Frank van Hattum

Football player infobox| playername = Frank van Hattum
fullname = Frank van Hattum
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|11|17
cityofbirth = New Plymouth
countryofbirth = New Zealand
height = height|m=1.82
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1976-1982 1983 1984 1985-1986 1987-1989 1990
clubs = Manurewa Christchurch United Papatoetoe Auckland University Mt. Maunganui Manurewa
caps(goals) = 1400(0)
0200(0)
0220(0)
0410(1)
0?0(?)
0?0(?)
nationalyears = 1980 - 1986
nationalteam = New Zealand
nationalcaps(goals) = 28 (0)
pcupdate = 29 December 2007
ntupdate = 29 December 2007

Frank van Hattum (born November 17, 1958 in New Plymouth) is a former New Zealand football player who was a goalkeeper during the country's only World Cup finals tournament in 1982. His international career started in 1980, and he played a total of 41 times for his country, including 28 "A" internationals.cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm|title=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website: Overall|work=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|accessdate = 2008-07-04]

Controversially, van Hattum replaced Richard Wilson as goalkeeper for all three games at the finals tournament in Spaincite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/1982-soccer-world-cup/the-finals-games|title=The 1982 World Cup finals|work=New Zealand History Online|date=2008-05-01|accessdate = 2008-07-04] despite Wilson's having played in all fifteen of New Zealand's qualifying matches. [cite news
title = New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad
url = http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html
publisher = New Zealand Football
accessdate = 2008-07-04]

Van Hattum was rated 2nd behind Mark Bosnich of Australia in the Oceania Goalkeeper of the Century category in International Federation of Football History and Statistics' Century Elections. [cite news
title = IFFHS' Century Elections
url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html#ockoy
publisher = IFFHS
accessdate = 2008-07-04]

Serving as a director on the New Zealand Football Board, van Hattum stood for re-election at the AGM for an expected board shake-up and was elected Chairman of the seven person man board on June 25, 2008. [cite news
title = NZF Administration
url = http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/nzf_administration.html
publisher = New Zealand Football
accessdate = 2008-06-28] [cite news
title = Van Hattum takes chair at New Zealand Football
url = http://nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=23956
publisher = New Zealand Football
accessdate = 2008-06-28]

Two of his sisters Zay Cooper and Grazia Macintosh also represented their country with the New Zealand Women's Football Team [ [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/caps_and_goals.html NZ Ferns Caps and Goals] ]

Honours

Club

Manurewa
*Chatham Cup: 1978

References

External links

* [http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1982_world_cup_team.html New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad]
*FIFA player|59414|Frank van Hattum