November 2011). "Clint Gosling dumped by Jets - Local News - Sport - Football - Soccer - Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 19 December 2011.


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