Had a hunch he would pop up in the OFC League.
Great pickup for SIU. He was after all with the AWs at the OFC Nations Cup in Vanuatu 18 months ago.
He should stand out at this level. Presumably he'll play as a striker/winger and not as a full back.
Little odd to use a Wellington backdrop in the promo photo though.
What's wrong with the Port of Lyttleton?
https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2025/12/09/south-island-united-sign-all-whites-striker-for-new-ofc-pro-league-campaign/
Van Hattum’s arrival at the United Sport Centre will reconnect the family name with Christchurch, where uncle Frank van Hattum was part of the Christchurch United team in the early 1980s after featuring at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain with the All Whites.
Great pickup for SIU. He was after all with the AWs at the OFC Nations Cup in Vanuatu 18 months ago.
He should stand out at this level. Presumably he'll play as a striker/winger and not as a full back.
Little odd to use a Wellington backdrop in the promo photo though.
What's wrong with the Port of Lyttleton?
https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2025/12/09/south-island-united-sign-all-whites-striker-for-new-ofc-pro-league-campaign/
Van Hattum’s arrival at the United Sport Centre will reconnect the family name with Christchurch, where uncle Frank van Hattum was part of the Christchurch United team in the early 1980s after featuring at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain with the All Whites.
“Obviously, it’s cool to have an uncle who’s also an All White, probably the more well-known van Hattum, but it’s cool to have that connection of him also playing down in Christchurch,” Oskar van Hattum said.