Che Bunce

Che Bunce
Personal information
Full name	Che Bunce
Date of birth	29 August 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Waikato
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1994	Sheffield United
1994–1995	Napier City Rovers
1996–1997	Melville United
1997	Crewe Alexandra
1997–1999	Breiðablik
1999–2002	Football Kingz
2001	→Breiðablik
2003	Drogheda United
2003–2004	Randers FC
2004–2006	Waikato
2006–2007	New Zealand Knights
2007	Coventry City
2007	Navua
2008	Waikato
2008	Melville United
2008–2009	Hawke's Bay United
2009	Melville United
2009–2011	Waikato
International career‡
1998–2007	New Zealand
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2009; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:20, 12 May 2013 (GMT)

Che Bunce (born 29 August 1975 in Auckland) is a New Zealand footballer was a player-coach for Waikato FC in the NZFC. He is a lawyer by trade.^[1]

Club career

In April 2006 he signed for New Zealand Knights where he was captain for the A-League 2006-07 season.^[2]

Bunce was on trial at Scottish Premier League side Dundee United in late January 2007,^[3] 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.^[4]

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.,^[5]^[6]

His last appearance was on 24 March 2007 when the All Whites endured an embarrassing 4–0 loss to Costa Rica.

References

^ "Che Bunce – Harkness Henry Specialist lawyers based in Hamilton". harknesshenry.co.nz. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ New Zealand Knights F.C., retrieved 12 December 2006
^ "NZ Knights defender Bunce on way to Dundee Utd". tribalfootball.com. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
^ "Coventry trio told they can leave". BBC Sport website. 13 April 2007.
^ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
^ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008.

External links

Che Bunce Interview
No kidding, Bunce still has it
Kiwi finds a niche in Iceland league
Che Bunce – FIFA competition record (archived)
Che Bunce at Soccerbase

[1] "Che Bunce – Harkness Henry Specialist lawyers based in Hamilton". harknesshenry.co.nz. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[2] New Zealand Knights F.C., retrieved 12 December 2006

[target-3] "NZ Knights defender Bunce on way to Dundee Utd". tribalfootball.com. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.

[city-4] "Coventry trio told they can leave". BBC Sport website. 13 April 2007.

[aapp-5] "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.

[agoal-6] "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2008.

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