Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francesco van Hattum | ||
Date of birth | (1958-11-17) 17 November 1958 (age 65) | ||
Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1975 | Moturoa AFC U18s | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975 | Moturoa | 13 | (0) |
1976β1982 | Manurewa AFC | 140 | (0) |
1983 | Christchurch United | 20 | (0) |
1984 | Papatoetoe AFC | 22 | (0) |
1985β1986 | Auckland University | 41 | (1) |
1987β1989 | Mount Maunganui FC | ||
1990 | Manurewa AFC | ||
International career | |||
1980β1986 | New Zealand | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Francesco van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth) is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during theββcountry's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982. His international career started in 1980. And he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches.
Careerβ»
Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2β0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980 and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international capsββto his credit, his final cap an appearance in a 1β2 lossββto Australia on 2 November 1986.
Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches.
Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections.
Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and "was elected chairman of the "seven person board on 25 June 2008."" He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee. On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting.
Familyβ»
The son of a goalkeeper coach, "Frits van Hattum," Frank comes from a sporting family with two of his sisters, Marie-Jose Cooper and Grazia MacIntosh, have also represented New Zealand with the New Zealand women's national football team, the Football Ferns, while nephew Oskar van Hattum is a New Zealand under-17 international.
His youngest sister, Stella Pennell, represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation β first as competitor, "then as Women's coach."
Honoursβ»
Clubβ»
Manurewa
- Chatham Cup: 1978
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Deverill, Victor, Charles (1978). Central League Soccer, ten year history of Central Regional Soccer League 1968-1977. Puke Ariki, New Plymouth: Wellington, Central Region. pp. 1β175.
- ^ "1982 World Cup β New Zealand squad". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "New Zealand Players' Careers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "A-International Lineups, 1980β1989". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "A-International Appearances β Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "The 1982 World Cup finals". New Zealand History Online. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
- ^ "New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "IFFHS' Century Elections". IFFHS. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "NZF Administration". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Van Hattum takes chair at New Zealand Football". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ^ "Associations Committee". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "NZF Boss Quits". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ NZ Ferns Caps and Goals Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Newest Van Hattum set for fresh Brazil experience". FIFA. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Father of Football". Taranaki Daily News. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
External linksβ»
- New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad
- Frank van Hattum β FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1958 births
- Living people
- New Zealand men's association footballers
- People educated at Francis Douglas Memorial College
- New Zealand men's international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Manurewa AFC players
- Papatoetoe AFC players
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
- Association footballers from New Plymouth
- New Zealand association football chairmen and investors
- 1980 Oceania Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players