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The result was delete. Ultimately I agree with Fenix Down. Playing in one pre-season friendly match is not really playing in a professional competition. If he had played other games it wouldn't matter, but he didn't, and he doesn't pass WP:GNG for any other reason. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:49, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Article fails WP:NFOOTY and WP:GNG. I don't believe the now defunct A-league pre-season challenge cup should be considered as notable due the unusual format and the fact that is was largely used by clubs as an experimental tournament to trial potential new signings. Simione001 (talk) 00:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep This is a tough one. I think seeing as the challenge cup was the only Professional Domestic cup in the A-League at the time and this particular competition is mentioned quite extensively on the 2005-06 A-League season, that he does pass WP:NFOOTY because of the fact both of the teams were fully proffesional in his sole game. However, this is very marginal and I would like to see the opinions of other editors on this issue. AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 20:19, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm inclined to agree with the above, Sydney FC etc. are major teams, encyclopedic value.Justthemusic (talk) 07:09, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. WP:NFOOTY says Association football (soccer) figures are presumed notable if they meet the following (bolding added by me).
Note that word "presumed": NFOOTY notability is a rebuttable presumption. In this discussion, the nominator has not tried to rebut that presumption, but nor have other editors offered any evidence that this does meet GNG. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:33, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - fails WP:GNG and WP:NFOOTBALL. Giant Snowman 19:54, 5 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep subject of the article played in a professional match and thus passes WP:NFOOTY. Also while it might be a stretch to say that the article comprehensivly passes WP:GNG it is well sourced enough and still has the possibility of expansion. Inter&anthro (talk) 02:46, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails NFOOTY as has not played or managed senior international football nor played or managed in a fully professional league. No indication that subject has garnered significant reliable coverage for any other achievements to satisfy GNG. It seems pretty clear that the competition he played in between two fully professional clubs was nothing but a pre-season friendly competition. I see no evidence to suggest that its importance should be elevated to being the equal of the FFA Cup. Furthermore, this player is 34; one substitute appearances, regardless of the level of competition, a number years ago (to technically meet NFOOTY) is not enough when he comprehensively fails GNG. Some COMMONSENSE is needed here, and plenty of AFD precedent exists to say that barely passing NFOOTBALL is not enough when you fail GNG, see Oscar Otazu, Vyacheslav Seletskiy, Aleksandr Salimov, Andrei Semenchuk, Artyom Dubovsky, Cosmos Munegabe, Marios Antoniades, Scott Sinclair, Fredrik Hesselberg-Meyer, Matheus Eccard, Roland Szabó (2nd nomination), Metodija Stepanovski, Linas Klimavičius, Takumi Ogawa, Nicky Fish and Andrei Nițu, amongst others. Fenix down (talk) 13:12, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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