Allan Pearce
{{short description|New Zealand footballer and physiotherapist}}
{{for|the English footballer|Alan Pearce}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Allan Pearce
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Allan David Pearce{{Cite book
| editor-first = Barry J.
| editor-last = Hugman
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005
| year = 2004
| publisher = Queen Anne Press
| isbn = 9781852916602
| page = 317 }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| currentclub = Waitakere United
| clubnumber = 10
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1 = Barnsley
| years1 = 2002 | years2 = 2002 | years3 = 2002–2004 | years4 = 2004 | years5 = 2004–2005 | years6 = 2006 | years7 =2006–2014
|years8 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Barnsley | clubs2 = → Worksop Town (loan) | clubs3 = Lincoln City | clubs4 = Bradford Park Avenue | clubs5 = Waitakere United | clubs6 = Worksop Town | clubs7 = Waitakere United
| clubs8 = West Coast Rangers
| caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 19| goals3 = 1 | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = | goals5 = | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = 110 | goals7 = 54
| caps8 = 51 | goals8 = 23
| nationalyears1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalyears3 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U17 | nationalteam2 = New Zealand U23 | nationalteam3 =New Zealand
| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 9 April 2009
| ntupdate = 17 February 2007
}}
Allan David Pearce (born 7 April 1983) is a former New Zealand footballer.
He currently works as a physiotherapist in Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://dynamicphysio.co.nz/our-team/|title=Our Team|publisher=Dynamic Physio|accessdate=3 June 2019}}
Club career
Born in Wellington, Pearce joined Barnsley on a three-year scholarship in December 1999 and progressed through the academy ranks at the club and into the reserves.{{cite news
|url=http://www.barnsleyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10309~287209,00.html
|title=Pearce set to join Lincoln City
|date=17 October 2002
|publisher=Barnsley F.C
|accessdate=2008-10-10}} In August 2002, Pearce joined Worksop Town on work experience for an indefinite period,{{cite news
|url=http://www.barnsleyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10309~257279,00.html
|title=Pearce joins Worksop
|publisher=Barnsley F.C
|date=16 August 2002
|accessdate=10 October 2008}} impressing in a pre-season friendly victory over Sheffield Wednesday{{cite news
|url=http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/sport/Top-class-Tigers-too-good.348777.jp
|title=Top class Tigers too good for Wednesday
|newspaper=Worksop Guardian
|date=16 August 2002
|accessdate=10 October 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211021639/http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/sport/Top-class-Tigers-too-good.348777.jp
|archive-date=11 December 2019
|url-status=dead
}} before making his Northern Premier League debut for the Tigers in the 2–0 home defeat to Burscough on 17 August 2002.{{cite news
|url=http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/sport/Visitors-fail-to-read-script.348798.jp
|title=Visitors fail to read script
|newspaper=Worksop Guardian
|date=22 August 2002
|accessdate=10 October 2008}}
In October 2002 he signed professionally for Lincoln City where he made a number of League 2 appearances{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10530664 |title=Pearce only new cap in All Whites lineup |author=Terry Maddaford|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=5 September 2008|accessdate=3 October 2008}} before returning to his native New Zealand to play for Waitakere United.
In September 2006, Pearce re-signed with Waitakere United after a short spell playing in England again, this time with Worksop Town when they were in the Conference North Division.
International career
Pearce has represented New Zealand at under 17 and under 23 level.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz-u23-intres.html New Zealand - U-23 International Matches] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420035503/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz-u23-intres.html |date=20 April 2009 }}
He made his full All Whites debut in a 3-1 World Cup qualifier win over New Caledonia on 6 September 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |title=A-International Appearances - Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=3 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007054503/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archivedate=7 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1565.htm |title=A-International Line-ups - 2000-present |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |accessdate=3 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013140447/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1565.htm |archivedate=13 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}
Career statistics
=Club=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| rowspan=6|West Coast Rangers
|2021 |6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | ||||
| 2022 | |colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | |||||
| 2023
|rowspan=3|National League |20 | 8 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | ||||
| 2024
|22 | 10 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | ||||
| 2024
|10 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!|||||||||||||||||| | |||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!|||||||||||||||||| |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{FIFA player|175402|Allan Pearce}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215082559/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=pear02 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile]
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{New Zealand Football Championship top scorers}}
{{New Zealand squad 2008 OFC Nations Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearce, Allan}}
Category:New Zealand men's association footballers
Category:New Zealand men's international footballers
Category:New Zealand physiotherapists
Category:Association footballers from Wellington City
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
Category:Worksop Town F.C. players
Category:Lincoln City F.C. players
Category:Waitakere United players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Northern Premier League players
Category:2008 OFC Nations Cup players
Category:New Zealand Football Championship players