Clint Gosling Explained

Clint Gosling
Position:Goalkeeper
Birth Date:1 May 1960
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Years1:1978–1979
Caps1:16
Goals1:0
Clubs1:Eastern Suburbs
Years2:1980
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Clubs2:Mount Wellington
Years3:1981–1986
Clubs3:Newcastle KB/Rosebud
Years4:1987
Clubs4:Sydney City Hakoah
Years5:1987
Clubs5:Melita Eagles
Years6:1988–1993
Caps6:89
Goals6:0
Clubs6:Sydney Olympic
Years7:1993–1994
Caps7:26
Goals7:0
Clubs7:Newcastle Breakers
Nationalyears1:1984–1993
Nationalcaps1:39
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam1:New Zealand

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.[4] Gosling gained his final cap in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A-International Appearances - Overall . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 10 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007054503/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm . 7 October 2008 .
  2. Web site: Australian Player Database. OzFootball. 19 June 2009.
  3. Web site: A-International Lineups. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 19 June 2009.
  4. Web site: A-International Scorers - Overall . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 19 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090616123344/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm . 16 June 2009 .
  5. Web site: Gardiner . James . Clint Gosling dumped by Jets - Local News - Sport - Football - Soccer - Newcastle Herald . Theherald.com.au . 2011-11-26 . 2011-12-19.