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. Father of the great Shaydon Young, former Waibop striker.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grant Young[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1971[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team 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 | |||
| International career | |||
| 1994 | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in South Africa, Young spent much of his career with local club Hellenic before a stint with Ghent in Belgium.[3] He emigrated to New Zealand in 2004 where he played first for East Coast Bays, before joining Central United and subsequently Auckland City FC.[4]
He represented Auckland City in their first FIFA Club World Cup appearance in 2006,[5] 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.[6]
International career
editYoung 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.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
- ^ Grant Young – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Player Profile at Auckland City". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ "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.