Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi
New Zealand footballer
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Te Atawhai Maurice Hudson-Wihongi (born 27 March 1995) is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Isthmian League North Division club Walthamstow. He has also played for the New Zealand national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Te Atawhai Maurice Hudson-Wihongi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1995[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Walthamstow | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Waitakere City | ||
| 2010–2012 | Asia–Pacific Football Academy | ||
| 2011–2012 | Canterbury United | ||
| 2012–2014 | Real Salt Lake | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Canterbury United | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Wanderers SC | 16 | (2) |
| 2015–2019 | Auckland City | 47 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Auckland United | 7 | (2) |
| 2022– | Walthamstow | 50 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | New Zealand U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015– | New Zealand U-23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2015–2019 | New Zealand | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:00, 4 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 January 2019 | |||
Career
Following a short stint at Canterbury United, in which he featured in just one game as a substitute against Waikato FC on 29 January 2012, Hudson-Wihongi signed for United States side Real Salt Lake on a youth contract, appearing for the club's under-18s.[2] Following his departure, Hudson-Wihongi trialed at Scottish club Aberdeen and Italian Serie D club Padova.[3]
After signing for Auckland City FC from the now-defunct Wanderers SC, Hudson-Wihongi scored his first goal in the Charity Cup against Team Wellington.[4] He also represented Auckland City at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup,[5] and played in their 0–1 loss against hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[6]
In July 2019, Hudson-Wihongi signed a one-year professional contract with Wellington Phoenix.[7]
In October 2022, Hudson-Wihongi moved to England to join Southern Football League Division One South club Walthamstow.[8]
International career
Hudson-Wihongi has represented New Zealand at three different levels of international football. He represented New Zealand at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[5] and for the New Zealand national under-23 football team at the 2015 Pacific Games[9] in which he scored in New Zealand's 5–0 win over New Caledonia in the group stage.[10]
Hudson-Wihongi made his full New Zealand debut in a friendly against Oman, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in the 1–0 win for New Zealand.[11]
Honors
National
New Zealand
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Canterbury United | 2011–12 | NZ Premiership | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wanderers SC | 2014–15 | NZ Premiership | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | |||
| Auckland City | 2015–16 | NZ Premiership | — | — | ||||||||
| 2016–17 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2017–18 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2018–19 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Wellington Phoenix | 2019–20 | A-League | — | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 2019–20 | NZ Premiership | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Auckland United | 2021 | National League | — | — | ||||||||
| 2022 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Enfield Town | 2022–23 | IL Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walthamstow | 2022–23 | SFL Division One Central | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | IL North Division | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | ||||||||||||