Sam Jasper (born 6 February 1986) is a New Zealand

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as centre-back or

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He has played for

New Zealand Knights New Zealand Knights Football Club (formed from the Football Kingz Football Club in 2004) were the only professional association football club in New Zealand before they became defunct. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, they played in the A-Leagu ...

in the A-League. He has played for the New Zealand U16, U17 and U-20's teams. After playing for

Albany United Albany United FC is a semi-professional association football club in Albany, New Zealand. They currently compete in the NRFL Conference, having been relegated from the NRFL Division 1 The Northern Regional Football League Division One, curre ...

in 2022, it was announced Jasper would be the assistant coach for

Mount Albert-Ponsonby Mount Albert-Ponsonby is a semi-professional association football club in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. History The club is an amalgamated between Mount Albert FC and Ponsonby in 1971. Ponsonby had previously won the Chatham Cup, New Z ...

in the 2023

NRFL Division 1 The Northern Regional Football League Division One, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. The league includes football clubs loc ...

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Living people 1986 births New Zealand association footballers Association footballers from Auckland Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders A-League Men players New Zealand Knights FC players Waitakere United players Canterbury United Dragons players {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub