Grant Young (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grant Young | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hibiscus Coast | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Hellenic FC | |||
Ghent | |||
East Coast Bays | |||
Central United | |||
Auckland City FC | |||
Forrest Hill Milford | |||
National team | |||
1994 | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Grant Young (born 3 March 1971 in Cape Town) is a football (soccer) player who represented South Africa at international level and participated in two FIFA Club World Cups.[1]
Career
Born in South Africa, Young spent much of his career with local club Hellenic before a stint with Ghent in Belgium.[2] He emigrated to New Zealand in 2004 where he played first for East Coast Bays, before joining Central United and subsequently Auckland City FC.[3]
He represented Auckland City in their first FIFA Club World Cup appearance in 2006,[4] in which they failed to impress, losing every game, and failing to score a single goal, and again in the 2009 competition in United Arab Emirates where they fared better, beating TP Mazembe 3-2 before going out to Atlante Fútbol Club in the quarter finals.[5]
International career
Young made a solitary appearance for South Africa as a substitute in a friendly against Australia on 12 June 1994. Australia won the match 1-0.[6]
References
- ↑ Grant Young – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Player Profile at Auckland City
- ↑ "Soccer: Young gun looks to hang up the boots". NZ Herald. 16 January 2009.
- ↑ 2006 FIFA Club World Cup - Auckland City FC squad
- ↑ 2009 FIFA Club World Cup - Auckland City FC squad
- ↑ "South Africa - International Matches 1992-1995". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2010.