Mark Armstrong is a former
association football
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player who represented
New Zealand
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at international level.
Armstrong made his full
All Whites
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debut in a 1-1 draw with
Fiji on 18 February 1980
and ended his international playing career with seven A-international caps and three goals to his credit,
his final cap an appearance in a 0-3 loss to
Canada
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on 18 September that same year.
Armstrong was the first player to score 100 goals in the
New Zealand National Soccer League
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, completing this feat during the
1989 season.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
New Zealand men's association footballers
New Zealand men's international footballers
Manurewa AFC players
20th-century births
1980 Oceania Cup players
Men's association football forwards