Christian Bouckenooghe

Christian "Kris" Bouckenooghe (born 7 February 1977) is a retired New Zealand association football player of Belgian and Cook Island Māori descent. He played as a defender, mostly in the lower divisions of Belgian football with one season in the Belgian First Division.

Kris Bouckenooghe
Personal information
Full name Christian Bouckenooghe
Date of birth (1977-02-07) 7 February 1977
Place of birth Cook Islands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Rotherham United 0 (0)
1996–1997 Waregem 0 (0)
1997–2000 Roeselare 82 (13)
2000–2001 Handzame 8 (1)
2001–2002 Oostende 27 (6)
2002–2003 Ronse 27 (3)
2003–2006 Roeselare 57 (7)
2006–2008 Red Star Waasland 16 (1)
2008–2009 K.S.V. Roeselare
International career‡
1998–2009 New Zealand 35 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:40, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Club career

He was born in the Cook Islands of a Cook Island Māori mother and a Belgian father, subsequently moving to New Zealand as a child, where he played his youth soccer and attended Tauranga Boys' College. He has played for New Zealand at age-group level, including a play-off series against the South African under-23 team to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, scoring in the NZ team's narrow 3-4 and 0-1 losses in that series. All of his early career was spent as a midfielder or striker, until converting to defence at K.S.V. Roeselare in Belgium. His first professional club was Rotherham in England, who signed him as a teenager on the recommendation of former New Zealand national coach and ex Rotherham player, Kevin Fallon. From there he signed for KSV Roeselare in the 1990s, his first of two periods with the club. He is the first New Zealander to play in the Belgian First Division.

International career

Bouckenooghe played 35 A-internationals for the New Zealand national soccer team, the All Whites scoring 2 goals.[1][2] His career highlights include playing at both the 1999[3] and 2003 Confederations Cup in Mexico and France respectively.

Honours

Belgium Premier Division 2005-06 New Zealand International player of the year 1999

References
  1. "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  2. "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. "1999 Confederation Cup Squad". NZ Football. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
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