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Steven Paul Sumner ONZM (2 April 1955 – 8 February 2017) was an English-born, New Zealand football player, who was captain of the national team during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the World Cup, in 1982.

Steve Sumner

Personal information
Full name	Steven Paul Sumner
Date of birth	(1955-04-02)2 April 1955
Place of birth	Preston, England
Date of death	8 February 2017(2017-02-08) (aged 61)
Place of death	New Zealand
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Blackpool
	Preston North End
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1980	Christchurch United	147	(36)
1981	Newcastle KB United	18	(3)
1982	West Adelaide SC	12	(2)
1983–1986	Manurewa AFC	66	(29)
1987	Gisborne City	25	(6)
1988–1989	Christchurch United	?	(?)
Total		268	(76)
National team
1976–1988	New Zealand	58	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sumner began his football as an apprentice at Blackpool before moving to New Zealand in 1973 to play for Christchurch United, winning the National League in his first year. Sumner went on to win 6 Chatham Cups and 5 league titles.[1] He is the only player to have won six Chatham Cup winners medals.[2]

International career

His international career spanned from 1976 to 1988, including a record 105 appearances for New Zealand (beating the record previously held by Brian Turner),[3] 58 of which were A-internationals.[4]

An active and attacking midfielder, Sumner scored a national record six goals during New Zealand's 13–0 defeat of Fiji during the 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign. He was also one of New Zealand's only two scorers in the 1982 World Cup Finals tournament in Spain (along with Steve Wooddin), in New Zealand's 5–2 loss to Scotland.[5] He was the first player of the FIFA Oceania zone to score in a World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

In 1991, he was inducted into the New Zealand Soccer Media Association Hall of Fame[6] and was then awarded FIFA's top award, the FIFA Order of Merit, before the opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, along with Johan Cruyff and former South African president Thabo Mbeki.[7]

Later life and death

After retiring Sumner maintained his involvement in football, being employed by TVNZ as a media personality. More significantly he sat on the Executive Board of the Wellington Phoenix bringing much needed professional playing experience to the table. In August 2015, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, from which he died on 8 February 2017, aged 61.[8]

Steve Sumner Trophy

In 2018 New Zealand Football named the Man of the Match trophy for the New Zealand Football Championship final after Sumner, calling it the "Steve Sumner Trophy".[9][10] It was first awarded to Callum McCowatt after he scored the only goal in Auckland City 1–0 win over Team Wellington in the final. McCowatt won it a second time the following year, this time while playing for Eastern Suburbs, where he scored a hattrick in the finals, again against Team Wellington.[11]

Honours

Individual

• Player of the Year: 1983[12]
• Golden Boot: 1983[12]
• FIFA Centennial Award in 2004
• FIFA Order of Merit: 2010[7]
• Friends of Football Medal of Excellence 2015[13]
• Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (for services to football), 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours[14]
• IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time: 2021[15]

Club

Christchurch United

• National League: 1973, 1975, 1978, 1988
• Chatham Cup: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1989

Manurewa

• National League: 1983
• Chatham Cup: 1984

Gisborne City

• Chatham Cup: 1987

References

External links

• New Zealand 1982 World Cup squad
• Planet World Cup interview
• Steve Sumner – FIFA competition record (archived)

На других языках

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[de] Steve Sumner

Steven Paul „Steve“ Sumner GNZM (* 2. April 1955 in Preston; † 8. Februar 2017) war ein englisch-neuseeländischer Fußballspieler. Er nahm mit der neuseeländischen Nationalmannschaft an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1982 teil und war der erste Torschütze eines Mitglieds der OFC bei einer Weltmeisterschaft.

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- [en] Steve Sumner

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[es] Steve Sumner

Steve Sumner (Preston, 2 de abril de 1955-8 de febrero de 2017), fue un futbolista británico nacionalizado neozelandés que jugaba como mediocampista. Representando a la selección neozelandesa jugó 58 partidos oficiales, en los que marcó 22 goles. En 2010 recibió la condecoración del Orden del Mérito de la FIFA y en 2016 se le otorgó la Orden del Mérito de Nueva Zelanda por sus servicios al fútbol.[1]

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[fr] Steve Sumner

Steven Paul Sumner est un footballeur néo-zélandais, né le 2 avril 1955 en Angleterre et mort le 8 février 2017 en Nouvelle-Zélande[1]. Il évolue au poste de milieu de terrain du début des années 1970 à la fin des années 1980.

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[it] Steve Sumner

Steven Paul Sumner (Preston, 2 aprile 1955 – 7 febbraio 2017) è stato un calciatore inglese naturalizzato neozelandese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Самнер, Стив

Стив Самнер (англ. Steve Sumner; 2 апреля 1955, Престон, Великобритания — 8 февраля 2017, Новая Зеландия) — новозеландский футболист, играл на позиции полузащитника.

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