Shane Smeltz
Smeltz in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Shane Edward Smeltz | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Göppingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | QAS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Gold Coast City | ? | (?) |
| 1999–2001 | Brisbane Strikers | 25 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Napier City Rovers | 21 | (20) |
| 2002–2003 | Adelaide City | 23 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide United | 7 | (1) |
| 2004 | MetroStars | 8 | (2) |
| 2005 | Mansfield Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | AFC Wimbledon | 42 | (19) |
| 2006–2007 | Halifax Town | 31 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Wellington Phoenix | 39 | (21) |
| 2009–2010 | Gold Coast United | 28 | (21) |
| 2010–2011 | Gençlerbirliği | 6 | (1) |
| 2011 | Gold Coast United | 10 | (7) |
| 2011–2014 | Perth Glory | 58 | (28) |
| 2014–2016 | Sydney FC | 43 | (12) |
| 2016 | Kedah FA | 18 | (11) |
| 2016– | Wellington Phoenix | 8 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001 | New Zealand U-20 | ||
| 2004 | New Zealand U-23 | 5 | (7) |
| 2003– | New Zealand | 51 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 July 2016 |
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Shane Edward Smeltz (born 29 September 1981) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a striker for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.
Smeltz spent much of his early career playing in Australia, before moving to England where he played for two and a half seasons. Smeltz has played in the A-League since 2007, with the exception of a brief stint with Gençlerbirliği in the Turkish Süper Lig. Smeltz is the all-time second-highest goalscorer in the A-League and was the top-goalscorer for now-defunct club Gold Coast United.
Smeltz has scored 24 goals in 51 international appearances for New Zealand, and played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Smeltz was born in Göppingen, West Germany to ethnic German parents with New Zealand citizenship. Six months later he moved to New Zealand. In November 1987, at the age of six, Smeltz moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, where he pursued a career in football through the Queensland Academy of Sport and was brought up for the remainder of his adolescent years while holding a New Zealand visa. Smeltz was granted dual-citizenship at the age of 23, becoming a dual-citizen of New Zealand and Australia. He attended Palm Beach Currumbin High School on the Gold Coast during his teenage years and was classmates with future professional surfers Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson.
Smeltz lives in Sydney with his wife Nikki and daughters Bonnie and Scarlett but spends the off season on the Gold Coast and still considers it to be home.
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