Ben Waine

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Ben Waine
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Peter Waine [1]
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Plymouth Argyle
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 38 (15)
2018–2022 Wellington Phoenix 73 (17)
2023– Plymouth Argyle 30 (3)
International career‡
2019 New Zealand U20 6 (2)
2019– New Zealand U23 10 (8)
2022– New Zealand 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2022

Benjamin Peter Waine (born 11 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle and the New Zealand national team.

Contents

Club career

Wellington Phoenix

On 7 August 2018, Waine made his debut for the senior side in their FFA Cup loss to Bentleigh Greens. [3]

After his debut for the Phoenix in the FFA, Waine played most of his games for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the ISPS Handa Premiership scoring a team high of 8 goals, before getting called up to the senior team again in March 2019 [4]

On 30 March 2019, Waine made his professional debut for the Wellington Phoenix coming on as a substitute in their 4–1 win over the Newcastle Jets. [5]

On 28 April 2019, Waine made his first start for the Phoenix in a 5–0 loss to the Perth Glory. [6]

On 21 June 2019, Waine signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix. The first year being a scholarship deal, with the second year moving him onto a full-time contract. [7] Just before the 2019–20 season kicked off, the first year of this contract was upgraded to full-time. [8]

On 3 November 2019, Waine scored his first professional goal off the bench in Wellington's 3–2 loss to Melbourne City, passing Liberato Cacace to become the youngest goalscorer in the club's history at 18 years and 145 days. [9]

Plymouth Argyle

On 30 December 2022, Waine agreed to join League One leaders Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half year deal, the transfer going through on 1 January when the transfer window opened. [10]

International career

New Zealand U-20s

On 16 April 2019, Waine was selected as one of the 21 players for the New Zealand U-20 who played at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. [11] He scored a brace in their opening match against Honduras on 24 May. He made two further appearances in the tournament, starting in both New Zealand's 2–0 victory over Norway and the 1–1 loss on penalties to Colombia in the Round of 16.

New Zealand U-23s

In September, Waine was a member of the New Zealand U-23 team, known as the "Oly-Whites", who took part in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. [12] [13] He was second top goal scorer for the tournament with 8 goals including one in the final, helping New Zealand to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [14] [15]

New Zealand

Waine made his international debut, including scoring his first international goal for New Zealand in their World Cup qualification match against Papua New Guinea, winning the game 1–0. [16] [17]

Personal life

Waine attended school at Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt where he was the Junior school captain in 2019. [4]

Waine is a dual citizen of New Zealand and the United Kingdom, as his parents are both from England. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2017–18 [19] New Zealand Football Championship 160———160
2018–19 [19] New Zealand Football Championship178———178
2019–20 [19] New Zealand Football Championship57———57
Total3815———3815
Wellington Phoenix 2018–19 [20] A-League 301 [lower-alpha 1] 0——40
2019–20 [21] A-League1511 [lower-alpha 1] 0——161
2020–21 [22] A-League147———147
2021–22 [23] A-League2564 [lower-alpha 1] 2——298
2022–23 [24] A-League831 [lower-alpha 1] 0——93
Total651772——7219
Plymouth Argyle 2022–23 [25] League One 10100001 [lower-alpha 2] 1112
2023-24 [26] Championship 202002300225
Career total1313572121113540
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in FFA Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 21 March 2022.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National TeamYearAppsGoals
New Zealand U-20 201932
New Zealand U-23 201958
New Zealand 202221
Total1011

International goals

Scores and results list the New Zealand goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 March 2022 Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, QatarFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1–01–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

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  2. ↑ "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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