Michael Foster (footballer)

Michael Foster
Personal information
Full name Michael Foster
Date of birth (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 39)
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.

  1. ^ "Michael Foster". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji) - Tournament Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  3. ^ Price, Steve. "2019 Club World Cup Preview: What To Look Out For In Qatar". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-12-26.