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Allan Pearce

Personal information
Full name	Allan David Pearce
Date of birth	(1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 34)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Waitakere United
Number	10
Youth career
1999–2002	Barnsley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002	Barnsley	0	(0)
2002	→ Worksop Town (loan)	?	(?)
2002–2004	Lincoln City	19	(1)
2004	Bradford Park Avenue
2004–2005	Waitakere United	?	(6)
2006	Worksop Town
2006–	Waitakere United	83	(42)
National team‡
	New Zealand U17	?	(?)
	New Zealand U23	1	(?)
2008	New Zealand	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2009. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2007

 

Allan David Pearce (born 7 April 1983) is a New Zealand football (soccer) player who plays as a striker. In the 2004/05 season he played for Waitakere United, scoring 6 goals.

Born in Wellington, Pearce joined Barnsley on a three-year scholarship in December 1999 and progressed through the academy ranks at the club and into the reserves. In August 2002, Pearce joined Worksop Town on work experience for an indefinite period, impressing in a pre-season friendly victory over Sheffield Wednesday before making his Northern Premier League debut for the Tigers in the 2-0 home defeat to Burscough on 17 August 2002.

In October 2002 he signed professionally for Lincoln City where he made a number of League 2 appearances before returning to his native New Zealand to play for Waitakere United.

In September 2006, Allan re-signed with Waitakere United after a short spell playing in England again, this time with Worksop Town when they were in the Conference North Division.

Pearce has represented New Zealand at under 17 and under 23 level.

He made his full All Whites debut in a 3-1 World Cup qualifier win over New Caledonia on 6 September 2008.