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Che Bunce Personal information Full name Che Bunce Date of birth 29 August 1975 Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club Waikato Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992–1994 Sheffield United 0 (0) 1994–1995 Napier City Rovers 1996–1997 Melville United 1997 Crewe Alexandra 0 (0) 1997–1999 Breiðablik UBK 40 (1) 1999–2002 Football Kingz 43 (2) 2001 →Breiðablik UBK 9 (1) 2003 Drogheda United ? (1) 2003–2004 Randers FC 19 (2) 2004–2006 Waikato ? (3) 2006–2007 New Zealand Knights 19 (1) 2007 Coventry City 0 (0) 2007 Navua ? (0) 2008 Waikato 5 (0) 2008 Melville United ? (?) 2008–2009 Hawke's Bay United 10 (2) 2009 Melville United 18 (12) 2009– Waikato 13 (1) National team‡ 1998– New Zealand 29 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2009.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:20, 26 August 2008 (UTC)Che Bunce (born 29 August 1975 in Auckland) is a New Zealand association football player who is currently the player-coach for Waikato FC in the NZFC.
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Club career
In April 2006 he signed for New Zealand Knights where he was captain for the A-League 2006-07 season.[1]
Bunce was on trial at Scottish Premier League side Dundee United in late January 2007,[2] and despite being expected to join the Terrors, joined Coventry City instead. Bunce failed to make an appearance for City and was told in April 2007 that he was free to leave the Ricoh Arena at the end of the season.[3]
International career
Bunce played for the New Zealand U-23 and made 29 appearances for the New Zealand national football team, the All Whites from 1998, scoring 2 goals.[4][5]
References
- ^ New Zealand Knights F.C., retrieved 12 December 2006
- ^ "NZ Knights defender Bunce on way to Dundee Utd". tribalfootball.com. 2007-01-23. http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=26190.
- ^ "Coventry trio told they can leave". BBC Sport website. 2007-04-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/6553965.stm.
- ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 2008-06-01. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 2008-06-01. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
External links
- Che Bunce – FIFA competition record
- Che Bunce career stats at Soccerbase
New Zealand squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 
New Zealand squad – 2004 OFC Nations Cup Third Place Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Auckland
- New Zealand association footballers
- New Zealand international footballers
- 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Expatriate footballers in Iceland
- Navua F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Drogheda United F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Breiðablik UBK players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Football Kingz F.C. players
- New Zealand Knights players
- Randers FC players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Hawke's Bay United players
- Expatriate footballers in Fiji
- Waikato FC players
- Napier City Rovers players
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