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unusual facts about New Zealand women's national under-20 football team


Tony Readings

Readings has coached the New Zealand women's national under-20 football team and is the coach of the New Zealand women's football team coaching the side in the 2012 London Olympics.


Aaron Mooy

Mooy played at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and played in two group stage games before Australia were eliminated, scoring in his second game against Brazil.

Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves Freitas

He played all the games but one in Colombia en route to the second place, scoring in the final against Brazil (2–3 loss).

Alfred Gomis

Alfred was called up by Luigi Di Biagio for the Italian U-20 team in 2013, but failed to make an appearance for the team.

Amy Garnett

On each occasion, England reached the final, only to lose to New Zealand; Garnett was a member of the starting fifteen in each final.

Anjum Chopra

She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 17 November 1995.

Ashley Baker

She was part of the England U-19 for the 2008 and 2009 edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

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Baddrol Bakhtiar

Baddrol, alongside his teammates Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid, Mohd Sabre Mat Abu and Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Muhammad Shafiq Jamal and Mohd Bunyamin Umar earned their first call-up in 2005 to the Malaysia U-20.

Brett Lawrie

Lawrie became engaged to UCLA and United States women's national under-20 soccer team forward Sydney Leroux, a childhood friend against whom he played in youth baseball leagues in Metro Vancouver, in October 2010.

Bryan Carrasco

In January 2011, he was nominated by Cesar Vaccia for play the 2011 South American Youth Championship in Peru with the Chilean national youth team.

Carlos Luque

Carlos was called for the Argentina U-20 by current coach Walter Perazzo and is part of the current squad in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Chinese Taipei men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Chinese Taipei men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 1999 during the 1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Cho Dong-Hyun

He was manager of South Korea U-20 in 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and then In 2010, he was appointed manager of Korean Police FC.

Chris Smalling

Smalling made his debut for the England Under–20 team 31 March 2009, playing 45 minutes in a 2-0 win against Italy at Loftus Road.

Croatia national under-20 football team

That was second appearance from Croatian football team on FIFA competition, after A-team appeared on FIFA World Cup in France in 1998.

Daniel Vasilevski

By this time, Vasilevski had also represented Australia U-20 11 times and played in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Derlis González

Derlis Alberto González Galeano (born 20 March 1994 in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay) is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for Olimpia on loan from Benfica and the Paraguay national under-20 football team.

Dudley Park, Rangiora

Two Women's One Day Internationals have been played at Dudley Park, the first came in the 1982 Women's World Cup when New Zealand Women played Australia Women, while the second saw Australia Women play England Women in the 1991/92 Shell Tri-Series.

Emma Campbell

Emma Maree Campbell (born 18 February 1982 in Timaru) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals.

Grainville Cricket Ground

The most notable matches held on the ground came in 2002 when the England women's cricket team played a Women's One Day International Tri-Series against New Zealand Women and India Women.

Greece men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The team has only participated in one international event, the 1996 IIHF European U18 Championship.

Gustavo Oberman

He has also played with the Argentina Under-20 team, winning the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Jayson Leutwiler

He gave his debut on 10 September 2008 in the 5-2 home win against Italy U-20 in the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in Como.

Kew Cricket Club Ground

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1973, when Jamaica women played New Zealand women in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Lebanon national under-20 football team

The U20 team has produced notable players such as Roda Antar and Youssef Mohamad.

Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior

Unfortunately Brazil were eliminated in the quarter final, where Luizão managed to receive his only yellow card of the tournament, in the 116th minute.

Maxwell Konadu

On 10 July 2012, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-20 football team, succeeding Orlando Wellington and in January 2013, Konadu was appointed as the manager of the Ghana national under-23 football team.

Melodie Robinson

Melodie Robinson (born 25 May 1973 in New Plymouth) is a New Zealand sports journalist and presenter, and former international rugby union player for the New Zealand women's national rugby union team.

Michael Olaitan

On June 4, 2013 Olaitan made his debut with the Nigerian U20 national team, against Brazil U20.

Mohd Sabre Mat Abu

Sabre was promoted to the senior after SUKMA 2006 where Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah scout his potential alongside his teammates Baddrol Bakhtiar, Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Muhammad Shafiq Jamal, Mohd Bunyamin Umar and Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid from national Malaysia U-20.

Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2000 against New Zealand during the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Mostafa Afroto

He currently plays for Misr El-Makasa, as well as the Egyptian U-23 national team.

New Zealand women's national cricket team

Maria is a product of the highly successful Timaru Girls’ High School team, which dominated the national secondary schoolgirls’ competition in the late ‘90s and was a member of the 2002 NZC Academy.

Nicolás Prieto

Nicolás Santiago Prieto Larrea (born 5 September 1992) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Nacional and the Uruguay U20 national team.

Norway women's national under-18 ice hockey team

The first ever Norwegian national under-18 gathering was held 12–14 December 2008 in Hønefoss.

The team would enter 2009 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I, which were held in Chambéry, France from 28 December 2008 to 2 January 2009.

Oakgrove School

Max Crocombe, professional footballer who is a goalkeeper for Oxford United and the New Zealand under-20 national team.

Rick Celebrini

In 1987, Celebrini earned four caps with the Canadian U-20 national team which competed at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Celebrini played for the Canadian U-20 national team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Ryu Seung-Woo

On 27 June 2013, Ryu was injured and substituted during South Korea's final game of the group stage against Nigeria, forcing him to miss out their Round of 16 match against Colombia, and subsequently, their Quarter-final loss against Iraq.

Scotland women's national under-17 football team

The Scotland women's national under-17 football team, also known as Scotland under-17s or Scotland U17(s), represents Scotland in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland.

Sean Greer

Greer was first called up to represent Australia in 2006 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.

Sebastian Lletget

Lletget has played for the United States at under 17, under 20 and under 23 levels.

Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 1998 during the 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship being held in Harbin, China.

Turkey men's national under-18 ice hockey team

Berk Akın (GK), Best Goalkeeper - 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships-Division III Group B

Fatih Faner (D), Best Player selected by team coach - 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships-Division III Group B

Western Springs AFC

Past and present players include New Zealand Internationals Maia Jackman, Priscilla Duncan and Abby Erceg.


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