Garry Welch

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Garry Welch
Personal information
Full name Garry William Welch
Date of birth (1955-07-20) 20 July 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Hayes, UK, New Zealand
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Wellington Diamond United
Stop Out
Seatoun
International career
1980 New Zealand 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry Welch is a former football (soccer) player who had 165 national league appearances for Stop Out and Wellington Diamond United and also represented New Zealand at international level. [1]

Welch played three official full internationals for New Zealand in February 1980, all against Pacific neighbours Fiji, drawing 1–1 in his debut match on 19 February before a 4–0 win and a 0–2 loss on 21 and 27 February 1980 respectively. [2]

He is now a research scientist at the University of Connecticut. [3]

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References

  1. "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  2. "A-International Lineups 1960-1979". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  3. "Garry Welch, PhD". University of Connecticut. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2019.