Robert Ironside (footballer)

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Robert Ironside
Personal information
Full name Robert W Ironside
Date of birth (1967-08-20) 20 August 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth New Zealand
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1987 North Shore United 68 (12)
1987–1995 Sydney Olympic 152 (38)
1995–1996 South China FC 38
1997 Sydney Olympic
1998–2000 Newcastle Breakers 58 (14)
International career
1987–1993 New Zealand 56 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Ironside (born 20 August 1967) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [1]

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Club career

His club career began with North Shore United before he moved to Australia to join Sydney Olympic in the Australian National Soccer League. After seven seasons with Sydney, Ironside moved for two seasons to Newcastle Breakers [2] He had a year playing for South China in Hong Kong and came back to Australia played one season with Sydney Olympic before finishing off in Newcastle.

International career

Ironside made his All White debut in a 1-1 draw over Australia national football team on 16 August 1990 and went on to make a total of 56 official A-international appearances in which he scored eleven goals, his final cap earned in a 0-3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993. [3] [4] Altogether, including unofficial matches, Ironside played 72 matches for the All Whites. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "All Whites - Honours". NZ Football. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

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