Michael Boxall
Boxall with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michael Joseph Boxall | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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SuperSport United | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Three Kings United | |||
| Mount Albert Grammar School | |||
| 2007–2010 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ellerslie AFC | |||
| Central United | |||
| 2006–2007 | Auckland City FC | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 19 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Wellington Phoenix | 39 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Oakleigh Cannons FC (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 2 | (0) |
| 2015– | SuperSport United | 44 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | New Zealand U20 | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | New Zealand U23 | 12 | (1) |
| 2006 | New Zealand A | 2 | (0) |
| 2011– | New Zealand | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 August 2016 |
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Michael Joseph Boxall (born 18 August 1988) is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for SuperSport United of the South African Premier Soccer League, and the New Zealand national football team.
For high school, Boxall attended and played for Mount Albert Grammar School. With Boxall anchoring the defence, Mount Albert won the league title in 2004 and 2005 and placed first at the national tournament in 2005. In his senior season in 2006, Boxall was named the team captain. He led the team to a second Knockout Cup title in three years. They also went to the Auckland Secondary School Soccer Association Championship. Mt. Albert went on to finish second at nationals that year.
Boxall played for a number of teams in his native New Zealand including Ellerslie AFC, Three Kings United,Central United, and Auckland City FC, leading Central United to the 2007 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier title. In addition, Boxall won the NZFC with Auckland City, where he made 6 appearances that year despite scoring zero goals. He was named the Auckland City Young Player of the Year with Central United in 2006 and then again with Auckland City F.C. in 2007.
Boxall was recruited to play college soccer at the University of California, Santa Barbara by head coach Tim Vom Steeg. He followed in the footsteps of other New Zealand players at Santa Barbara such as Tony Lochhead and Neil Jones, both of whom have received senior international caps after appearing for UCSB. In his first season with the Gauchos, Boxall played in 12 games, starting 10 of them. He scored no points and only had one shot on goal, but proved himself to be a solid defensive rock alongside Gaucho defensive stalwart Andy Iro. Boxall's season was cut short due to a knee injury which forced him to miss the rest of the year. Despite missing half the season, Boxall led all rookies with 10 starts and tied for the team high in both yellow cards and red cards, 6 and 1 respectively.
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