Kip Colvey

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Kip Colvey
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Colvey in the national jersey (2017)
Personnel
Surname Kip Warren Colvey II
birthday March 15, 1994
place of birth Līhuʻe , HawaiiUnited States
size 178 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
2007-2010 Canterbury United
2010–2012 Asia-Pacific Football Academy
2012-2015 Cal Poly Mustangs
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012 Bay Area Ambassadors
2013-2014 Ventura County merger 24 (3)
2016-2017 San Jose Earthquakes 4 (0)
2016 →  Sacramento Republic  (loan) 6 (0)
2017 →  Reno 1868 FC  (loan) 10 (0)
2018 Colorado Rapids 3 (0)
2018 →  Colorado Springs Switchbacks  (loan) 3 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
New Zealand U17
New Zealand U-23 2 (0)
2016-2017 New Zealand 15 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: January 15, 2019

Kip Warren Colvey II (born March 15, 1994 in Līhuʻe ) is a former New Zealand football player who was mostly used as a defender .

Career

Youth and amateur football

Colvey was born in Hawaii but grew up in the Marlborough Sounds , New Zealand . He attended Nelson College and also played for his university's soccer team. He then moved to Christchurch and attended the Asia-Pacific Football Academy there .

In 2012 he moved back to the US and studied at California Polytechnic State University for four years . At the same time he also played two years in the Premier Development League for Ventura County Fusion .

Club career

Colvey was chosen as the eighth pick (49th overall) in the third round of the 2016 MLS SuperDrafts by the San José Earthquakes . There he signed a professional contract on March 4, 2016. He made his competitive debut on March 13, 2016 against the Portland Timbers . Because of his good performance in this game, he was named "Rookie of the Week".

After the 2017 season, Colvey did not get a new contract with San José and was selected in the Waiver Draft by the Colorado Rapids , in which his former national coach Anthony Hudson held the coaching post.

After he had started three appearances in the early stages of the season, he was no longer considered in the further course of the season and was awarded to the United Soccer League to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks in June 2018 . At the end of the season, the Colorado Rapids waived an extension of the contract and Colvey then announced his retirement from professional football.

National team

On May 12, 2016 Colvey was named to the national team for the 2016 Oceania Cup . After he was used there in all 5 games, he won the Oceania Championship with the national team.

When FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 in Russia he came in the preliminary round at the 0: 2 defeat against the hosts to its single use, in November 2017 he was also in the two play-off matches of the World Cup qualifiers against Peru with when they missed the final round due to a 2-0 defeat in the second leg in Peru.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. stuff.co.nz: San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer team sign Kiwi Kip Colvey (March 5, 2016)
  2. Earthquakes choose Colvey and Thompson in the third and fourth round
  3. Colvey signs with the Earthquakes
  4. MLS Rookie of the Week March 14, 2016
  5. stuff.co.nz: All Whites defender Kip Colvey announces shock retirement from football (Nov. 28, 2018) , accessed January 24, 2019
  6. New Zealand roster for the Oceania Championship announced