Cole Robert Peverley (born 3 July 1988) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship.

Cole Peverley
Personal information
Full name Cole Robert Peverley[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Auckland City
Number 8
Youth career
Papatoetoe
2001–2004 Hansa Rostock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Hansa Rostock 0 (0)
2006 Auckland City 0 (0)
2007–2009 Hawke's Bay United 45 (27)
2009–2010 Team Wellington 15 (19)
2010–2011 Hawke's Bay United 14 (17)
2011 Charleston Battery 18 (12)
2011–2012 Canterbury United 9 (10)
2013–2017 Team Wellington 47 (37)
2018– Auckland City 1 (0)
International career
2007 New Zealand U-20 9 (1)
2008 New Zealand U-23 8 (9)
2008 New Zealand 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2018

He has earned national representation honours at Under-20, Under-23 and All Whites level. Cole is reportedly signing for papamoa fc this season but is also in discussions with Tauranga city.

Career

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Club

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Peverley signed a two-year contract for New Zealand Football Championship club Hawke's Bay United at the start of the 2007–08 season and made his début on 3 November 2007 against Canterbury United in a 3–1 win.[2] Peverley went on to make 45 appearances for Hawke's Bay over two seasons and scored 5 goals

After two years with Hawke's Bay United, Peverley moved back to his hometown to play for NZFC club Team Wellington. Peverley made his début for Wellington in the first game of the 2009–10 season against YoungHeart Manawatu on 1 November 2009.[3]

Peverley signed a one-year contract with Charleston Battery in the second division USL Pro on 16 February 2011.[4]

International

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Peverley was selected in the New Zealand U-20 squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals tournament in Canada.[5]

He was also included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for the 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament where he featured in all 5 pool games and scored one goal against Fiji. He retained his spot in the team and was named in the final squad to travel to the 2008 Summer Olympics[6] where he played in all three of New Zealand's group matches against China (1–1), Brazil (0–5) and Belgium (0–1).

Peverly made his full All Whites début in a 0–2 loss against Fiji on 19 November 2008 in a dead rubber 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification/2008 OFC Nations Cup match.[7] Peverley was named in a 15-man All Whites training squad for a 12-day camp for New Zealand and Australian based players prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[8] He was not initially named in the final 23 man squad to contest the World Cup, but was subsequently drafted in as injury cover for Tim Brown who fractured his shoulder in a warm up friendly against Australia.[9]

Honours

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Team Wellington

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Round 1 NZFC 2007–08: Canterbury vs Hawke's Bay – match report". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Round 1 NZFC 2009–10: Wellington vs Manawatu – match report". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Battery Signs New Zealand Midfielder Cole Peverley". 16 February 2011.
  5. ^ 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup – New Zealand squad list
  6. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  7. ^ 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Match Report: Fiji vs New Zealand
  8. ^ Smith, Tony (15 April 2010). "Clapham delighted to join NZ training squad". The Press. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Cole Peverley drafted into All Whites". Taranaki Daily News. 26 May 2010.
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