Hayden Foxe

Hayden Foxe

Foxe training with Sydney FC in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Hayden Vernon Foxe
Date of birth	(1977-06-23) 23 June 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Blacktown City Demons
1994–1995	AIS
1995–1997	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Arminia Bielefeld	1	(0)
1998–2000	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	37	(5)
2000–2002	West Ham United	12	(0)
2000–2001	→ KV Mechelen (loan)	4	(0)
2002–2005	Portsmouth	46	(2)
2006–2007	Leeds United	21	(1)
2007–2009	Perth Glory	8	(0)
2010–2011	Sydney FC	25	(0)
Total		154	(3)
International career
1993	Australia U17	2	(0)
1997	Australia U20	4	(0)
1996–2000	Australia U23	9	(1)
1998–2003	Australia	11	(2)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Melbourne Heart (youth)
2013	Melbourne Heart (assistant)
2015–2017	Western Sydney Wanderers (assistant)
2017	Western Sydney Wanderers (caretaker)
2018–2020	Perth Glory (assistant)
2020	Perth Glory (caretaker)
2021–	Western United (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hayden Vernon Foxe (born 23 June 1977) is an Australian former professional soccer player who works as assistant coach with Western United. He played football as a centre-back at the top level in Germany, Japan, Belgium, England and Australia. Foxe represented his country at international level 11 times between 1998 and 2003.

Club career

Europe

Beginning his career at Sydney club Blacktown City he moved to Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he played from 1995–97. Foxe soon established a reputation as a talented young defender, earning a move to J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1998–99.

Becoming an important player both at club and international level, Foxe represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. He impressed enough to earn a move to England's West Ham United for the 2000–01 season. He was then immediately loaned to Belgian club Mechelen in order to build up his match fitness. Foxe returned to West Ham United in March, but struggled in the Premiership, losing his place when then manager Harry Redknapp left the club later that year.

After playing only 12 games for West Ham, he moved to Portsmouth (then managed by Harry Redknapp) for £400,000 in May 2002. ^[2] Foxe was an important player as Portsmouth won the 2002–03 First Division title, and in doing so were promoted to the Premiership. He was a regular in Portsmouth's side until a fractured bone in his foot ended his campaign at Christmas. He spent the rest of that season, as well as the 2004–05 season, rehabilitating.

New manager Alain Perrin elected not to renew his contract when it expired in June 2005, and he was released. Foxe returned to Australia to undergo an operation in an attempt to resolve his ongoing injury problems. Foxe trained with Leeds United during their 2006 pre-season campaign and signed a five-month permanent contract with the Yorkshire club on 11 August 2006. ^[3]

Foxe attempted to rebuild his career at Leeds and since the departure of Kevin Blackwell, both care-taker manager John Carver and new manager Dennis Wise provided the Aussie with chances to perform. Foxe however only ultimately played a bit part in the 2006–07 season and was released at the end of the season when Leeds United were relegated to English League One. He scored one league goal during his time at Leeds, against Luton in a 5–1 defeat. ^[4]

Perth Glory

In 2007, he returned to Australia to play for Perth Glory in the A-League and missed the first half of the season due to a knee injury but returned later in the season to play the last six games of the 2007–08 season. After finishing the 2008–09 season with Glory, he has been released.

Sydney FC

On 7 January 2010, he was announced to have made a comeback to the A-League on a short-term injury replacement deal with Sydney FC. ^[5] After his short term contract, he signed a one-year extension with Vítězslav Lavička noting how his presence late in the season was a crucial factor in Sydney's end of season success, which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2010–11 A-League season. ^[6] He was the vice captain. ^[7]

Foxe announced his retirement from football at the end of the 2010–11 A-League season, deciding not to continue with Sydney FC for their Asian Champions League campaign, despite keen interest from coach Lavička for his services. ^[8]

International career

Youth

Foxe played 1993 World Youth Championship Finals in Japan with the Australia U17 national team and at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia with the U20 national team.

With the Australia U23 national team he participated in qualification for the 1996 Summer Olympics and he was a member of the squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Senior

Foxe was capped by the Australia national team.

Personal life

He is the brother of Jeremy Foxe & Damien Foxe, who also played football. ^[9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arminia Bielefeld	1997–98 [10]	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1998	J1 League	15	3	1	0	0	0	–		16	3
	1999		22	2	5	3	2	0	–		29	5
	2000		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		37	5	6	3	2	0	0	0	45	8
KV Mechelen	2000–01	First Division	4	0							4	0
West Ham United	2000–01 [10]	Premier League	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2001–02 [10]		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Portsmouth	2002–03 [10]	First Division	32	1	1	0	0	0	–		33	1
	2003–04 [10]	Premier League	10	1	0	0	3	0	–		13	1
	2004–05 [10]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2005–06 [10]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		42	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	46	2
Leeds United	2006–07 [10]	Championship	18	1	1	0	2	0	–		21	1
Perth Glory	2007–08	A-League	6	0	–		–		–		6	0
	2008–09		2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Sydney FC	2009–10	A-League	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
Career total			121	8	9	3	7	0	0	0	137	11

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1998	1	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	4	0
	2001	5	2
	2002	0	0
	2003	1	0
Total		11	2

Managerial statistics

As of November 2017

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Western Sydney Wanderers (caretaker)		3 October 2017	6 November 2017	5	1	4	0	020.00
Total				5	1	4	0	020.00

Honours

Portsmouth

• Football League First Division: 2002–03 ^[12]

Sydney FC

• A-League Premiership: 2009–10
• A-League Championship: 2009–10

References

1. Hayden Foxe at WorldFootball.net
2. "Redknapp bags Foxe". BBC Sport. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
3. "Defender Foxe earns Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
4. "Luton 5–1 Leeds". BBC Sport. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
5. "Sydney Sign Foxe As Ryall Injured". Australian FourFourTwo. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
6. Cockerill, Michael (6 March 2010). "Hamstrung Cole faces last-minute fitness test". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
7. Taylor, John (11 August 2010). "Vice-captain Hayden Foxe says Sydney FC defence key to beating Fury". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
8. "Sydney FC defender, former Socceroo Hayden Foxe announces retirement from football". Fox Sports. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
9. Russo, Joe (12 June 2008). "Foxe still on the hunt to continue his football with the Stallions". Football NSW. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
10. "Hayden Foxe » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
11. Hayden Foxe at National-Football-Teams.com
12. "Portsmouth 3-2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 27 April 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2019.

External links

• Hayden Foxe – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Hayden Foxe at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hayden Foxe at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
• Oz Football profile
• Hayden Foxe at Soccerbase