Michael James Fitzgerald (フィッツジェラルド 舞行龍 ジェームズ, Fittsujerarudo Maikeru Jēmuzu, born 17 September 1988) is a professional footballer who represented New Zealand at international level, before gaining Japanese citizenship in 2013 and plays club football for Albirex Niigata.[1][2][3] Fitzgerald's application for Japanese citizenship was approved in May 2013 in doing so he could not play for the All Whites again.[4]
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Full name | Michael James Fitzgerald | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-09-17) 17 September 1988 (age 34) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tokoroa, Waikato, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Albirex Niigata | |||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Seiritsu Gakuen High School | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2008–2016 | Albirex Niigata | 94 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2009 | → Japan Soccer College (loan) | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → Zweigen Kanazawa (loan) | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 32 | (4) | |||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Albirex Niigata | 115 | (2) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | New Zealand | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2010 |
Fitzgerald received his secondary education at St Peter's College, Auckland (1999–2005). He is the brother of Isaac Fitzgerald.[5]
Fitzgerald made his international New Zealand debut in a 1–1 draw with China on 25 March 2011.[6] He later made two more appearances for New Zealand in friendly matches including a 3–0 loss to Mexico and another 3–0 loss to Australia.[7]
Updated to 22 February 2019.[8][9][10]
Club | Division | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Japan Soccer College | JRL (Hokushinetsu) | 2009 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Zweigen Kanazawa | JFL | 2010 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
2011 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
V-Varen Nagasaki | 2012 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 4 | |||
J2 League | 2013 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 2013 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2014 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
2015 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 37 | 1 | |||
2016 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
Kawasaki Frontale | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Career total | 182 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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New Zealand | |||
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Kawasaki Frontale
V-Varen Nagasaki
Albirex Niigata – current squad | |
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