Winston Reid

Winston Reid
Reid as a player from West Ham (2014)
Personnel
Surname	Winston Wiremu Reid
birthday	3rd July 1988
place of birth	Auckland ,  New Zealand
size	190 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Takapuna AFC
	SUB Sönderborg
0000–2005	FC Midtjylland
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2010	FC Midtjylland	83 (2)
2010–	West Ham United	195 (9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2007	Denmark U-19	4 (0)
2008	Denmark U-20	1 (0)
2008-2010	Denmark U-21	10 (0)
2010–	New Zealand	24 (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of February 12, 2019 2 As of January 5, 2018

Winston Wiremu Reid (born July 3, 1988 in Auckland ) is a Danish - New Zealand football player of Maori descent. The defender plays for the Premier League club West Ham United .

Career

society

Reid grew up in New Zealand to Maori parents and moved with his New Zealand mother to his Danish stepfather in Denmark at the age of ten. After playing soccer at Takapuna AFC on the North Shore in New Zealand , he worked in the youth field for SUB Sönderborg in Denmark before joining the FC Midtjylland youth academy at the age of 15 . At the age of 17, he made his first division debut on November 27, 2005 against Sønderjysk Elitesport and established himself as a regular player in the 2008/09 season. In addition to his traditional position as a central defender, he is occasionally called up as a right-back. In 2007 and 2008 he was runner-up in Denmark with Midtjylland.

In August 2010, the New Zealander signed a three-year contract with West Ham United and extended 2013 to another two years. The contract was again extended until June 30, 2023.

National team

Reid, who received Danish citizenship in 2006, played 15 missions for Danish junior national teams in the U-19, U-20 and U-21 age groups from 2007 to 2010. In March 2010 he decided to play for his country of birth in the future, although a week earlier he confirmed in an interview with a Danish football magazine that he wanted to continue playing for Denmark. National coach Ricki Herbert finally nominated Reid in May 2010 for the 23-strong New Zealand squad for the 2010 World Cup . Reid made his international debut on May 24 in the World Cup preparation game against Australia , when he came on after 33 minutes for the injured Leo Bertos . Reid played in the unfamiliar positions in right midfield and as a left full-back during the game.

At the World Cup finals, he formed the three-man defensive line together with captain Ryan Nelsen and Tommy Smith and ensured New Zealand's first point win at a World Cup final with his goal to make it 1-1 in stoppage time in the opening game against Slovakia. After further draws against the defending champions Italy (1: 1) and Paraguay (0: 0), New Zealand was eliminated in third place in the group, but was the only team in the World Cup that remained undefeated.

Web links

Commons : Winston Reid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Winston Reid in the database of weltfussball.de
• Winston Reid in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Profile at the Danish Association (Danish)
• Profile on stuff.co.nz (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: Reid: The World Cup changed my life (March 30, 2015)
2. ↑ ^{a b} stuff.co.nz: Reid changes mind, commits to All Whites (March 13, 2010)
3. ↑ stuff.co.nz: The pride in producing an All White (March 26, 2010)
4. ↑ Reid signs (August 5, 2010) ( Memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ stuff.co.nz: Reid disappointed with debut (May 25, 2010) ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.