Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nikko Daniel Boxall | ||
Date of birth | 24 February 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Turku | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Auckland City | |||
2010 | Central United | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Northwestern Wildcats | 76 | (7) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Zweibrücken | 13 | (0) |
2015–2016 | VPS | 40 | (1) |
2017 | KuPS | 31 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Viborg FF | 72 | (2) |
2020–2021 | SJK | 41 | (3) |
2022 | San Diego Loyal | 14 | (0) |
2023 | Auckland City | 0 | (0) |
2023 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Inter Turku | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | New Zealand U20 | 1 | (0) |
2018– | New Zealand | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:32, 25 March 2022 (UTC) |
Nikko Daniel Boxall (born 24 February 1992) is a New Zealand footballer who most recently played as a defender for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. [1]
Having started his career in his native New Zealand with both Auckland City and Central United, Boxall relocated to the United States in 2011 to study at the Northwestern University of Illinois. [2] He joined the school's soccer team, The Wildcats, and won numerous accolades during his time with the school. He tallied 76 appearances in total, scoring 7 goals. [2]
After leaving school, Boxall moved to Germany, and joined Regionalliga Südwest (level 4 in the German football league system) side SVN Zweibrücken. However, after the team withdrew from the league due to insolvency, [3] Boxall moved to Finland and joined Veikkausliiga side Vaasan Palloseura. [4]
After two seasons with VPS, Boxall agreed a contract with fellow Veikkausliiga side Kuopion Palloseura ahead of the 2017 season. [5] [6]
In January 2022, Boxall joined San Diego Loyal. [7]
In February 2023, Boxall joined Wellington Phoenix until the end of the 2022–23 A-League Men season. [8]
On 20 July 2023, Boxall returned back to Finland to play for Inter Turku. He made a contract for the rest of the season. [9]
Boxall is half Samoan and is the younger brother of New Zealand international footballer Michael Boxall. [10] [11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Zweibrücken | 2014–15 | Regionalliga Südwest | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
VPS | 2015 | Veikkausliiga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2016 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
Total | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
KuPS | 2017 | Veikkausliiga | 31 | 3 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||
Viborg FF | 2017–18 | Danish 1st Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||||
Total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
Career total | 129 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 6 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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New Zealand | 2018 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
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