Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Paul Sumner | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Preston, England | ||
Date of death | 8 February 2017 | (aged 61)||
Place of death | New Zealand | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Blackpool | |||
Preston North End | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1980 | Christchurch United | 147 | (36) |
1981 | Newcastle KB United | 18 | (3) |
1982 | West Adelaide SC | 12 | (2) |
1983–1986 | Manurewa AFC | 66 | (29) |
1987 | Gisborne City | 25 | (6) |
1988–1989 | Christchurch United | ? | (?) |
Total | 268 | (76) | |
National team | |||
1976–1988 | New Zealand | 58 | (22) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Steven Paul Sumner (2 April 1955 – 8 February 2017) was an England-born New Zealand football player. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. Sumner was captain of the New Zealand national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup in 1982.
In 1991 he was inducted into the New Zealand Soccer Media Association Hall of Fame[1] and was then awarded FIFA's top award, the FIFA Order of Merit, before the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with Johan Cruyff and former South African president Thabo Mbeki.[2]
Sumner died on 8 February 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand from prostate cancer, aged 61.[3]
Christchurch United
Manurewa
Gisborne City