Che Bunce

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Che Bunce
Personal information
Full name Che Bunce
Date of birth (1975-08-29) 29 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Waikato
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1994 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1994–1995 Napier City Rovers ? (?)
1996–1997 Melville United ? (?)
1997 Crewe Alexandra 0 (0)
1997–1999 Breiðablik 40 (1)
1999–2002 Football Kingz 43 (2)
2001 →Breiðablik 9 (1)
2003 Drogheda United ? (1)
2003–2004 Randers FC 19 (2)
2004–2006 Waikato ? (3)
2006–2007 New Zealand Knights 19 (1)
2007 Coventry City 0 (0)
2007 Navua ? (0)
2008 Waikato 5 (0)
2008 Melville United ? (?)
2008–2009 Hawke's Bay United 10 (2)
2009 Melville United 18 (12)
2009–2011 Waikato ? (?)
International career‡
1998–2007 New Zealand 29 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:20, 12 May 2013 (GMT)

Che Bunce (born 29 August 1975 in Auckland) is a New Zealand footballer was a player-coach for Waikato FC in the NZFC. He is a lawyer by trade. [1]

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Club career

In April 2006 he signed for New Zealand Knights where he was captain for the A-League 2006-07 season. [2]

Bunce was on trial at Scottish Premier League side Dundee United in late January 2007, [3] and despite being expected to join the Terrors, joined Coventry City instead. Bunce failed to make an appearance for City and was told in April 2007 that he was free to leave the Ricoh Arena at the end of the season. [4]

International career

Bunce played for the New Zealand U-23 and made 29 appearances for the New Zealand national football team, the All Whites from 1998, scoring 2 goals., [5] [6]

His last appearance was on 24 March 2007 when the All Whites endured an embarrassing 4–0 loss to Costa Rica.

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References

  1. ↑ "Che Bunce – Harkness Henry Specialist lawyers based in Hamilton". harknesshenry.co.nz. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ↑ New Zealand Knights F.C., retrieved 12 December 2006
  3. ↑ "NZ Knights defender Bunce on way to Dundee Utd". tribalfootball.com. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
  4. ↑ "Coventry trio told they can leave". BBC Sport website. 13 April 2007.
  5. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  6. ↑ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
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