Andrew Blake (footballer)

Andrew Tennant Blake (born 14 March 1996) is a professional New Zealand footballer who plays for Auckland City FC.

Andrew Blake
Personal information
Full name Andrew Tennant Blake
Date of birth (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996
Place of birth New Zealand
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Auckland City FC
Number 17
Youth career
2013–2014 Team Wellington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 24 (3)
2015–2016 Wellington Phoenix 0 (0)
2016 → Hawke's Bay United (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2017 Eastern Suburbs 15 (0)
2017–2019 Hibernian 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Edinburgh City (loan) 7 (0)
2019– Auckland City FC 11 (0)
International career‡
2013 New Zealand U17 4 (1)
2015 New Zealand U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:59, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2015

On 26 August 2015, he made his professional senior debut for Wellington Phoenix in the 2015 FFA Cup against Melbourne City.[1] On 12 February 2016, following Hamish Watson joining Phoenix from Hawke's Bay United as an injury replacement, Blake was loaned out to Hawke's Bay United for the remainder of the season.[2]

After a trial spell with Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Blake signed for Hibernian during the summer of 2017.[3] He was then loaned to Edinburgh City in August 2017,[3] but this deal was curtailed in January 2018 as Blake had suffered a long-term injury.[4]

In September 2019, Blake joined Auckland City FC.[5]

Personal life

His older brother Hugh is a rugby union player.[6]

Career statistics
As of 13:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wellington Phoenix Reserves 2014–15[7] NZF Championship 151———151
2015–16[7] 92———92
Total 243———243
Wellington Phoenix 2015–16[7] A-League —10——10
Hawke's Bay United (loan) 2015–16[7] NZF Championship 40———40
Eastern Suburbs 2016–17[7] NZF Championship 150———150
Hibernian 2017–18[8] Scottish Premiership —————
Edinburgh City (loan) 2017–18[8] Scottish League Two 7010——80
Career total 50320——523

References
  1. "Melbourne City FC vs Wellington Phoenix, FFA Cup, Round of 16, 26th Aug 2015". 31 July 2017.
  2. "Blake joins Hawke's Bay". New Zealand Football. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. Pilcher, Ross (31 August 2017). "Edinburgh City sign Hibs kid Andrew Blake on loan". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. "BLAKE AND STIRLING LOAN DEALS CANCELLED". Hibernian FC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. "Back to basics for Andrew Blake". Auckland City FC. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. Pilcher, Ross (22 September 2017). "Hibs kid Andrew Blake aims to make his mark at Edinburgh City". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  7. Andrew Blake at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  8. "Games played by Andrew Blake in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 October 2017.


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