New Zealand face a play-off towards Costa Rica on Tuesday evening, as the All Whites goal to seal their place at a World Cup for the first time since 2010. Should they obtain that objective, they are going to be heading to Qatar with a former Leeds United man as their supervisor.
Danny Hay is an simply forgotten ex-Leeds participant, as regardless of having been at the membership from 1999-2002, he solely managed seven appearances in a Whites shirt. However, regardless of his few appearances, Hay did seem for the membership in the Champions League towards Barcelona, as he got here on as a late substitute for Lucas Radebe. He accomplished 90 minutes for the membership simply as soon as, beginning in the 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in 99/00 as Alan Smith scored twice to defeat the Owls in the Premier League.
Injuries performed a significant position in Hay’s lack of appearances for the Whites however he was thought-about a squad depth participant, moderately than a real first-team possibility. However, he’s recognised as the first New Zealand born participant to have earned a contract for a Premier League membership. After leaving Leeds, he continued in English soccer, making 50 appearances for Walsall in the First Division (what’s now the Championship).
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Hay has been supervisor of New Zealand since June 2021. The All Whites received each single sport of their group for World Cup qualifying however due to the nature of Oceania qualifying, they’ve to defeat the fourth-place crew from CONCACAF so as to qualify for the event in Qatar.
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