Riki van Steeden
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Riki van Steeden (born 24 December 1976) is a former professional association football player, who played as a defender. He was part of the Auckland City team at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup,[1] and played five times for the New Zealand national team in 1997.
Club career
Van Steeden played for Nelson Suburbs and Christchurch Technical before he moved to Australia to join Carlton SC. In 1999, he joined the Football Kingz for their inaugural season in the National Soccer League,[2] appearing 48 times and scoring 2 goals.[3] Van Steeden moved to Auckland City in 2005, making 26 appearances and netting 2 goals,[4] including the winner in Auckland City’s 3-2 FIFA Club World Cup win over 10-man[5] African champions TP Mazembe in 2009.[6]
Van Steeden stood in for head coach Ramon Tribulietx in Auckland's home game against Hawke's Bay United in December 2013 (Tribulietx was away visiting family in Barcelona after Auckland's exit from the Club World Cup finals in Morocco).[7] Van Steeden retired from playing in 2013,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and joined the Auckland coaching staff as assistant to Tribulietx.[8]
International career
Van Steeden made his full debut for the New Zealand national team in a 1–0 win over Fiji on 7 June 1997. He earned five international caps, scoring one goal. His final cap was a substitute appearance in a 5–0 loss to Indonesia on 21 September that same year.[9][10]
Outside football
After retiring from football, Van Steeden worked as a television producer for Sky New Zealand.[11] He later joined HBS[12] as an expert live-sports director. He helps co-ordinate multiple high-profile events all over the world,[13] including broadcasting services for FIFA tournaments[14] and the CONCACAF Gold Cup.[15]
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External links
- Riki van Steeden Interview
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
- New Zealand men's association footballers
- New Zealand men's international footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Auckland City FC players
- Carlton SC players
- Football Kingz FC players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Nelson Suburbs FC players
- Men's association football defenders