Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Foster | ||
Date of birth | September 5, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Lae, Papua New Guinea | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hekari United | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | Mopi | ||
2004 | Cosmos | ||
2008–2010 | Hekari United | ||
2010–2012 | Eastern Stars | ||
2013 | FC Port Moresby | ||
2014–2015 | Admiralty FC | ||
2015 | Rapatona | ||
2015–2016 | Lae City | ||
2016 | Malaita Kingz | ||
2017 | Geelong SC | 16 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Malaita Kingz | ||
2018 | Madang FC | ||
2019 | Lae City | ||
2019 | Malaita Kingz | ||
2019– | Hekari United | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002 | Papua New Guinea U20 | 2 | (0) |
2003– | Papua New Guinea | 29 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2022 |
Michael Foster (born 5 September 1985) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hekari United and the Papua New Guinea national team.[1]
He currently is the record-holder for the most caps for the Papua New Guinea national team, with 27, having made his senior international debut aged 17.[2] He was also part of the historic Hekari United side which won the 2009–10 OFC Champions League, becoming the first club outside of Australia and New Zealand to represent Oceania at the FIFA Club World Cup.[3]
He has won four domestic titles, two with Hekari United and two with Lae City FC.