Mark Paston
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Nelson Paston | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Hastings, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2003 | Napier City Rovers | 135 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Bradford City | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Walsall | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | St Johnstone | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | New Zealand Knights | 10 | (0) |
| 2007–2013 | Wellington Phoenix | 72 | (0) |
| Total | 241 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2013 | New Zealand | 36 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:00, 12 October 2010 (NZST) |
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Mark Nelson Paston (born 13 December 1976) is a New Zealand football goalkeeper who most recently played for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League before announcing his retirement from professional football at the end of the 2012/13 A-League season.
Paston's senior career began with Napier City Rovers before he moved to the United Kingdom in 2003 to join Bradford City. He followed this with a season at Walsall and then St Johnstone, before returning to New Zealand with the New Zealand Knights.
Paston signed for Hyundai A-League club Wellington Phoenix in 2007 from the New Zealand Knights. Paston made his debut for the Phoenix against Adelaide United where they lost 4–1. Paston was often the Phoenix second choice goalkeeper but when Glen Moss left to Melbourne Victory, Paston became Phoenix's first-choice goalkeeper.
Paston signed a new one-year contract at the beginning of the 2009, keeping him at the Phoenix until the end of the 2009/2010 season. Paston played a large part in the Phoenix's undefeated home streak A-League record by keeping clean sheets against Central Coast Mariners and Gold Coast United. On 10 December 2009 Paston suffered a tibia fracture that kept him sidelined for the rest of the season.
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