Young Kiwis Outside the UK
It'll be Wynton's son, Caleb or something like that ? ..and the other one will be Marco Rojas. I used to play indoor against him when he as about 5... Rojas is one hell of a player.
Hard News2008-05-11 16:53:07
There is a few names of players signing with clubs in the last couple of years, admittedly as juniors, but they are on professional team lists.
He used to be when he was younger but I have not heard much in the last 5 years or so, whereas Rojas I have heard discussed as being very good.
James Dean has hit the nail on the head. WYNRS are quick to claim anyone who ever did a two day course as being a WYNRS produyct if they are a success, and certainly Wynton's contacts do get some interesting junior placements. However, a week at WYNRS against 10 years in the general NZF system doesn't make someone's success directly attributable to WYNRS.
I can't think of one that at this stage has gone on to a full professional contract, and by now if it was the great program it is proposed to be there should be a generation in their early twenties filling the Olympic side from European or Japanese clubs.
Hard News2008-05-12 10:21:11
It'll be Wynton's son, Caleb or something like that ? ..and the other one will be Marco Rojas. I used to play indoor against him when he as about 5... Rojas is one hell of a player.
Incidentally, junior Rufer is at feeder club to Hannover trying to make his way.
Hard News2009-07-19 22:14:13
Pretty sure you need to be bown after 31st Dec 1991.
Mr_Incredible2010-07-02 15:38:09
Congratulations to Central United FC youngster Luis Esteves. Luis � who made his first team debut for Central United earlier this season � has signed for Portuguese professional team, Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses. The club is one of Portugal�s oldest and is based in the capital city of Lisbon. The young defender/midfielder was a member of the NZU17 side that attended last year�s FIFA U17 World Cup in Nigeria. They became the first team from this country to qualify for the �Round of 16� at a FIFA World Finals tournament. Esteves joins former Central United teammates Cameron Lindsay (Blackburn Rovers) and Andrew Milne (Glasgow Rangers) as former Kiwitea Street-based members of that NZU17 squad to have signed for professional clubs in Europe. Full story below...
Caleb rufer is currently trialing with fc aarau u21 and scored vs sc zofingen last week!!