Mark Paston
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 Mark Paston (2008)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Mark Nelson Paston | |
| birthday | December 13, 1976 | |
| place of birth | Hastings , New Zealand | |
| size | 192 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1997-2003 | Napier City Rovers | |
| 2003-2004 | Bradford City | 13 (0) |
| 2004-2005 | Walsall FC | 9 (0) |
| 2005-2006 | St. Johnstone FC | 2 (0) |
| 2006-2007 | New Zealand Knights | 10 (0) |
| 2007-2013 | Wellington Phoenix | 72 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1997-2013 | New Zealand | 36 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Mark Paston (born December 13, 1976 in Hastings , New Zealand ) is a former New Zealand soccer player . The goalkeeper took part in several international tournaments with the New Zealand national team and played as a professional in England, Scotland and New Zealand.
Club career
Paston began his active career in New Zealand with Napier City Rovers . In 2003, after completing his studies, he moved to England for the local second division club Bradford City . Starting the season as a regular goalkeeper, persistent groin complaints led to an operation in early 2004 and a month-long absence. It was only in April that he returned to the Bradford goal for two more games, but could not prevent the club from relegating to Football League One . After financial problems at Bradford, he joined third division rivals FC Walsall in the summer of 2004 . In the early stages of the 2004/05 season he took over the goalkeeping position from Richard McKinney at Walsall , but lost his regular place in October after the commitment of Joe Murphy again and was finally released from his contract in February 2005.
In August 2005 he signed a one-year contract with the Scottish club FC St. Johnstone , but only made two appearances there until his departure in January 2006. He then returned to New Zealand and played ten games in the A- for the professional club New Zealand Knights. League . After the club was liquidated at the end of the season, he signed a contract with the newly founded club Wellington Phoenix , but was only a substitute goalkeeper behind his compatriot Glen Moss until his departure in the summer of 2009. In the 2009/10 season he broke his foot after the 17th matchday and fell out for the rest of the season. After the 2012/13 season he announced his retirement from professional football.
National team
Paston made his debut for the New Zealand senior team in 1997 against Indonesia. In 2003 he was in New Zealand's squad for the Confederations Cup , but was not used in the preliminary round as a substitute goalkeeper behind Mike Utting . A year later at the 2004 OFC Nations Cup , Paston was the goalkeeper in the finals, but surprisingly finished third with his team behind Australia and the Solomon Islands. In the 2010 World Cup qualification , Paston was mostly a regular player, but Moss was preferred in the 2009 Confederations Cup .
In the two play-off games for the World Cup against Bahrain , Paston was in goal and saved a penalty in the 51st minute in the decisive 1-0 home win. With this victory New Zealand qualified for the first time since 1982 for a World Cup finals, in which Paston was in all three games of the All Whites between the posts. His use was favored by the fact that his opponent Moss was suspended for the first two group matches due to a dismissal during World Cup qualification. Paston played his 36th and last international match in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in a 2-1 win over New Caledonia.
Web links
- Player profile on the club website
- Mark Paston . New Zealand Football, archived from the original onJune 17, 2009; accessed on August 26, 2014(English, original website no longer available).
- Mark Paston in the soccerbase.com database
- Mark Paston in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ bcc.co.uk: Bradford sign Paston (Aug. 1, 2003)
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman: The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 316 .
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Trio leave Bradford (June 11, 2004)
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman: The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 319 .
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Paston signs up for St Johnstone (22 Aug 2005)
- ↑ stuff.co.nz: Mark Paston's dead leg proves to be fractured leg (December 11, 2009)
- ↑ nzherald.co.nz: Paston ends Phoenix career on sad note (April 1, 2013)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Paston, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hastings , New Zealand |