Andrew Durante

Andrew Durante

Durante with the Wellington Phoenix
Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Durante
Date of birth	(1982-05-03) 3 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Youth career
	Sydney Olympic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Sydney Olympic	53	(1)
2003–2004	Parramatta Power	6	(0)
2004	Balestier Khalsa	8	(0)
2004–2005	Sydney United	4
2005–2008	Newcastle Jets	40	(0)
2008–2019	Wellington Phoenix	273	(4)
2011	→ Sydney FC (loan)	5	(0)
2019–2021	Western United	45	(2)
International career‡
2013–2017	New Zealand	24	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2017

Andrew James Durante (born 3 May 1982) is a retired New Zealand international footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the Western United 1st team Assistant & Development Coach. Durante is also the clubs Player Welfare and Development Manager.^[1] In 2023, Durante was appointed as Assistant Coach of the Philippines women's national football team.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Durante played youth football with Sydney Olympic before making his senior debut at the club. He also played for Parramatta Power before moving to Singapore to play for Balestier Khalsa. After returning to Australia to play for Sydney United, Durante joined Newcastle Jets in the newly formed A-League. Durante joined Wellington Phoenix in 2008 and was given the captaincy and is currently the player with the most appearances for the club. He has also spent time on loan at Sydney FC for the Asian Champions League in 2011.

Durante became eligible to play for New Zealand in 2013, having lived in the country for five years.