Frank van Hattum
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Francesco van Hattum (born 17 November 1958 in New Plymouth)[1] is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's first World Cup finals tournament in 1982.[2] His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country including unofficial matches.[3]
Career
Van Hattum made his official All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Fiji on 21 February 1980[4] and ended his international playing career with 28 A-international caps to his credit,[5] his final cap an appearance in a 1–2 loss to Australia on 2 November 1986.[4]
Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spain[6] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9][10] He also serves on the FIFA Associations Committee.[11] On 23 January 2014 Van Hattum announced his intention to step down as chairman at the February board meeting.[12]
Family
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.[13][14]
His youngest sister, Stella Pennell, represented New Zealand with the New Zealand Karate Federation – first as competitor, then as Women's coach.[15]
Honours
Club
Manurewa
- Chatham Cup: 1978
See also
References
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- ↑ 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. 1–175.
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External links
- New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad
- Frank van Hattum – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:EditAtWikidataTemplate:WikidataCheck
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- 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
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen