Grant_Young_(footballer)

Grant Young (soccer)

Grant Young (soccer)

South African soccer player

Grant Young (born 3 March 1971 in Cape Town) is a football (soccer) player who represented South Africa at international level and participated in two FIFA Club World Cups. Father of the great Shaydon Young, former Waibop striker.[2]

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Career

Born in South Africa, Young spent much of his career with local club Hellenic before a stint with Ghent in Belgium.[3] He emigrated to New Zealand in 2004 where he played first for East Coast Bays, before joining Central United and subsequently Auckland City FC.[4]

He represented Auckland City in their first FIFA Club World Cup appearance in 2006,[5] in which they failed to impress, losing every game, and failing to score a single goal, and again in the 2009 competition in United Arab Emirates where they fared better, beating TP Mazembe 3-2 before going out to Atlante Fútbol Club in the quarter-finals.[6]

International career

Young made a solitary appearance for South Africa as a substitute in a friendly against Australia on 12 June 1994. Australia won the match 1-0.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    Grant Young – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. [3]
    "Player Profile at Auckland City". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Soccer: Young gun looks to hang up the boots". NZ Herald. 16 January 2009.
  5. [5]
    2006 FIFA Club World Cup - Auckland City FC squad
  6. [6]
    2009 FIFA Club World Cup - Auckland City FC squad
  7. [7]
    "South Africa - International Matches 1992-1995". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
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