Jeremy Russell Brockie (born 7 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional

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who plays as a forward. He has represented

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at senior international level, including the

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and at the

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, and was part of the squad that won the

2016 OFC Nations Cup The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 Jun ...

Club career

Early years

Brockie started his youth football for Richmond Athletic and his senior career at Matson's Premier Football League side

Nelson Suburbs Nelson Suburbs FC is a football club in Nelson, New Zealand. They compete in the Mainland Premier League. They have won the Mainland Premier League three times. Nelson Suburbs FC has strong ties with the region's most successful football scho ...

before going on to play for

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in the 2004–05 season of the

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NZ Knights and the A-League

He was one of the few shining lights for the

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in their debut

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season, scoring four competition goals from nine starts. His first goals in the A-League were a double against

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. Brockie also scored a last minute goal against

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was f ...

to earn the Knights a point, with his fourth goal coming in his side's final regular season fixture against the

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. Brockie ended up being joint top goalscorer for the New Zealand club along with

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. On 17 March 2006, the New Zealand Knights announced that Brockie had decided to leave the club and join

on a two-year contract. Brockie failed to find a regular place in

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's first team, included in the starting line-up just twice and figuring in only seven matches of the A-League season. Despite being named in the Sydney FC squad for the

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, Brockie was released early from his contract on 6 March 2007 for personal reasons. In July 2007 Jeremy signed for Hawke's Bay in the

NZFC 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 ...

, and later for

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

. In 2009 Brockie signed for new A-League expansion club

North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from th ...

for 2009–10 season. He debuted for the Fury on 17 October 2009, starting in a 1–1 draw at home against the

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 ...

. Brockie scored his first goal on 9 January against

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The ...

. Brockie signed for the

on 30 March 2010, on a two-year contract.

Wellington Phoenix

On 14 May 2012 it was announced he had signed a 3-year contract with New Zealand-based

club

. After a prolific pre-season, Brockie had to wait until the Round 5 fixture against

to find the back of the net, taking the shot first time on his left foot from outside the box, Brockie managed to beat the goalkeeper off the underside of the crossbar. He followed this up with a stunning free kick to complete his brace in his team's losing effort. Brockie finished the 2012–13 season with 16 goals in 25 appearances for the Phoenix, finishing second in the

golden boot, a bright spot in the Phoenix's poor season where they finished in last place. In the 2013–14 season, Brockie finished the season with 5 goals in 24 appearances, including the final goal of the season in a 1–4 home defeat to the

Loan to Toronto FC

Brockie was loaned to

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club

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, where he joined manager

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, a fellow New Zealander, on 7 May 2013. In his third appearance, Brockie came off the bench to provide the assist for

's goal in the 1–1 draw with

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. Brockie scored his first goal with Toronto on 3 July 2013 in a 3–3 home draw to Canadian rivals Montreal Impact. Brockie's loan with Toronto FC expired after the conclusion of the club's match against D.C. United on 24 August 2013.

Final days at the Phoenix

On 4 December 2014, Brockie signed a -year contract with

SuperSport United F.C. SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

in Pretoria, South Africa. In his final game for the Phoenix, Brockie scored the second and third goals in a 3–0 home win against

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Move to South Africa

In September 2019, Brockie moved to

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for the 2019/20 season on loan from

Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football ...

. Brockie left Maritzburg United in June 2020.

International career

After the 2007–08 season, Brockie moved to Wellington to base himself with the majority of the

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in preparation for the

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, playing his winter season with

Miramar Rangers Miramar Rangers AFC is an amateur New Zealand association football club in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The club is one of the most successful in New Zealand having won the Chatham Cup four times and the National League title twice. Over ...

. He has since remained in Wellington, signing for

for the 2008–09 season. In January 2006, he received his first call-up for the

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, the New Zealand national team, for the series against

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in February 2006. On 19 February 2006, Brockie made his international debut, coming on as a substitute and playing the last twenty minutes of New Zealand's 1–0 win over

at Christchurch's QE II Stadium. On the 2006

tour of Europe, he also made appearances off the bench against Georgia, Estonia and Brazil. Brockie has also represented New Zealand at Under-23 and Under-20 level. On 7 August 2008, Brockie scored for the NZ U23's in the 1–1 draw against hosts China at the Olympic Football Preliminaries from a flicked ball over the defence by teammate

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. Brockie was named as part of the

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Jo ...

and

New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa. Jeremy Brockie scored his first goal for the national team on 9 September 2014 against Uzbekistan, ending a 45-game drought.

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