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My Take
Ricki Herbert earns my respect as a man who gave his whole life to football in a country where the sport fights for oxygen. Steering New Zealand to the 2010 World Cup as head coach was a genuinely outsized achievement given the resources he had to work with. That he stayed in the game afterward, on the ground at Hamilton Wanderers, tells me this was never about the spotlight. A 180-centimeter defender by trade, he carried the steady, build-from-the-back temperament into management. I quietly admire people who shoulder a nation's hopes far from the glamour. Herbert is one of them.
Overview
Ricki Lloyd Herbert (born 10 April 1961) is a New Zealand former footballer and manager. He is the current director of football at Hamilton Wanderers AFC. Herbert was formerly head coach of the New Zealand national team, stepping down after the side failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ricki Herbert
- Name (Japanese)
- リッキー・ハーバート
- Reading
- りっきー・はーばーと
- Born
- April 10, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Papatoetoe High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Wellingtonian of the Year (category award)
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from New Zealand →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.