Vaughan Coveny

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Vaughan Coveny
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Coveny with Wellington Phoenix
Personal information
Full name Vaughan Barry Coveny
Date of birth (1971-12-13) 13 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Newlands United
Porirua Viard
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990 Waterside Karori 17 (4)
1991–1992 Miramar Rangers ? (?)
1992–1993 Melbourne Knights 22 (4)
1993–1995 Wollongong Wolves 24 (12)
1995–2004 South Melbourne FC 251 (98)
2004 Essendon Royals 5 (2)
2005–2006 South Melbourne FC 36 (14)
2005–2006 → Newcastle Jets (loan) 10 (4)
2006–2007 Newcastle Jets 21 (5)
2007–2009 Wellington Phoenix 27 (1)
2009 South Melbourne FC 14 (4)
2011 Essendon United FC 4 (5)
Total418(135)
International career
New Zealand U23
1992–2006 New Zealand 64 (29)
Managerial career
2010–2011 South Melbourne
2011–2014 Melbourne Victory Youth (assistant)
2021–2024 Western United U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vaughan Coveny (born 13 December 1971) is a retired professional football player from New Zealand. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, mostly in Australia, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a winger. After retiring from playing, he pursued a coaching career. He was recently the head coach of the Western United under 21's side. [1]

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Club career

Coveny began his NSL career at the Melbourne Knights, then moved to Wollongong City.

South Melbourne FC

The majority of Coveny's career was spent at South Melbourne in the NSL, and later on, Victorian Premier League.

Coveny, affectionately known by fans as Horsey due to his speed primarily played as a striker for South Melbourne. Coveny would dominate the NSL with his pace and would capture two NSL Championships under Ange Postecoglou in 1997–98 and 1998–99. Additionally, his goalscoring form in the OFC Championship in 1999 fired South to claim the title as Oceania's best and qualify them for the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup. Here, Coveny would put in respectable performances including hitting the post twice against the treble winning Manchester United squad.

Following the disbanding of the back-to back winning squad, Coveny would stay at South and lead the new era in the new century. Coveny would once again reach a grand final for South in 2001 but ultimately lose.

The disbanding of the NSL was a premature end to Coveny's first stint as South.

Coveny would return to Lakeside in 2009 helping South to capture the Hellenic cup. On Anzac Day 2009 Coveny scored his 100th goal for South Melbourne FC away at John Ilhan Memorial Reserve against Hume City FC. [2] He retired at the end of the 2009 season.becoming only the third player to score 100 goals for South.

Overall, Coveny made 265 appearances for Hellas scoring 104 goals.

Later career

He also spent some time in the A-League following the collapse of the NSL, playing for the Newcastle Jets and Wellington Phoenix.

International career

Coveny made his full New Zealand debut in a 0–0 draw with Fiji on 19 September 1992. He was included in the New Zealand side for both the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup finals tournament, [3] and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup finals tournament. [4] He ended his international playing career with 64 A-international caps to his credit, his final cap gained in a 1–1 draw with Estonia on 31 May 2006. [5]

Coveny became New Zealand's highest goal scorer on 27 May 2006, when he scored twice in the "All Whites" 3–1 victory over Georgia, bringing his total A-international goal tally to 29. [6] [7] and his total including unofficial games to 30 in 71 games, surpassing Jock Newall's long standing record of 28 from only 17 games. [8] [9] Coveny record was officially overtaken by Chris Wood on 21 March 2022 when Wood scored his 30th goal. [10] [11] In January 2009, Coveny announced his retirement from international football. [9] He was also the games record holder for the All Whites, until Ivan Vicelich passed him in 2009. He is currently ranked third in appearances for the All Whites, behind Simon Elliott and Vicelich.

Managerial career

After retiring, Coveny was announced as South Melbourne's manager for the Victorian Premier League 2010 season. [12] After the team failed to make the finals, his contract was not renewed.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year [13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
New Zealand 199230
199340
199400
199581
199640
199785
199864
1999101
200000
200159
200210
200351
200456
200510
200642
Total6429
Scores and results list New Zealand’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Coveny goal.
List of international goals scored by Vaughan Coveny
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 June 1995 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, ChileFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–01–2Copa Centenario del Fútbol Chileno
225 January 1997 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–01–3Four Nations Tournament
311 June 1997 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1–07–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
42–0
56–0
618 June 1997North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2–05–0
728 September 1998 Lang Park, Brisbane, AustraliaFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2–08–1 1998 OFC Nations Cup
83–0
95–0
106–0
1129 June 1999 National Stadium, Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1–01–0 Friendly
126 June 2001North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1–05–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
133–0
144–0
1511 June 2001North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1–05–1
163–0
1713 June 2001North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1–07–0
182–0
195–0
2024 June 2001 Stadium Australia, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–21–4
219 June 2003 University of Richmond Stadium, Richmond, United StatesFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1–11–2Friendly
222 June 2004 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, AustraliaFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1–12–4 2004 OFC Nations Cup
232–3
244 June 2004 Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide, AustraliaFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1–010–0
254–0
265–0
276 June 2004Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, AustraliaFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2–02–0
2825 May 2006 Stadion Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen, GermanyFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1–03–1Friendly
293–1

Honours

South Melbourne FC

Individual New Zealand Young Player of the Year: 1992 [14]

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