Dylan Manickum

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Dylan Manickum
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Manickum playing for Auckland City in 2024
Personal information
Full name Dylan Ross Manickum [1]
Date of birth (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Auckland City
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2011 Ellerslie
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Ellerslie 50 (8)
2014–2018 Waitakere United
Waitakere City 60 (38)
2018– Auckland City 150 (52)
2018–2019 1. FC Allstars Wiener Neustadt [2] [3] [4]
AFF Futsal [5]
2020– Auckland City Futsal
International career
2010– New Zealand Futsal 63 (37)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dylan Ross Manickum (born 16 June 1992) is a New Zealand footballer and futsal player who plays for Northern League club Auckland City and the New Zealand men's national futsal team. [6]

Contents

Personal life

Outside of football, Manickum works as a site engineer. [6] [7]

Club career

Youth career

Manickum played for Ellerslie Reserves from 2009 to 2011 before making his first team debut on 2 April 2011 against Lynn-Avon United. He made scored 8 goals in his 50 appearances for the first team. [8]

Waitakere United

Manickum spent four years at Waitakere United from 2014 to 2018. [9]

Waitakere City

During his time at Waitakere City in the winter seasons, Manickum scored 38 goals in 60 appearances. [9]

Auckland City

On 27 September 2018, Manickum signed for Auckland City from cross-town rivals Waitakere United. [9] Manickum made his 100th appearance for the Navy Blues in the 2022 New Zealand National League grand final. [10]

International career

Manickum made his debut for the New Zealand national futsal team in 2010. On 2 October 2023, in the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup game against Fiji, Manickum became the record appearance holder, passing then national team coach Marvin Eakins. [11] [12] Manickum captained New Zealand to their first ever FIFA Futsal World Cup after winning the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup. [13]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals

Honours

Auckland City

Auckland City futsal

New Zealand futsal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023: Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Five questions to new Murexin's star Dylan Manickum". Futsal Planet. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "CONGRATULATIONS 🎉". Northern Region Football. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2024– via Facebook.
  4. ↑ "The Austrian Trip". Futsal Planet. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Manickum gets futsal nod". Auckland City FC. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Special feature: Getting to know Futsal Whites captain Dylan Manickum". friendsoffootballnz.com. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Auckland City FC practicing at Baylor for FIFA Club World Cup". Chattanooga Times Free Press. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Stable". Auckland City. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 "Manickum joins Navy Blues". Auckland City. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Grand Final Preview - Navy Blues 'calm and focused'". Auckland City. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Playmaker Dylan Manickum on brink of setting new milestone for Futsal Whites". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Record-breaker Dylan Manickum leads Futsal Whites to 7-2 win against Fiji". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Futsal Whites skipper Dylan Manickum 'buzzing' after World Cup qualification". friendsoffootballnz.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Auckland City FC Claim Back-to-Back Dettol National League Championships With Penalty Shootout Win Over Wellington Olympic". New Zealand Football . 13 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025– via Instagram.
  15. ↑ "Auckland City keep quadruple title hopes alive with Chatham Cup football final win". Stuff. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Auckland City with the Futsal SuperLeagues". New Zealand Football. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "New Zealand Football Awards 2020: WINNERS". New Zealand Football. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "New Zealand Football Awards winners announced with Katie Bowen voted overall Player of the Year". New Zealand Football. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  19. ↑ "RECAPPING THE 2022 KATE SHEPPARD CUP & CHATHAM CUP GRAND FINALS". theniche-cache.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Tournament awards, reaction after Auckland City's OFC Champions League win". friendsoffootballnz.com. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.