Kiwi's Abroad list?

Intru · Mar 17, 2010

Chris James would be the guy with the P5 next to him.
(open the image in a new tab and it get way bigger.)

Baracuda · Mar 22, 2010

Not sure if this counts: Gavin Wilkinson is the head coach of the Portland Timber,s and will be their MLS Technical Director in 2011.

http://portlandtimbers.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=16

soccer krazy · Aug 5, 2010

Winston Reid joins West Ham
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8890685.stm

AllWhitebeliever · Jan 30, 2011

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4595919/West-Brom-calling-for-teen-Gowan-Stares

Gowan Stares grew up in England but didn't play football.

Now the 15-year-old Tawa College pupil is preparing to return to the mother country for a crack at the big time, having earned a trial at English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion.

Stares, a central midfielder for Western Suburbs' reserve team, was one of three young Kiwis to impress West Brom's academy head coach Ryan Maye during a camp in Auckland this week.

Maye saw potential for the 1.83m Stares to be converted into a modern-style centre back who is comfortable with the ball at his feet.

Stares, who speaks with a maturity beyond his tender years, will fly to England in the Easter holidays with a view to breaking into the club's academy on a fulltime basis.

"Even though I was born in England, I never actually played football over there," Stares said.

"So it'll be good to go over there and test myself against the other kids and see where it takes me. I grew up in Brighton, then moved to Australia in 1999 and Wellington in 2005.

"They said they don't have any defenders at West Brom that can take the ball out of defence and are good on the ball. So they want me to play there because with my midfield background I'm a more attacking option. I work quite hard and if you work hard enough, good opportunities happen. I see it as a good experience, training with a Premier League team."

West Brom, who are 16th in the Premier League, already have a Kiwi presence in the form of 19-year-old All Whites striker Chris Wood, who is on loan at League One club Brighton and Hove Albion.

- The Dominion Post

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