Frank van Hattum

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Frank van Hattum
Personal information
Full name Francesco van Hattum
Date of birth (1958-11-17) 17 November 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1975 Moturoa AFC U18s
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975 Moturoa 13 (0)
1976–1982 Manurewa AFC 140 (0)
1983 Christchurch United 20 (0)
1984 Papatoetoe AFC 22 (0)
1985–1986 Auckland University 41 (1)
1987–1989 Mount Maunganui FC
1990 Manurewa AFC
International career
1980–1986 New Zealand 28 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth) [1] is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982. [2] His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches. [3]

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Career

Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980 [4] and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international caps to his credit, [5] his final cap an appearance in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 2 November 1986. [4]

Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain [6] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches. [7]

Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections. [8]

Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and was elected chairman of the seven person board on 25 June 2008. [9] [10] He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee. [11] On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting. [12]

Family

The son of a goalkeeper coach, Frits van Hattum, Frank comes from a sporting family with two of his sisters, Marie-Jose Cooper and Grazia MacIntosh, have also represented New Zealand with the New Zealand women's national football team, the Football Ferns, while nephew Oskar van Hattum is a New Zealand under-17 international. [13] [14]

His youngest sister, Stella Pennell, represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation – first as competitor, then as Women's coach. [15]

Honours

Club

Manurewa

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "1982 World Cup – New Zealand squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Players' Careers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  4. 1 2 "A-International Lineups, 1980–1989". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "The 1982 World Cup finals". New Zealand History Online. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  8. ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". IFFHS. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "NZF Administration". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  10. ↑ "Van Hattum takes chair at New Zealand Football". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
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  12. ↑ "NZF Boss Quits". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  13. ↑ NZ Ferns Caps and Goals Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ "Newest Van Hattum set for fresh Brazil experience". FIFA. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Father of Football". Taranaki Daily News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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