Jack Pelter

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Jack Pelter
Personal information
Full name Jack Pelter
Date of birth July 30, 1987 (1987-07-30) (age 20)
Place of birth    Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Height 187 cm
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Sunderland
Number 26
Youth clubs
 ???? Christchurch Technical
Ferrymead Bays
Central United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005-2007
2007 - present		 Canterbury United
Sunderland		 0? (?)
00 (0)   
National team2
2003 - 2007
2007 - present
 New Zealand U17
New Zealand U20
09 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 05:54, 5 September 2007 (UTC) (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23:50, 16 December 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Jack Pelter (born July 30, 1987 in Barrow in Furness, England) is a footballer who plays as a Centre back for Sunderland and also captains the New Zealand national under-20 football team.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] New Zealand

Born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Pelter emigrated with his family to New Zealand at the age of eight and entered the New Zealand Football Academy whilst twelve years old.[1] He exhibited a love for football in his school work, writing an essay on his personal hero Roy Keane,[1] whilst also supporting English team Blackburn Rovers.[2] He went on to play in the National Soccer League for Christchurch Technical, Ferrymead Bays and Central United. He was taken back to England at the age of fifteen by New Zealand Knights manager Chris Turner who introduced him to the scouting teams at Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea and Swansea City.[3]

After recovering from a serious back injury on his return, Pelter moved to New Zealand Football Championship team Canterbury United in 2005.[3] Due to the semi-professional nature of football in New Zealand, Pelter had to take on other jobs to finance his football regime, with his mother later commenting "After training, he'd go to work in a bar until two in the morning to fund his career, he was running, training and swimming on his own, he used to get up on cold mornings on his own to go running".[1]

The winner of Canterbury United's "Defender of the Year" award and runner-up for "Player of the Year" in only his first season with the club, Pelter subsequently attracted the attention of European clubs in 2007 following his international progress. Born in the United Kingdom, he was eligible to play for any EU club without the need for a work permit and reserve team and youth contracts were offered to him by Leeds United and AC Milan amongst others.[3]

[edit] Sunderland

He took up the offer of a trial at Sunderland in July 2007, appearing in the pre-season friendly defeat against Scunthorpe and reserve team games against Berwick Rangers and Hebburn Town.[4] He was offered a first team contract by the club in August but an ankle injury he had picked up during the World Cup put the deal in some doubt so he was initially offered a one-month deal,[5][6][7] before signing a one-year contract three weeks later in September 2007 on successful completion of his medical.[8][9]New Zealand under-20 team captain Jack Pelter, who is being released by Sunderland after a one-year contract, will continue to train at the English premier league club until June 30.

[edit] International career

Pelter has represented New Zealand at the Under-17 and Under-20 levels. He made his Under-17 debut, against Tahiti, in 2003.[2] He was part of New Zealand's Under-20 World Cup 2007 squad, of which he was captain.[10] He made his debut against Mexico on 8 July 2007 at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton also scored New Zealand's only goal of the tournament in that match, as they failed to progress beyond the group stages.[11]

Pelter was part of the New Zealand A team that performed in the quadrangular Agribank Cup Tournament in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2006, with every game being played at the My Dinh Stadium, eventually finishing third in the tournament that also featured Vietnam the hosts, Bahrain under 21 and Thailand. New Zealand A were beaten 1–0 by Vietnam in their first game of the tournement on 25 October 2006, they were again beaten 1–0 by Thailand on 27 October. New Zealand A finally gained their first and only win beating Bahrain U21 1–0 on 29 October with Leo Shin scoring the goal.[12][13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Ben Frampton (July 26, 2007). Globetrotting Jack's so Keane to impress Roy. Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ a b NZ U20 Men - Jack Pelter. nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
  3. ^ a b c Coen Lammers (August 15, 2007). Pelter may realise dream. Sport. The Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  4. ^ Jack Pelter's profile on www.safc.com. SAFC. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  5. ^ Coen Lammers (August 20, 2007). Hurt ankle delays Pelter signing. The Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  6. ^ Coen Lammers (September 6, 2007). Sunderland signs Christchurch player short-term. The Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  7. ^ Pelter signs one month contract for Sunderland A.F.C.. SAFC (2007-09-08). Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  8. ^ Coen Lammers (September 19, 2007). Pelter pinching himself over deal. The Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  9. ^ NZPA (September 18, 2007). One-year deal has Pelter eyeing premiership spot. The Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
  10. ^ Jack Pelter New Zealand under 20's captain. www.premierleague.com (2007-09-10). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  11. ^ Mexico vs New Zealand under 20 world cup match report. cbc.ca (2007-07-08). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  12. ^ Agribank cup final standing and results. rsssf. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  13. ^ Jack Pelter – Tour of Duty, p7,. Mainland Football. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.

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Persondata
NAME Jack Pelter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 30 July 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH