 Moss withWellington Phoenix in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glen Robert Moss | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-01-19)19 January 1983 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Hastings, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Runaway Bay | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Gold Coast | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Sydney Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | Stanmore Hawks | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | New Zealand Knights | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Dinamo București | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Wellington Phoenix | 33 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Gold Coast United | 41 | (0) |
| 2012–2017 | Wellington Phoenix | 107 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Newcastle Jets | 46 | (0) |
| 2023 | Macarthur | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 254 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | New Zealand U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2004 | New Zealand U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2017 | New Zealand | 29 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020– | Macarthur FC (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Glen Robert Moss (born 19 January 1983) is a New Zealand formerfootball goalkeeper who is goalkeeping coach forMacarthur FC. He played forNew Zealand at international level. A foundational member of both theNew Zealand Knights andWellington Phoenix, Moss has competed in 14 seasons of theA-League, making 250 appearances while playing for the Knights, Phoenix,Melbourne Victory,Gold Coast United, andNewcastle Jets. Career highlights include starting aGrand Final with Newcastle, appearing inAFC Champions League games with Melbourne Victory and Newcastle, and making an A-League Team of the Season with Gold Coast.
With his birth country of New Zealand, Moss made 29 appearances, and was a member of their2010 FIFA World Cup squad, although was controversially suspended for the first two games after an appeal for an earlier four-game ban was not submitted in time.
Moss made his senior debut withSydney Olympic of theNSL, appearing in three games of the competition'sfinal season.
Having e-mailed the eight inaugural clubs of theA-League, Moss received interest fromNew Zealand Knights, who signed him to a one-year contract having watched him play for Sydney Olympic.[2] Moss was back-up toDanny Milosevic in his only season with the Knights, making seven starts, as well as coming on at half-time twice. New Zealand finished with just 6 points in their inaugural season, and Moss's contract was not renewed after the season.
Impressing over the summer with the national team, Moss signed on a free transfer withDinamo București of Romania.[3] Moss made his debut for Dinamo in first round of qualification for theUEFA Cup, starting both legs against Maltese clubHibernians in July. Moss started the league opener againstNațional București on 30 July, but was replaced byFlorin Matache for the club's next games. Having hovered between second and third-choice in the first half of the season, Moss sought out of Romania during the winter break, calling the move abroad a "disaster".[4] Moss was instead the only senior keeper to stay on, and was firmly third-choice for the second half of the season as Dinamo went on to win their 18th title.
In August 2007, Moss signed a two-year contract withA-League newcomers, theWellington Phoenix, recruited by managerRicki Herbert as part of a contingent of All Whites players.[2] Expected to back-upMark Paston, Moss was inserted just ahead of Wellington's first game after Paston suffered an injury in training. In his first season, he made 20 appearances out of the 21 league games and earned a reputation as a top goalkeeper, and was seen as one of the league's best shot-stoppers. Moss made 78 saves to lead the league in his first season with Wellington, as the club finished bottom of the table with the league's worst defense. However, injuries and dips in form during2008–09 saw him share the starting jersey with fellowAll Whites goalkeeper Paston, making just 13 appearances and keeping 3 clean sheets.
After impressive performances for club and country, Moss attracted interest from A-League championsMelbourne Victory. The move to Melbourne was confirmed during the 2008–09 season and would take place after the season.[5] Moss attracted interest from clubs inSouth Africa for his performances in the2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which took place in South Africa, before kicking a ball for Melbourne.[6] Moss began the season as the club's starting goalkeeper, featuring in the first 14 games. However, lacklustre performances midway through the season saw him overtaken by young-gunMitchell Langerak as the Melbourne No. 1. Moss was on the bench for the remainder of the season, including the Finals, in which Victory lost toSydney FC on penalties. Moss was given one start in the club's campaign in the2010 AFC Champions League, a 4–0 defeat toKawasaki Frontale, and left the club after the season.
On 19 July 2010 it was announced Moss had signed a 2-year deal withGold Coast United, replacingJess Vanstrattan, who had moved toCentral Coast Mariners.[7] and made his debut on 8 August againstBrisbane Roar. Moss started 27 of their 30 matches in the regular season as the club finished in fourth, qualifying for the Finals. Moss kept a career-high 11 clean sheets in the regular season, one behindMichael Theoklitos ofBrisbane for the league lead. His save percentage of 77% was only behindDanny Vukovic, who only started half ofWellington's games that season. Moss was selected to his first and onlyA-League Team of the Season for his efforts, earning a place on the bench behind Theoklitos. In the finals, Moss kept a clean sheet in their first game, a 1–0 win overMelbourne Victory. Gold Coast beatAdelaide in the next round, but lost 1–0 to PremiersCentral Coast in the Preliminary final.
Moss started the first 11 games of the2011–12 A-League, but suffered an injury taking a goal kick on 16 December againstAdelaide, leaving the game and being replaced byJerrad Tyson.[8] Although hopeful he would return before the end of the season, Moss wound up missing the rest of the season, and Gold Coast United folded at the end of the season, forcing Moss to look for a new team.
On 28 March 2012 it was announced he had signed a 3-year contract withA-League clubWellington Phoenix, returning to the club after three seasons away.[9] Moss was given a six-game run in the team toward the end of his first season back at the club, which included the last two games of the tenure ofRicki Herbert, the club's inaugural manager. Following the retirement ofMark Paston, Moss was made the number one goalkeeper at Wellington.[10] Moss made 25 starts for Wellington in the2013–14 A-League as the Phoenix finished in ninth. Moss tallied the league's worst save percentage at 65%, just belowNathan Coe ofMelbourne Victory, as Wellington finished with the league's worst defense.
Moss made 27 appearances in the2014–15 A-League for Wellington, as they finished in fourth, qualifying for their only Finals in Moss's seven seasons at the club. Moss finished the season with eight clean sheets, second only toVedran Janjetović ofSydney FC. Wellington lost 2–0 in the quarterfinal toMelbourne City, ending their season. Moss started all 27 games for Wellington in the2015–16 A-League, recording three clean sheets as the club finished in ninth. At the end of the season, Moss was awarded the Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year at Wellington.[11]
Moss made 22 starts in the2016–17 A-League for Wellington, notching five clean sheets, while missing a handful of games while on international duty. Wellington finished in seventh, six points shy of reaching the Finals. On 9 February 2017, Moss made his 200th A-League appearance, becoming the 18th player to do so.[2] Moss was left on the bench for the run-in, asLewis Italiano started the last four games of the season.[12]
In his second stint at Wellington, Moss made 110 appearances across all competitions, keeping 23 clean sheets.
On 15 May 2017, Moss signed with theNewcastle Jets of theA-League, his fifth different club in the league. He was managerErnie Merrick's first signing at the club, and was reunited with his former boss atMelbourne Victory andWellington. He began his stint at Newcastle as the backup toJack Duncan. Moss made his Jets debut on 23 November against Melbourne Victory, filling in for an injured Duncan.[13] Moss had a nine-game run in the side, finishing with a pair of clean sheets, before Duncan returned to the starting lineup on 20 January. Moss was unused as Newcastle finished out the regular season in second, qualifying for their first finals since 2010. Duncan suffered a quad tear during Newcastle's semifinal win overMelbourne City, and Moss saw out the last hour of the 2–1 win.[14] Moss started theGrand Final on 5 May, a 1–0 defeat toMelbourne Victory.
Following the season, Duncan left the club for Saudi Arabia, and Moss was made the starting goalkeeper. Moss made 22 starts out of 27 in the2018–19 season, missing a handful of games after leaving the club's game againstAdelaide at halftime with a gash in his thigh.[15] He finished the season with the league's second-best save percentage at 75%, behindLawrence Thomas of Melbourne Victory. He also started Newcastle's two games in the2019 AFC Champions League qualification, as they fell short of reaching the group stage when they lost toKashima Antlers. On 26 February 2019, Moss signed a new one-year deal to keep him with the club through the next A-League season.[16] Newcastle finished the A-League season in seventh, five points outside of the Finals.
Moss tore his calf attempting a goal kick againstSydney FC on 10 January 2020 and had to leave the game, being replaced byLewis Italiano.[17] At the time, Newcastle were bottom of the league with the league's worst defense, and Moss had the worst save percentage at 54%. While injured, Moss announced his retirement, to come at the end of the season.[18] Upon returning from injury, Moss sat on the bench, and Italiano remained in the starting lineup. In what was the last game in the A-League before it was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Moss was given a five-minute run-out off the bench by new Jets managerCarl Robinson, seeing out a 2–1 victory overMelbourne City on 23 March. The appearance was also his 250th in the A-League.[19]
In 2023, Moss was used as a reserve goalkeeper byMacarthur in the2023–24 AFC Cup, after multiple other goalkeepers were unavailable.[20]
Moss was raised in Australia, and was not on the radar for New Zealand internationally until his origins were shared with a reporter while Moss was atSydney Olympic.[3] Moss has earned national selection atUnder-20,Under-23 andAll Whites international level.
He was selected for the U-23's in 2004 to compete in the 2004 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament, the qualification tournament for the2004 Summer Olympics.
Moss gained his first international recognition when called up for the New Zealand squad for a friendly match againstIran in October 2003, however he did not earn his first cap until a 1–0 win overMalaysia in February the following year.[21] Moss was in goal for New Zealand's tour of Europe during the summer of 2006, as the All Whites picked up their first win over a European opponent when they beatGeorgia 3–1.
Moss was named in New Zealand's2009 Confederations Cup squad to travel to South Africa[22] where he played in all three games againstSpain,South Africa andIraq, where he kept a clean sheet and earned the All Whites a 0–0 draw – New Zealand's first point in a major FIFA competition.
In November 2008, Moss was handed a four-match World Cup ban after swearing at refereeLencie Fred in a dead-rubber2010 World Cup qualification match againstFiji.[23] New Zealand attempted to appeal the length of the ban, but failed to submit their appeal on time. He was replaced byMark Paston for the twoWorld Cup play-off matches againstBahrain at the end of 2009. Following New Zealand's qualification for theWorld Cup, the ban meant Moss would miss the opening two group games.
On 10 May 2010, Moss was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at theWorld Cup,[24] but saw no action as in a reversal of roles, Paston played all of the All Whites' three games, keeping a clean sheet in the final game against Paraguay as the team missed out on a place in the last 16 despite remaining unbeaten.
Moss did not play in any of New Zealand's games at the2012 OFC Nations Cup, which served as the second round of qualifying for the2014 FIFA World Cup. This was despite the fact that Paston left the country's first game with an injury, and he was instead replaced byJake Gleeson, who started the remaining games of the tournament. In thethird round of World Cup qualification, Moss started the two games againstTahiti, as New Zealand finished top of the group, setting up an intercontinental play-off withMexico. Following Paston's retirement in 2013, Moss was selected to start both legs of the play-off, having also started the country's three friendly matches in the preceding months. New Zealand lost 3–9 across the two legs, missing out on qualification.
Three friendly matches in 2014, including a goalless draw withSouth Africa in which Moss captained the side,[25] proved to be his final caps for the national team, although he continued to be a part of the squad until 2017. He was on the bench for all of2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, as well as the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, behindStefan Marinovic. Moss announced his retirement from international football on 19 February 2018.[26]
| Club | Season | League[a] | Cup | International[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sydney Olympic | 2003–04[27] | National Soccer League | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| New Zealand Knights | 2005–06[27][28] | A-League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Dinamo București | 2006–07[27] | Liga I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 2007–08[27][28] | A-League | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 24 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[27][28] | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Melbourne Victory | 2009–10[28][29] | A-League | 14 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Gold Coast United | 2010–11[28] | A-League | 30 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[28] | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Wellington Phoenix | 2012–13[28] | A-League | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[28] | 25 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15[28] | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16[28] | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17[28] | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 107 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | ||
| Newcastle Jets | 2017–18[28] | A-League | 11 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[28] | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[28] | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 254 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 273 | 0 | ||
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