Shaun Stephen van Rooyen (born 27 April 1987) is a New Zealand football (soccer) who plays for

New Zealand Football Championship The New Zealand Football Championship ( mi, Te Whakataetae Whutupaoro a Aotearoa) was a men's association football league at the top of the New Zealand league system. Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Football Championship was the successor to a m ...

side Waikato FC and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games. Van Rooyen was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

in Beijing where he played in two of New Zealand's group matches, against China (1-1) and Brazil (0-5).2008 Olympic football tournament – New Zealand squad list
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* 1987 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand Australian people of New Zealand descent Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Sydney {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub