Winston Reid

Winston Wiremu Reid ( born July 3, 1988 in Auckland ) is a Danish- New Zealand soccer player. He currently plays for Premier League club West Ham United.

Club career

Reid grew up in New Zealand and moved at the age of ten years with his mother to New Zealand his Danish stepfather to Denmark. Having already played in New Zealand's North Shore in Takapuna AFC football, he was active in Denmark in the youth field for SUB Sönderborg before he came 15 -year-old in the youth academy of FC Midtjylland. 17- year old, he was on 27 November 2005 against Sønderjysk elite sport be Erstligadebüt and established himself in the 2008 /09 season as a regular player. In addition to its traditional position as a central defender, he is occasionally summoned as a right-back. In 2007 and 2008 he was with Midtjylland Danish runners-up.

In August 2010, the New Zealanders signed a fixed-term three-year contract with West Ham United and extended in 2013 still another two years.

National

Reid, who received Danish citizenship in 2006, was from 2007 to 2010 to 15 appearances for the Danish junior national teams ages U-19, U -20 and U - 21st In March 2010 he decided aground future for his country of birth, although a week earlier he reiterated in an interview with a Danish football magazine, it will continue to play for Denmark. National coach Ricki Herbert nominated Reid finally in May 2010 in the 23 -strong New Zealand squad for the 2010 World Cup. His international debut was Reid on May 24 in the World Cup warm-up game against Australia, when he came on after 33 minutes for the injured Leo Bertos. Reid played during the game at the unfamiliar position for him the right of midfield and left-back.

In the finals he formed together with captain Ryan Nelsen and Tommy Smith the tripartite defensive line and made in the opening match against Slovakia 's goal for a 1-1 draw in extra time for their first point of New Zealand to the World Cup finals. After another draw against the defending champions Italy (1:1) and Paraguay (0-0 ) retired from New Zealand as third in the group, but was the only team in the world championship, which remained unbeaten.