Andrew James Durante (born 3 May 1982 in

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) is a retired New Zealand international

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. He is currently the Player Welfare and Development Manager at

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while also working as a Senior Academy Assistant Coach at the club. Born in Sydney, Australia, Durante played youth football with

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before making his senior debut at the club. He also played for

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before moving to Singapore to play for

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. After returning to Australia to play for

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, Durante joined

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

in the newly formed

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. Durante joined

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

in 2008 and was given the captaincy and is currently the player with the most appearances for the club. He has also spent time on loan at

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for the Asian Champions League in 2011. Durante became eligible to play for

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in 2013, having lived in the country for five years. In 1999, Durante was shot in the chest after being substituted during a trial match for

's reserve team. The incident occurred in Mahoney Park of Sydney. After team mates noticed that he had been shot, the match was immediately abandoned and all the players ran into the change rooms. Durante's injury was not serious and he returned to the pitch just weeks later. The perpetrator was never found.

Club career

Newcastle Jets

Durante won the

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with the Jets in 2008 and was awarded the

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in a man-of-the-match performance.

Wellington Phoenix

Durante joined the Phoenix in as captain at the start of the 2008–09 season and made an instant impact helping them make the final of the Pre-Season cup against

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, only narrowly losing 7–8 on penalty kicks. In October 2009 Durante extended his contract with

until the end of 2011–12 season. Durante played every minute of the 2009–10 season for the Phoenix and along with

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for most of the season and utility Jon McKain, helped Wellington to their best defensive season in their history, conceding just 29 goals in 27 league matches of the regular season. Durante led the Phoenix to a first-ever A-League finals appearance at the conclusion of the 2009–10 season after finishing in 4th place, earning them a home playoff match against 5th placed

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. In March 2010, Durante scored his first ever A-league and Wellington Phoenix goal against

in the preliminary final. On 21 February 2011, Durante and the Phoenix announced that he would be loaned to

for their Asian Champions League campaign. He made 5 appearances for

during the campaign. In January 2012 Durante extended his contract with Wellington by a further two years keeping him at the club until at least 2015. On 5 November 2016 Durante reached 250

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appearances, the first outfield player to do so in the league. On 2 February 2018 Durante broke the all-time

appearance record playing his 279 game in a loss to

. Breaking goalkeeper

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record of 278 appearances. On 11 June 2019 it was announced that Durante would be leaving the Wellington Phoenix after 11 seasons.

Western United

On 17 June 2019, it was announced Durante had signed for

for the 2019/20 Hyundai A league season. On 19 May 2021, Durante announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the season.

International career

2017 Confederation Cup - MEXNZL - Andrew Durante

Durante was selected in

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squad in February 2010 for Australia's

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match against

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. Durante became a New Zealand citizen on 6 March 2013 and the next day was named in his first All Whites squad. He made his international debut for New Zealand in their World Cup Qualifier against the

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. Durante made nine appearances for the national team before stepping aside from international football in 2015. In September 2016, he made himself available again for national team selection and was subsequently named in the team to tour the United States to play

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and

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in October 2016. In June 2017 he played in all 3 games at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia, playing against the hosts

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and

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. Durante went on to make 24 appearances for the national team before announcing his full retirement from international football in November 2017 after the loss to

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in the 2nd leg of the

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Intercontinental Playoff.

International career statistics

A-League career statistics

Honours

Club

* NSL Championship: 2001–02

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Individual

Player of the Year: 2009–10,

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* PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2011–12, 2014–15

References

External links

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OzFootball.net * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durante, Andrew 1982 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney New Zealand association footballers New Zealand international footballers New Zealand people of Australian descent New Zealand people of Italian descent New Zealand people of Peruvian descent Australian people of Italian descent Australian people of Peruvian descent Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Newcastle Jets FC players Parramatta Power players Sydney Olympic FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Sydney FC players Western United FC players Balestier Khalsa FC players Expatriate footballers in Singapore Singapore Premier League players Association football defenders Australian shooting survivors 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players