Hayden Foxe

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Hayden Foxe
Personal information
Full name	Hayden Vernon Foxe
Date of birth	June 23, 1977 (1977-06-23) (age 31)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Perth Glory
Number	18
Youth clubs
1994-1995 1995-1997	Blacktown City Demons AIS Ajax Amsterdam
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1998 1998-1999 2000-2001 2000-2002 2002-2005 2006-2007 2007–present	Arminia Bielefeld Sanfrecce Hiroshima KV Mechelen West Ham United Portsmouth Leeds United Perth Glory	01 (0) 37 (5) 04 (0) 11 (0) 42 (2) 18 (1) 06 (0)
National team2
1993 1997 1996 & 2000 1998-2003	Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	15 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Hayden Vernon Foxe (born June 23, 1977 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for A-League club Perth Glory after being released from Leeds United. He has also been capped by the Australian national team, and was a member of the national squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

[edit] Club career

Beginning his career at Sydney club Blacktown City he moved to Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he played from 1995-97. Foxe soon established a reputation as a talented young defender, earning a move to J-League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1998-99.

Becoming an important player both at club and international level, Foxe represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. He impressed enough to earn a move to England's West Ham United for the 2000/01 season. He was then immediately loaned to Belgian club Mechelen in order to build up his match fitness. Foxe returned to West Ham in March, but struggled in the Premiership, losing his place when then manager Harry Redknapp left the club later that year.

After playing only 12 games for West Ham, he moved to Portsmouth (then managed by Harry Redknapp) on a free transfer in May 2002. Foxe was an important player as Pompey won the 2002/03 First Division title, and in doing so were promoted to the Premiership. He was a regular in Portsmouth's side until a fractured bone in his foot ended his campaign at Christmas. He spent the rest of that season, as well as the 2004/05 season, rehabilitating.

New manager Alain Perrin elected not to renew his contract when it expired in June 2005, and he was released. Foxe returned to Australia to undergo an operation in an attempt to resolve his ongoing injury problems. Foxe trained with Leeds United during their 2006 pre-season campaign and signed a 5 month permanent contract with the Yorkshire club on 11 August 2006.

Foxe attempted to rebuild his career at Leeds and since the departure of Kevin Blackwell, both care-taker manager John Carver and new manager Dennis Wise provided the Aussie with chances to perform. Foxe however only ultimately played a bit part in the 2006-07 season and was released at the end of the season when Leeds were relegated to English League One.

In 2007 he returned to Australia to play for Perth Glory in the A-league and missed the first half of the season due to a knee injury but returned later in the season to play the last 6 games of the season.

[edit] A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 10 June 2008)

[edit] External links

• Perth Glory profile
• Oz Football profile

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