Christian Bouckenooghe

Christian "Kris" Bouckenooghe (born 7 February 1977) is a retired New Zealand association football player of Belgian and Cook Island Māori descent. He played as a defender, mostly in the lower divisions of Belgian football with one season in the Belgian First Division.

Club career

He was born in the Cook Islands of a Cook Island Māori mother and a Belgian father, subsequently moving to New Zealand as a child, where he played his youth soccer and attended Tauranga Boys' College. He has played for New Zealand at age-group level, including a play-off series against the South African under-23 team to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, scoring in the NZ team's narrow 3-4 and 0-1 losses in that series. All of his early career was spent as a midfielder or striker, until converting to defence at K.S.V. Roeselare in Belgium. His first professional club was Rotherham in England, who signed him as a teenager on the recommendation of former New Zealand national coach and ex Rotherham player, Kevin Fallon. From there he signed for KSV Roeselare in the 1990s, his first of two periods with the club. He is the first New Zealander to play in the Belgian First Division.Template:Fact

International career

Bouckenooghe played 35 A-internationals for the New Zealand national soccer team, the All Whites scoring 2 goals. His career highlights include playing at both the 1999 and 2003 Confederations Cup in Mexico and France respectively.

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
New Zealand	1998	2	0
	1999	12	1
	2000	4	1
	2001	1	0
	2002	4	0
	2003	4	0
	2006	6	0
	2007	1	0
	2009	1	0
Total		35	2

Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bouckenooghe goal.

List of international goals scored by Christian Bouckenooghe

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	Template:Dts	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Malaysia	flag alias = Flag of Malaysia.svg	flag alias-1895 = Flag of the Federated Malay States (1895 - 1946).svg	flag alias-1948 = Flag of Malaya (1950–1963).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Malaysian Navy	flag alias-air force = Royal Malaysian Air Force Flag.svg	link alias-air force = Royal Malaysian Air Force	flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Malaysia.svg	link alias-civil = Malaysia	flag alias-army = Flag of the Malaysian Army.svg	link alias-army = Malaysian Army	flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Malaysian Navy	flag alias-military = Flag of the Malaysian Armed Forces.svg	link alias-military = Malaysian Armed Forces	flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.svg	link alias-coast guard = Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency	flag alias-23px = Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}	–	5–1	Friendly
2	Template:Dts	Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = French Polynesia	flag alias = Flag of French Polynesia.svg	flag alias-1946 = Flag of France.svg	name alias-basketball = Tahiti	link alias-basketball = Tahiti national basketball team	name alias-beach soccer = Tahiti	link alias-beach soccer = Tahiti national beach soccer team	name alias-football = Tahiti	link alias-football = Tahiti national football team	name alias-futsal = Tahiti	link alias-futsal = Tahiti national futsal team	name alias-rugby union = Tahiti	link alias-rugby union = Tahiti national rugby union team	name alias-rugby sevens = Tahiti	link alias-rugby sevens = Tahiti national rugby sevens team	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}	1–0	2–0	2000 OFC Nations Cup

Honours

• Belgian Second Division:
  • Runner-up (1): 2004-05

Belgium Premier Division 2005-06 New Zealand International player of the year 1999

External links

• Chris Bouckenooghe – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck