Tony Jamieson

Tony Lloyd Jamieson (born 16 March 1974, Wellington, New Zealand) is a former international footballer[1] for the Cook Islands, having played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns.[2]

Tony Jamieson
Personal information
Full name Tony Lloyd Jamieson
Date of birth (1974-03-16) 16 March 1974
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1981–2000 North Wellington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Tupapa Maraerenga 5
2001–2005 Wellington United 12
2005–2007 Wairarapa United 1
2007–2008 Wellington Olympic 4
2008–2010 Stop Out
2010–2011 Island Bay United
2011–2013 Tupapa Maraerenga 9
National team‡
2000–2012 Cook Islands 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2015

Career

Club

Jamieson is the captain and the most experienced player of Cook Islands Men's National Football Team. He is the goalkeeper, has been a part of the team since 2000 and has played 31 official internationals including Club World Cup international qualifiers. He wears number 1 for his kit.

Jamieson has taken part in four successive FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns for the Cook Islands, for the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups.[2] He started his club career in 1981 and has become a member of 9 clubs since then until 2012 (North Wellington United 1981–2000, Tupapa Maraerenga FC 2000–2001, Wellington Diamaonds United 2001–2005, Nadi FC – IDC tournament, 2005, Wairarapa United 2005–2007, Nikao Sokkatak FC, Wellington Olympic AFC 2007–2008, Stop Out FC 2008–2010, Island Bay United 2010–2011).

Jamieson started his career as a junior player in Wellington, New Zealand, playing for North Wellington AFC in 1981, aged 7.

Nikao Sokkattack and Rarotonga F.C.

At the age of 26 he became a player for the Cook Islands, his mother's birth country. He played in the Cooks for 1 year and coached Tupapa Maraerenga F.C.[3] before returning to Wellington to play for Wellington Diamond United.[4]

North Wellington Diamond United

He played there for 5 years, until the age of 31. New Zealand football, is the second most improved football, after Australian, of the Oceanian zone.

Nadi FC

In 2005, he became a player of Nadi F.C. in the IDC, Inter-district Cup Tournament.

His greatest football accomplishments have been to receive the man of the match awards in the two biggest internationals of his career. One against Australia in 2000 and the other against New Zealand in 2004. In both games the Cook Islands lost 17–0[5] and 2–0 respectively.

International

Jamieson made his international debut for the Cook Islands in 2000.[6] In 2010, Jamieson became infamous after sitting with the ball for over minute during a 2–0 defeat to Fiji.[7]

Management career

In November 2011, Jamieson was appointed as technical director of the Cook Islands Football Association.[8] In 2013 he formed Football Cook Islands, a group of passionate, long-term football supporters, players, qualified coaches and club officials, concerned about the way football is currently being managed by the national association CIFA.[9] He was subsequently suspended by CIFA[10] and banned from all football-related activities by the Oceania Football Confederation for five years for ethical breaches.[11][12]

Career statistics

International
Cook Islands
YearAppsGoals
200020
200140
200200
200300
200440
200500
200600
200740
200800
200900
201000
201150
Total190

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 November 2011[13]

References
  1. "SPG Round-up". Fiji Times. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  2. "FIFA Player Statistics: Tony Jamieson". FIFA. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  3. Bryce Johns (27 January 2001). "Playing abroad has its lows". Dominion Post. p. 56 – via EBSCOHost. Campbell... got the callup for Tupapa because former clubmate Tony Jamieson has been coaching it for a year.
  4. Kent Gray (6 April 2001). "Lower Hutt City, Olympic look early favourites". Dominion-Post. p. 29 – via EBSCOHost. But with the crafty Derek McKillop at the helm and off-season signings that have brought Johnsonville brothers Mark and Tony Jamieson... United have the goods to do more than just fight a relegation battle
  5. Jonathan Millmow (27 June 2000). "Keeper hero despite 17 goals". Dominion-Post. p. 36 – via EBSCOHost.
  6. Jonathan Millmow (30 May 2000). "Brothers off to play for Cooks". Dominion-Post. p. 27 – via EBSCOHost.
  7. "Cook Islands Goalkeeper Wastes Time in 2010 World Cup Qualifier (Oceania) v Fiji August 2007". www.youtube.com. Youtube. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. "New technical director appointed". oceaniafootball.com/. Oceania Football. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. "New football group formed". Cook Islands News. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  10. "FCI continues to grow support". Cook Islands News. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  11. "Sport: OFC bans Cook Islands and PNG football officials". radionz.co.nz/. Radio New Zealand. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  12. "Football CI members called to OFC". Cook Islands News. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  13. "Tony Jamieson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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