Not all 15 are NZ, APFA works with Domestic and International players
Can you name them? I can think of kid at Sheffield United, Birhanu, Bill, Cam Howieson, Harry Edge, Jesse, Ryan Thomas. Who else?
Not all 15 are NZ, APFA works with Domestic and International players
Can you name them? I can think of kid at Sheffield United, Birhanu, Bill, Cam Howieson, Harry Edge, Jesse, Ryan Thomas. Who else?
pretty sure there was some mexicans in there somewhere
yung thug
Not all 15 are NZ, APFA works with Domestic and International players
Can you name them? I can think of kid at Sheffield United, Birhanu, Bill, Cam Howieson, Harry Edge, Jesse, Ryan Thomas. Who else?
Harry Edge, Jesse Edge & Ryan Thomas did not go through the APFA.
Ole
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Not all 15 are NZ, APFA works with Domestic and International players
Can you name them? I can think of kid at Sheffield United, Birhanu, Bill, Cam Howieson, Harry Edge, Jesse, Ryan Thomas. Who else?
Harry Edge, Jesse Edge & Ryan Thomas did not go through the APFA.
Ugh yr right duh mixed em up *uppercut*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0cGSBvxI0Q
highlights from arsenal v OM game in UEFA Youth League. Bill involved in scramble for the first goal from Arsenal. Check out the goal keeping howlers
Not all 15 are NZ, APFA works with Domestic and International players
Can you name them? I can think of kid at Sheffield United, Birhanu, Bill, Cam Howieson, Harry Edge, Jesse, Ryan Thomas. Who else?
pretty sure there was some mexicans in there somewhere
Yeah, some Mexican kids and kids from other countries spent time there and now have pro contracts in Mexico and Europe
e.g. Diego Martinez del Campo, a Mexican now in the youth team at CE L'Hospitalet in the Spanish Third Division:
17 year old Mickael Partodikromo from New Caledonia, APFA's first Pacific Island graduate who in July signed for Sheffield United's youth team in England.
From the APFA website ( a few more have graduated since this was written no doubt):
Since we started full time operations in 2010, 12 players have graduated from APFA to join Professional Club Academies in Europe or the USA/Mexico. 11 other graduates have gone on to US University scholarships or overseas elite development programs and 12 APFA players have represented their country in International Youth Teams.
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
There is no doubt that APFA helped bring Bill on...
They have good contact's and deserve credit for the players they have placed in the Pro game..
we only sing when were winning
Full 90 in a 2-1 win over Napoli in the uefa youth league. seems to have locked in that CDM role.
http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2014/matches/round=2000501/match=2012960/index.html
Bill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/billtuiloma
Makes last week's UEFA Youth League 2-1 win v Napoli seem even more special when you realise they were down to nine men:
bill tuiloma @billtuiloma 22 Oct
Great win today!! Played with nine men and came back 2-1 win!!!!
bill tuiloma @billtuiloma 13h
First training session with the first team today ?⚽️??? #TeamOM #getin
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
That canopied stand looks awesome.
And is that a bad attempt at a selfie? Taken in the mirror in the loos??
That Braga stand has a huge rock cliff at the other end. Liverpool lost there a few years ago.
Awesome that he is training with the first team. It will help step up his development even quicker.
Hopefully he gets a chance sooner rather than later. Would love to see him get some time in a cup game or something.
Not surprised that Bill has got a chance to trial with the OM first squad. The club is in the middle of a run of bad results and has slipped away from the top of the table. They have had quite a few injuries too. Bill has made a good impression playing for the U19's in the CL tournement so I guess the head coach wants to see for himself by giving him a run with the top squad. He's still young and it would be hard to imagine they would throw a 18 yo into a League 1 game as a DM now . But its all good signs for Bill.
Not surprised that Bill has got a chance to trial with the OM first squad. The club is in the middle of a run of bad results and has slipped away from the top of the table. They have had quite a few injuries too. Bill has made a good impression playing for the U19's in the CL tournement so I guess the head coach wants to see for himself by giving him a run with the top squad. He's still young and it would be hard to imagine they would throw a 18 yo into a League 1 game as a DM now . But its all good signs for Bill.
OM are a club known for putting a focus on youth like Lyon are doing now, especially because they can't compete $$$$ with Paris and Monaco. I honestly don't think it'd be too far fetched that he gets a first team crack off the bench for a game this season. In saying that time will tell but its certainly a positive to be at the club he is.
yung thug
Not surprised that Bill has got a chance to trial with the OM first squad. The club is in the middle of a run of bad results and has slipped away from the top of the table. They have had quite a few injuries too. Bill has made a good impression playing for the U19's in the CL tournement so I guess the head coach wants to see for himself by giving him a run with the top squad. He's still young and it would be hard to imagine they would throw a 18 yo into a League 1 game as a DM now . But its all good signs for Bill.
The regular right-back Benjamin Mendy is only 19: http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201002/Effectif_pro/1845/Mendy
Regular attacking CM Thauvin is only 20: http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201002/Effectif_pro/1850/Thauvin
The regular DCM Imbula is only 21: http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201002/Effectif_pro/1848/Imbula
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
Bill played a full 90 for the OM U19's in the weekend. They won 5-0. Bill should be match fit for the AW's
played full 90 in UEFA youth league 2-0 loss to Napoli.
http://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/season=2014/matches/round=2000501/match=2012962/index.html
Doesn't seem to have featured in the squad for the game against Arsenal in the Youth league - perhaps still injured after the AWs game?
Normo's coming home
He tweeted that he was travelling with the team, so maybe didn't get picked.
www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com
Full 90 in 4-1 win aginst Dortmund in the UEFA youth league. 1 assist and 3 shots on goal playing as a holding mid again.
C'MON BILL THE PONI!
At Stade Gerland too - same stadium where another Kiwi, Raf de Gregorio, blasted a fabulous goal from outside the pen : All Whites
v Colombia, 2003 Confed Cup.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Half-time. OM now 0-2 down. THROW HIM ON!
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Spoke too soon - OM score in first half extra-time. 2-1. Bill to come on and score the winner!
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
NB He's the only player on the OM squad list not identified according to nationality (and therefore without a pretty NZ flag next to his name). Somebody should be told.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Bollocks. 3 subs on for OM, none of 'em Bill T.
Next week maybe.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Pretty awesome to be in a big club's match day squad ..
we only sing when were winning
COYN Nice one. I'd he makes it next week, is that the first kiwi to appear in the French top league? Can't think of anyone else
Auckland will rise once more
that is very cool.
Look at the table, and you can see this was a pretty important match for both teams, so good that Tuiloma is considered good enough to even make the bench for such a game.
Nice one. I'd he makes it next week, is that the first kiwi to appear in the French top league? Can't think of anyone else
Thought ex-All White Kris Boughenooge (sp?) might have done - but it was a Belgian club he signed for.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Nice one. I'd he makes it next week, is that the first kiwi to appear in the French top league? Can't think of anyone else
Thought ex-All White Kris Boughenooge (sp?) might have done - but it was a Belgian club he signed for.
No Kiwis have ever played in Ligue 1 but several from other Oceania countries - Christian Karembeu, Pascal Vahirua (Tahiti - full French international), Marama Vahirua (Tahiti, France u-21) - Marama retired after the Confeds Cup in July and is now Technical Director of the Tahitian FA., Antoine Kombouare (New Caledonia - played Nantes, PSG, Aberdeen, former PSG manager,current Lens manager)
The most recent Oceania player to play in Ligue 1 was Georges Gope-Fenepej (New Caledonia v All Whites 2012 Oceania Nations Cup) who made one appearance for Troyes last season and since they were relegated, has made three appearances in Ligue 2 so far this season.
Frank Farina played for Strasbourg and Lille in Ligue 1 in the '90s
Ned Zelic for Auxerre.
Current A-League commentator & former Socceroo Robbie Slater played for Lens in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Interesting info on his Wiki:
" moved to then Ligue 2 club Lens, which was promoted during his time at the club (1990–94). While he was at Lens he was attacked with a baseball bat by Paris Saint-Germain supporters and nearly lost his life..."
Wow! The guy can be irritating in the Fox commentaries - but still....
Big Pete 65, Christchurch