Mick Waitt

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Mick Waitt
Personal information
Full name Michael Hugh Waitt [1]
Date of birth (1960-06-25) 25 June 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Hexham, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Calverton Rangers
Arnold Kingswell
Keyworth United
1984–1987 Notts County 88 (32)
1987–1990 Lincoln City FC 26 (10)
1990–1991 Ilkeston Town
Managerial career
1992–? Napier City Rovers
2002–2004 New Zealand
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (as manager)
OFC Nations Cup
Winner 2002
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Hugh Waitt (born 25 June 1960) is an English football player and coach, who managed the New Zealand national football team. [2] Waitt played in the Football League for Notts County and Lincoln City FC. He took charge of the New Zealand national side June 2002. New Zealand won eleven, drew two and lost ten of his 23 games in charge. [3] He now works for Lemon-Squeezy and formally part of Quokkas, now an honorable Quokka. [4]

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Playing career

New Zealand

In 1990, while playing in Hong Kong for Lai Sun, Waitt visited his sister in Wellington. [5] Whilst in New Zealand he was contacted by his erstwhile manager Keith Buckley who was coaching Napier City Rovers. Buckley invited Waitt to play for the club and he did so, spending the 1990 season with the club, scoring 8 goals in 14 National Soccer League appearances. [6] He returned to the UK, joining Spalding United in December 1990, Nuneaton Borough in January 1991 and Grantham two months later. He moved on to join Gedling Town and then Ilkeston Town before emigrating permanently to New Zealand in January 1992.

He departed the New Zealand post following the expiry of his contract. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mick Waitt". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ "National Coaches". NZ Football. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Coaching Records". Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Former Notts striker Waitt still backs the Kiwis". Nottingham Post. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Soccer: Laid-back style lays on results". New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2002. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Mick Waitt – A Calverton success story". Calverton Village Official Website. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Waitt goes from All Whites". New Zealand Herald. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
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