Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1956), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1956)

New Zealand footballer

Date of Birth: 08-May-1956

Place of Birth: Nelson, Nelson Region, New Zealand

Profession: association football player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1956)

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  • Wilson (born 8 May 1956) was a New Zealand association football player, who was a goalkeeper during the country's first successful campaign to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982.
  • His international career spanned from 1979 to 1984, and he played in the National Soccer League in Australia until 1989.
  • He returned to New Zealand in 1996 and was player-coach of minor-league side Avon United.
  • Despite being the only goalkeeper used during the 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign, he was replaced as starting goalkeeper for the finals tournament in Spain by Frank van Hattum.
  • For a considerable time, Wilson held the record for most minutes without conceding a goal by a goalkeeper in any FIFA World Cup qualifying or finals tournament, having not conceded a goal in 921 minutes of football, including matches against Fiji (twice), Chinese Taipei (twice), Indonesia (twice), China (twice) and Australia (once).His record clean sheet came to a dramatic end during a World Cup home qualifying fixture against Kuwait.
  • Kuwait were controversially awarded a penalty by the Indonesian referee.
  • Wilson spectacularly saved the spot kick only to have a further penalty awarded against New Zealand 10 minutes later.
  • The second penalty found the back of the net bringing to an end Wilson's record.
  • The taking of the second penalty was delayed for some minutes after an irate fan ran onto the field to remonstrate with the referee.

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