Tony Lochhead
Lochhead for Wellington Phoenix in the 2009-10 A-League
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tony James Lochhead | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Tauranga, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tauranga Boys' College | |||
| Otumoetai College | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | 83 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Tauranga City United AFC | |||
| 2004 | Orange County Blue Star | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | New England Revolution | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2013 | Wellington Phoenix FC | 131 | (1) |
| 2014 | Chivas USA | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 177 | (2) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | New Zealand U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | New Zealand U23 | 6 | (1) |
| 2003–2013 | New Zealand | 47 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Tony James Lochhead (born 12 January 1982) is a New Zealand former professional footballer who appeared with the New Zealand national football team.
Lochhead was born on 12 January 1982 in Tauranga, New Zealand. He was a student at Otumoetai College in Tauranga, where he played football and volleyball.
Lochhead went to the United States in 2001 to study at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a student-athlete and played college soccer for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team. He was a member of the team from 2001 to 2004, starting all 83 games he played, and set a school record for total minutes. Lochhead was named first-team All-Big West Conference in 2003, and was a second team All-American and the Big West Defensive Player of the Year in 2004. As a senior, Lochhead lead UCSB to the finals of the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship where the team fell in penalty kicks.
Prior to attending UC Santa Barbara, Lochhead played with Tauranga City United AFC of the New Zealand National Soccer League. While enrolled in college, he appeared in 10 games for USL Premier Development League team Orange County Blue Star and scored one goal.
Following his career at Santa Barbara, Lochhead was drafted 33rd overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. However, at that time he elected not to sign with MLS to trial with European clubs. While with R.S.C. Anderlecht, Lochhead injured his ankle and returned to Santa Barbara for rehab. A glandular fever slowed the recovery process, but Lochhead returned to Europe for trials in Sweden and Norway which also proved unsuccessful. He signed with New England in September 2005, some months into the season. On 13 April 2007, the Revolution waived Lochhead to free up a senior roster spot for former UC Santa Barbara teammate Bryan Byrne who was signed the same day.
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