Justin Gulley

Justin Gulley (born 15 January 1993) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Team Wellington.

Justin Gulley
Personal information
Full name Justin Gulley
Date of birth (1993-01-15) 15 January 1993
Place of birth Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Team Wellington
Number 2
Youth career
–2011 Team Wellington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Team Wellington 36 (3)
2014–2016 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 15 (0)
2015–2016 Wellington Phoenix 8 (0)
2016–2019 Team Wellington 49 (5)
2019 Wellington Phoenix 1 (0)
2019 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2 (1)
2019– Team Wellington 12 (0)
National team‡
2013 New Zealand U-20 9 (0)
2018– New Zealand 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2018

Club career

Wellington Phoenix

On 4 October 2015, Gulley signed a senior contract with Wellington Phoenix.[1]

Wellington United

On 10 May 2016, Wellington Phoenix released Gulley from his contract so he could gain gametime at Wellington United.[2]

Team Wellington

After missing out on a new contract with Wellington Phoenix, Gulley signed again with Team Wellington.[3]

In September 2019, Gulley rejoin to Team Wellington.[4]

International career

U-20

Gulley played every game for the New Zealand national under-20 football team at the 2013 OFC U-20 Championship which they won, meaning they qualified to play at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[5]

Gulley made his World Cup debut in New Zealand in a 0–3 loss to Uzbekistan, coming on as a sub in the 69th minute.[6] He got his first start in the next match again Uruguay[7] before again coming off the bench in their last game against Croatia.[8]

National team

On the 19 March 2018, Gulley was called up for the New Zealand national football team for their friendly against Canada after initially being placed on the standby list, after Storm Roux withdrew from the team due to personal reasons.[9]

Honours

Club

International

References
  1. "Phoenix Youth Programme Pays Another Dividend". Wellington Phoenix. 4 October 2015.
  2. "Wellington Phoenix terminate James McGarry's contract so he can play in CL". Stuff.co.nz. 10 May 2016.
  3. Hyslop, Liam (23 September 2016). "Jose Figueira confident he has Team Wellington squad capable of defending their title". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. "Team Wellington re-sign Justin Gully and Alex Palezevic ahead of new Zealand". Team Wellington Football Club website. Team Wellington. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. Oceania Football Confederation. "Kiwi duo add to accolades". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013.
  6. "New Zealand-Uzbekistan Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. "New Zealand-Uruguay Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. "Croatia-New Zealand Match Report". FIFA. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  9. "National football league's tagline rings true with four players in the All Whites". Stuff.co.nz. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.


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