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Mark Paston

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Mark Nelson Paston (born 13 December 1976) is a New Zealand former professional football goalkeeper. He played for the Wellington Phoenix in the A-League from 2007 to 2013 before he retired from professional football. Paston represented New Zealand at Under-23 level and made his full All Whites debut against Indonesia in 1997, but did not feature in another full international until 2003. Paston was named in the New Zealand 2009 Confederations Cup squad to travel to South Africa, In 2009, he played in the World Cup Qualification playoff against Bahrain, saving a penalty and helping to secure New Zealand's qualification for the World Cup for only the second time in its history and he went all to play goalkeeper for the team in all of New Zealand's matches, including against Slovakia, Italy, and Paraguay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Paston is the 10,720th most popular soccer player (down from 9,054th in 2024), the 185th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 158th in 2019) and the 8th most popular New Zealander Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mark Paston ranks 10,720 out of 21,273. Before him are Ivica Iliev, Arik Benado, Marco Fabián, Souleymane Camara, Ismail Matar, and Liam Rosenior. After him are Moïse Brou Apanga, Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi, David Embé, Válber Costa, José Luis Salgado, and Sylvain N'Diaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Mark Paston ranks 782. Before him are Andreas Klier, Lucian Msamati, Miikka Kiprusoff, Daria Lorenci Flatz, David Davis, and Klara Geywitz. After him are Angelica Lee, Jalmari Helander, Sylvain N'Diaye, Shinobu Asagoe, Benoît Tréluyer, and Luke Mably.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Mark Paston ranks 185 out of 303. Before him are Laura Dekker (1995), Kimbra (1990), Bevan Docherty (1977), Richie McCaw (1980), Aaron Jeffery (1970), and Rena Owen (1962). After him are Jay Ryan (1981), Robert Whittaker (1990), Sala Baker (1976), Julian Dean (1975), Anna Hutchison (1986), and Russell Coutts (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In New Zealand

Among soccer players born in New Zealand, Mark Paston ranks 8. Before him are Wynton Rufer (1962), Winston Reid (1988), Ricki Herbert (1961), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Archie Thompson (1978), and Andrew Barron (1980). After him are Michael McGlinchey (1987), Simon Elliott (1974), Ryan Nelsen (1977), Michael Fitzgerald (1988), Kayne Vincent (1988), and Stefan Marinovic (1991).

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