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Jeremy Brockie

ジェレミー・ブロッキー　/　じぇれみー・ぶろっきー

Association football player from New Zealand

October 7, 1987 (age 38)　・　Christchurch, New Zealand

association football player

My Take

I find myself rooting for Jeremy Brockie precisely because he came from New Zealand, hardly a footballing superpower. A 183 cm forward out of Christchurch who reached the 2010 World Cup, the 2008 Olympics, and lifted the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, he carried his nation onto stages where the giants usually dominate. It is easy to overlook players from smaller federations, but the weight of representing a whole country at that level deserves respect. Now retired, he strikes me as the kind of dependable, unglamorous forward whose career means more than the headlines suggested. I genuinely admire that quiet sense of national duty.

Overview

Jeremy Russell Brockie (born 7 October 1987) is a New Zealand former professional footballer who played as a forward. He has represented New Zealand at senior international level, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and at the 2008 Olympic Games, and was part of the squad that won the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jeremy Brockie
Name (Japanese): ジェレミー・ブロッキー
Reading: じぇれみー・ぶろっきー
Born: October 7, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Rabbit
Origin: Christchurch, New Zealand
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Nayland College

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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