Tony Jamieson

{{Short description|Former international footballer for the Cook Islands}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tony Jamieson

| image =

| fullname = Tony Lloyd Jamieson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|03|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1981–2000 |youthclubs1 = North Wellington

| years1 = 2000–2001 |clubs1 = Tupapa Maraerenga |caps1 = 5 |goals1 =

| years2 = 2001–2005 |clubs2 = Wellington United |caps2 = 12|goals2 =

| years3 = 2005–2007 |clubs3 = Wairarapa United |caps3 = 1 |goals3 =

| years4 = 2007–2008 |clubs4 = Wellington Olympic |caps4 = 4 |goals4 =

| years5 = 2008–2010 |clubs5 = Stop Out |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 2010–2011 |clubs6 = Island Bay United |caps6 = |goals6 =

| years7 = 2011–2013 |clubs7 = Tupapa Maraerenga |caps7 = 9 |goals7=

| pcupdate = 21 July 2012

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2011

| nationalteam1 = Cook Islands

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| ntupdate = 26 November 2011

}}

Tony Lloyd Jamieson (born 16 March 1974) is a former international footballer{{cite news|url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=69446|title=SPG Round-up|date=29 August 2007|work=Fiji Times|accessdate=28 September 2011}} for the Cook Islands, having played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=184481/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123233948/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=184481/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 November 2007 |title=FIFA Player Statistics: Tony Jamieson |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=24 January 2012}}

Playing career

=Club=

Jamieson started his career as a junior player in Wellington, New Zealand, playing for North Wellington AFC in 1981, aged seven.

==Nikao Sokkattack and Rarotonga F.C.==

At the age of 26 he became a player for the Cook Islands, his mother's birth country. He played in the Cooks for one-year and coached Tupapa Maraerenga F.C.{{cite news |title=Playing abroad has its lows |author=Bryce Johns |work=Dominion Post |date=27 January 2001 |page=56 |via=EBSCOHost |quote=Campbell... got the callup for Tupapa because former clubmate Tony Jamieson has been coaching it for a year. }} before returning to Wellington to play for Wellington Diamond United.{{cite news |title=Lower Hutt City, Olympic look early favourites |author=Kent Gray |work=Dominion-Post |date=6 April 2001 |page=29 |via=EBSCOHost |quote=But with the crafty Derek McKillop at the helm and off-season signings that have brought Johnsonville brothers Mark and Tony Jamieson... United have the goods to do more than just fight a relegation battle}}

==North Wellington Diamond United==

He played there for five years, until the age of 31.

==Nadi FC==

In 2005, he joined Nadi F.C. in the Inter-district Cup Tournament (IDC).{{fact|date=April 2019}}

He received man of the match awards in the two biggest internationals of his career: against Australia in 2000 and against New Zealand in 2004. Cook Islands lost 17–0{{cite news |title=Keeper hero despite 17 goals |author=Jonathan Millmow |work=Dominion-Post |date=27 June 2000 |page=36 |via=EBSCOHost}} and 2–0, respectively.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

=International=

Jamieson made his international debut for the Cook Islands in 2000.{{cite news |title=Brothers off to play for Cooks |author=Jonathan Millmow |work=Dominion-Post |date=30 May 2000 |page=27 |via=EBSCOHost}} In 2010, Jamieson became infamous after sitting with the ball for over minute during a 2–0 defeat to Fiji.{{cite web|title=Cook Islands Goalkeeper Wastes Time in 2010 World Cup Qualifier (Oceania) v Fiji August 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg0N03QllI|website=www.youtube.com|publisher=Youtube|accessdate=2 September 2015|date=11 June 2010}}

Managerial career

In November 2011, Jamieson was appointed as technical director of the Cook Islands Football Association.{{cite web|title=New technical director appointed|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/47b5a0c5-6baa-48de-89f9-55c8274e0b34/language/fr-FR/Default.aspx|website=oceaniafootball.com/|publisher=Oceania Football|accessdate=2 September 2015|date=1 November 2011}} In 2013 he formed Football Cook Islands, a group of passionate, long-term football supporters, players, qualified coaches and club officials, concerned about the way football is currently being managed by the national association CIFA.{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/soccer/new-football-group-formed/ |title=New football group formed |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=3 September 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2020}} He was subsequently suspended by CIFA{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/regional/fci-continues-to-grow-support/ |title=FCI continues to grow support |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=8 October 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2020}} and banned from all football-related activities by the Oceania Football Confederation for five years for ethical breaches.{{cite web|title=Sport: OFC bans Cook Islands and PNG football officials|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/236896/sport-ofc-bans-cook-islands-and-png-football-officials|website=radionz.co.nz/|publisher=Radio New Zealand|accessdate=18 December 2020|date=21 February 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/regional/football-ci-members-called-to-ofc/ |title=Football CI members called to OFC |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=27 January 2014 |accessdate=18 December 2020}}