Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francesco van Hattum | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1958 | ||
Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1975 | Moturoa AFC U18s | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1975 | Moturoa | 13 | (0) |
1976–1982 | Manurewa AFC | 140 | (0) |
1983 | Christchurch United | 20 | (0) |
1984 | Papatoetoe AFC | 22 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Auckland University | 41 | (1) |
1987–1989 | Mount Maunganui FC | ||
1990 | Manurewa AFC | ||
International career | |||
1980–1986 | New Zealand | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francesco van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth) [1] is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982. [2] His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches. [3]
Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980 [4] and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international caps to his credit, [5] his final cap an appearance in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 2 November 1986. [4]
Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain [6] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches. [7]
Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections. [8]
Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and was elected chairman of the seven person board on 25 June 2008. [9] [10] He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee. [11] On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting. [12]
The son of a goalkeeper coach, Frits van Hattum, Frank comes from a sporting family with two of his sisters, Marie-Jose Cooper and Grazia MacIntosh, have also represented New Zealand with the New Zealand women's national football team, the Football Ferns, while nephew Oskar van Hattum is a New Zealand under-17 international. [13] [14]
His youngest sister, Stella Pennell, represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation – first as competitor, then as Women's coach. [15]
Manurewa
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Francesco van Hattum | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1958 | ||
Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1975 | Moturoa AFC U18s | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1975 | Moturoa | 13 | (0) |
1976–1982 | Manurewa AFC | 140 | (0) |
1983 | Christchurch United | 20 | (0) |
1984 | Papatoetoe AFC | 22 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Auckland University | 41 | (1) |
1987–1989 | Mount Maunganui FC | ||
1990 | Manurewa AFC | ||
International career | |||
1980–1986 | New Zealand | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francesco van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth) [1] is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982. [2] His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches. [3]
Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980 [4] and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international caps to his credit, [5] his final cap an appearance in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 2 November 1986. [4]
Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain [6] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches. [7]
Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections. [8]
Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and was elected chairman of the seven person board on 25 June 2008. [9] [10] He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee. [11] On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting. [12]
The son of a goalkeeper coach, Frits van Hattum, Frank comes from a sporting family with two of his sisters, Marie-Jose Cooper and Grazia MacIntosh, have also represented New Zealand with the New Zealand women's national football team, the Football Ferns, while nephew Oskar van Hattum is a New Zealand under-17 international. [13] [14]
His youngest sister, Stella Pennell, represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation – first as competitor, then as Women's coach. [15]
Manurewa