33 Facts About Glen Moss

Glen Robert Moss was born on 19 January 1983 and is a New Zealand former football goalkeeper who is goalkeeping coach for Macarthur FC.

Glen Moss made his senior debut with Sydney Olympic of the NSL, appearing in three games of the competition's final season.

Glen Moss was back-up to Danny Milosevic in his only season with the Knights, making seven starts, as well as coming on at half-time twice.

New Zealand finished with just 6 points in their inaugural season, and Glen Moss's contract was not renewed after the season.

Glen Moss was instead the only senior keeper to stay on, and was firmly third-choice for the second half of the season as Dinamo went on to win their 18th title.

Glen Moss made 78 saves to lead the league in his first season with Wellington, as the club finished bottom of the table with the league's worst defense.

Glen Moss attracted interest from clubs in South Africa for his performances in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which took place in South Africa, before kicking a ball for Melbourne.

Glen Moss began the season as the club's starting goalkeeper, featuring in the first 14 games.

Glen Moss was on the bench for the remainder of the season, including the Finals, in which Victory lost to Sydney FC on penalties.

On 19 July 2010 it was announced Glen Moss had signed a 2-year deal with Gold Coast United, replacing Jess Vanstrattan, who had moved to Central Coast Mariners.

Glen Moss started 27 of their 30 matches in the regular season as the club finished in fourth, qualifying for the Finals.

Glen Moss kept a career-high 11 clean sheets in the regular season, one behind Michael Theoklitos of Brisbane for the league lead.

Glen Moss was selected to his first and only A-League Team of the Season for his efforts, earning a place on the bench behind Theoklitos.

Glen Moss was given a six-game run in the team toward the end of his first season back at the club, which included the last two games of the tenure of Ricki Herbert, the club's inaugural manager.

Glen Moss finished the season with eight clean sheets, second only to Vedran Janjetovic of Sydney FC.

On 9 February 2017, Glen Moss made his 200th A-League appearance, becoming the 18th player to do so.

Glen Moss was left on the bench for the run-in, as Lewis Italiano started the last four games of the season.

On 15 May 2017, Glen Moss signed with the Newcastle Jets of the A-League, his fifth different club in the league.

Glen Moss was manager Ernie Merrick's first signing at the club, and was reunited with his former boss at Melbourne Victory and Wellington.

Glen Moss began his stint at Newcastle as the backup to Jack Duncan.

Glen Moss was unused as Newcastle finished out the regular season in second, qualifying for their first finals since 2010.

Glen Moss started Newcastle's two games in the 2019 AFC Champions League qualification, as they fell short of reaching the group stage when they lost to Kashima Antlers.

On 26 February 2019, Glen Moss signed a new one-year deal to keep him with the club through the next A-League season.

Glen Moss tore his calf attempting a goal kick against Sydney FC on 10 January 2020 and had to leave the game, being replaced by Lewis Italiano.

Glen Moss has earned national selection at Under-20, Under-23 and All Whites international level.

Glen Moss was selected for the U-23's in 2004 to compete in the 2004 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament, the qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In November 2008, Glen Moss was handed a four-match World Cup ban after swearing at referee Lencie Fred in a dead-rubber 2010 World Cup qualification match against Fiji.

Glen Moss was replaced by Mark Paston for the two World Cup play-off matches against Bahrain at the end of 2009.

On 10 May 2010, Glen Moss was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the World Cup, but saw no action as in a reversal of roles, Paston played all of the All Whites' three games, keeping a clean sheet in the final game against Paraguay as the team missed out on a place in the last 16 despite remaining unbeaten.

Glen Moss did not play in any of New Zealand's games at the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, which served as the second round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Three friendly matches in 2014, including a goalless draw with South Africa in which Glen Moss captained the side, proved to be his final caps for the national team, although he continued to be a part of the squad until 2017.

Glen Moss was on the bench for all of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, as well as the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, behind Stefan Marinovic.

Glen Moss announced his retirement from international football on 19 February 2018.