Michael McGarry

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Michael McGarry
Personal information
Full name Michael Daniel McGarry
Date of birth (1965-05-17) 17 May 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Mosgiel, New Zealand
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mosgiel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Dunedin City
1988 Mosgiel
1989 Sydney Olympic 17 (2)
1989–1990 Christchurch United
1991–1995 Roslyn-Wakari
1996–1997 Miramar Rangers
1998–2000 Spirit FC
2001–2011 Mosgiel
International career
1986–1997 New Zealand 54 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael McGarry (born 17 May 1965) was a successful association footballer who frequently represented New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Club career

His senior career began with Dunedin City and later Mosgiel, before he moved to Australia to join Sydney Olympic in the National Soccer League. [1] He returned to New Zealand after a single season to join Christchurch United where he won back-to-back Jack Batty Memorial Trophies contesting the Chatham Cup final on the winning side in 1989 and the losing side in 1990. [2]

International career

McGarry scored in his full All Whites début in a 4–2 win over Fiji on 17 September 1986 [3] and ended his international playing career having pulled on the all white shirt 87 times, [4] including 54 A-international caps in which he scored 12 goals, [5] [6] earning his final cap in a 0–5 loss to Indonesia on 21 September 1997. [3]

Personal life

He is the father of New Zealand international James McGarry. [7] [8] Since retirement, McGarry has taught at Otago Boys' High School where he has overseen a successful period in the school's footballing history. [9] In 2015 he took leave from the school to coordinate operations for the 2015 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Domestic Football – Chatham Cup
  3. 1 2 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  4. ↑ McMurran, Alistair (13 November 2009). "Football: Huge boost in prospect- McGarry". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "U-17 duo earn 'Nix contracts". oceaniafootball.com. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Cheshire, Jeff (6 November 2019). "McGarry among new caps in All Whites". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  9. ↑ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/profile/873/pat-woods (9 July 2019). "Toilet paper sales fund a Kanga Cup title shot". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 4 June 2023.{{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  10. ↑ Hepburn, Steve (5 May 2015). "Football: McGarry subbed on as manager". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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