Tony Jamieson

Tony Lloyd Jamieson (born 16 March 1974) is a former international footballer^[1] for the Cook Islands, having played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns.^[2]

Jamieson started his career as a junior player in Wellington, New Zealand, playing for North Wellington AFC in 1981, aged seven.

At the age of 26 he became a player for the Cook Islands, his mother's birth country. He played in the Cooks for one-year and coached Tupapa Maraerenga F.C.^[3] before returning to Wellington to play for Wellington Diamond United.^[4]

He played there for five years, until the age of 31.

In 2005, he joined Nadi F.C. in the Inter-district Cup Tournament (IDC).^{[citation needed]}

He received man of the match awards in the two biggest internationals of his career: against Australia in 2000 and against New Zealand in 2004. Cook Islands lost 17–0^[5] and 2–0, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Jamieson made his international debut for the Cook Islands in 2000.^[6] In 2010, Jamieson became infamous after sitting with the ball for over minute during a 2–0 defeat to Fiji.^[7]

In November 2011, Jamieson was appointed as technical director of the Cook Islands Football Association.^[8] In 2013 he formed Football Cook Islands, a group of passionate, long-term football supporters, players, qualified coaches and club officials, concerned about the way football is currently being managed by the national association CIFA.^[9] He was subsequently suspended by CIFA^[10] and banned from all football-related activities by the Oceania Football Confederation for five years for ethical breaches.^[11][12]

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 November 2011^[13]