Robert Ironside (born 20 August 1967) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Club career His club career began with North Shore United before he moved to Australia to join Sydney Olympic in the Australian National Soccer League. After seven seasons with Sydney, Ironside moved for two seasons to Newcastle Breakers He had a year playing for South China in Hong Kong and came back to Australia played one season with Sydney Olympic before finishing off in Newcastle.
International career Ironside made his All White debut in a 1–1 draw with Australia on 2 September 1987 and went on to make a total of 32 official A-international appearances in which he scored 6 goals, his final cap earned in a 0–3 loss to Australia on 6 June 1993. Altogether, including unofficial matches, Ironside played 72 matches for the All Whites.
Career statistics International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNew Zealand1987341988121198920199020199140199241199350Total326
Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ironside goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Robert IronsideNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia1–11–11987 Trans-Tasman Cup2Apia Park, Apia, Western Samoa4–07–01988 Summer Olympics qualification35–047–05Caledonian Ground, Dunedin, New Zealand1–21–21988 Trans-Tasman Cup6Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand4–08–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
References
External links
Player Statistics at ozfootball.net