Kenny Cresswell | |
Fullname: | Kenneth Grant Cresswell |
Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
Position: | Midfielder |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1958 |
Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Clubs2: | Gisborne City |
Nationalyears1: | 1978–1987 |
Nationalteam1: | New Zealand |
Nationalcaps1: | 33 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Kenneth "Kenny" Grant Cresswell (born 4 June 1958 in New Zealand) is an association football player who represented New Zealand internationally, appearing in all 3 matches of New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup finals appearance.[1]
Cresswell made his full All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Singapore on 1 October 1978.[2] He played in all 3 matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain,[3] where they lost to Scotland, USSR and Brazil. Cresswell ended his international playing career having played 64 times for New Zealand, of which 33 were official full internationals[4] in which he scored 2 goals.[5] His final cap was a substitute appearance in a 12–0 win over Western Samoa on 11 November 1987.