Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tyler Grant Bindon | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
East Coast Bays | |||
Los Angeles FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Reading | 38 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | United States U19 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | New Zealand | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Tyler Grant Bindon (born 27 January 2005) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Reading and the New Zealand national team.[1]
Bindon was born on 27 January 2005, to Jenny and Grant Bindon; his mother won 77 caps for the New Zealand women's soccer team and his father captained the New Zealand volleyball team.[2]
Bindon began his career in New Zealand with East Coast Bays.[3][4]
On 7 August 2023, Bindon signed a two-year contract with EFL League One club Reading after moving from the LAFC Academy and featuring in four pre-season games under manager Rubén Sellés.[5][2] He made his professional debut the following day, in a 4–0 win at Millwall in the EFL Cup.[6] Bindon scored his first Reading goal in a 2–1 defeat to Leyton Orient on 7 October 2023.[7]
Bindon won his first cap for the United States under-19 team against Argentina in March 2023.[2]
On 26 September 2023, Bindon was called up to the New Zealand men's national football team for the first time.[8][9] Bindon made his debut on 13 October 2023 when he came on as a late substitute replacing Michael Boxall against the Democratic Republic of Congo.[10] On 17 November 2023, Bindon made his first start for New Zealand in a friendly against Greece.[11][12]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading | 2023–24[13] | EFL League One | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 42 | 2 |
Career total | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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New Zealand | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |