Ben Waine

Benjamin Peter Waine (born 11 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League and for the New Zealand national football team

Ben Waine
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Peter Waine[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001
Place of birth Wellington, New Zealand
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Wellington Phoenix Reserves 38 (15)
2018– Wellington Phoenix 53 (11)
National team‡
2019– New Zealand U20 3 (2)
2019– New Zealand U23 10 (8)
2022– New Zealand 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2022

Club career

Wellington Phoenix

On 7 August 2018, Waine made his debut for the senior side in their FFA Cup loss to Bentleigh Greens.[3]

After his debut for the Phoenix in the FFA, Waine played most of his games for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the ISPS Handa Premiership scoring a team high of 8 goals, before getting called up to the senior team again in March 2019[4]

On 30 March 2019, Waine made his professional debut for the Wellington Phoenix coming on as a substitute in their 4–1 win over the Newcastle Jets.[5]

On 28 April 2019, Waine made his first start for the Phoenix in a 5–0 loss to the Perth Glory.[6]

On 21 June 2019, Waine signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix. The first year being a scholarship deal, with the second year moving him onto a full-time contract.[7] Just before the 2019–20 season kicked off, the first year of this contract was upgraded to full-time.[8]

On 3 November 2019, Waine scored his first professional goal off the bench in Wellington's 3–2 loss to Melbourne City, passing Liberato Cacace to become the youngest goalscorer in the club's history at 18 years and 145 days.[9]

International career

New Zealand U-20s

On 16 April 2019, Waine was selected as one of the 21 players for the New Zealand U-20 who played at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[10] He scored a brace in their opening match against Honduras on 24 May. He made two further appearances in the tournament, starting in both New Zealand's 2–0 victory over Norway and the 1–1 loss on penalties to Colombia in the Round of 16.

New Zealand U-23s

In September, Waine was a member of the New Zealand U-23 team, known as the "Oly-Whites", who took part in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[11][12] He was second top goal scorer for the tournament with 8 goals including one in the final, helping New Zealand to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[13][14]

New Zealand

Waine made his international debut, including scoring his first international goal for New Zealand in their World Cup qualification match against Papua New Guinea, winning the game 1–0.[15][16]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 March 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Finals Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2017–18[17] New Zealand Football Championship 160——160
2018–19[17] 178——178
2019–20[17] 57——57
Total 3815——3815
Wellington Phoenix 2018–19[18] A-League 301[lower-alpha 1]0—40
2019–20[19] 1511[lower-alpha 1]0—161
2020–21[20] 147——147
2021–22[21] 1334[lower-alpha 1]2—174
Total 451062—5112
Career total 832462—8926
  1. Appearances in FFA Cup

International

As of match played 21 March 2022.

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
New Zealand U-20 2019 3 2
New Zealand U-23 2019 5 8
New Zealand 2022 2 1
Total 10 11

International goals
Scores and results list the New Zealand goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 March 2022Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar Papua New Guinea1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Waine attended school at Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt where he was the Junior school captain in 2019.[4]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. Hyslop, Liam (7 August 2018). "Wellington Phoenix fall to 10-man NPL team Bentleigh Greens in FFA Cup". Stuff.
  4. Rollo, Phillip (16 March 2019). "Phoenix coach promotes Wellington schoolboy Ben Waine". Stuff. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. Rollo, Phillip (31 March 2019). "Possible season-ending injury to Louis Fenton sours Wellington Phoenix win". Stuff. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. Rollo, Phillip (28 April 2019). "Wellington Phoenix suffer biggest defeat under coach Mark Rudan". Stuff. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  7. Rollo, Phillip (21 June 2019). "Wellington Phoenix lock in hometown product Ben Waine on two-year deal". Stuff.
  8. Rollo, Phillip (11 October 2019). "Ben Waine earns contract upgrade as Wellington Phoenix hit the magic 20 mark". Stuff.
  9. Rollo, Phillip (3 November 2019). "Wellington Phoenix fume over handball howler in Melbourne City defeat". Stuff.
  10. "Top talent named in U-20 squad". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  11. "Ben Waine focussed on fulfilling Olympic dream". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. Voerman, Andrew (18 September 2019). "OlyWhites make late change as Callum McCowatt stays with Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.
  13. "New Zealand U-23 secure Olympic qualification". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  14. Voerman, Andrew (5 October 2019). "OlyWhites ease past Solomon Islands to book their place at the Tokyo Olympics". Stuff.
  15. Rollo, Phillip (18 March 2022). "Ben Waine saves All Whites' blushes with late goal against Papua New Guinea". Stuff.
  16. Burgess, Michael. "Untidy All Whites claim first win of World Cup qualifying tournament". NZ Herald.
  17. "Ben Waine". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  18. "Games played by Ben Waine in 2018–19". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  19. "Games played by Ben Waine in 2019–20". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  20. "Games played by Ben Waine in 2020–21". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  21. "Games played by Ben Waine in 2021–22". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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