Academy News

3 years ago

Nix secure young midfielder on multi-year deal

The Wellington Phoenix have signed Macey Fraser to the longest contract in the women’s team’s short history. The attacking midfielder has committed to the Phoenix for the next three Liberty A-League seasons. Fraser, 21, is in her third year at...

3 years ago

Seven Nix named in NZ U-23 squad

Wellington Phoenix players make up close to a third of the New Zealand U-23 men’s squad selected for the upcoming OFC Olympic qualifying tournament in Auckland. Phoenix first-team players Alex Paulsen, Finn Surman, Oskar van Hattum and Lukas Kelly-Heald have...

3 years ago

Holmes returns as assistant coach

Wellington Phoenix head coach Paul Temple hasn’t had to look far to find his lead assistant. Callum Holmes has re-joined the Phoenix women’s coaching staff for the 2023-24 Liberty A-League, after serving as Natalie Lawrence’s no. 2 last season. Holmes...

3 years ago

Academy to stage inaugural Manaaki Invitational

The Wellington Phoenix academy is welcoming young female footballers from the U.S.A. and Japan to play a new tournament in the Hutt Valley. The inaugural Manaaki Invitational will be played over three days next week, when the U.S. and Japanese...

3 years ago

Getting to know Lukas Kelly-Heald

Wellington Phoenix academy graduate Lukas Kelly-Heald is the latest addition to Giancarlo Italiano’s 2023-24 A-League men’s squad, with the 18-year-old signing a landmark four-year deal with the Nix. Kelly-Heald has been a regular for the Phoenix reserves for the past...

3 years ago

Nix help NZ qualify for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

Wellington Phoenix players have played a major role in New Zealand winning an eighth OFC U-19 Women’s Championship and with it a place at next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Nine of the club’s reserves team featured...

3 years ago

Nix sign young Wellington defender to landmark deal

The Wellington Phoenix have committed to one of the club’s brightest young talents for the long-term. The Phoenix have signed towering Wellington defender Lukas Kelly-Heald until the end of the 2026-27 Isuzu UTE A-League season. The four-year deal is the...

3 years ago

Reserves player admits to making homophobic comments

Young midfielder Fin Conchie has been stood down from the Wellington Phoenix reserves team indefinitely, pending disciplinary action from Capital Football. Conchie, 19, has admitted to verbally abusing a Petone FC player in the second-half of the reserves’ Central League...

3 years ago

Phoenix partner with world leading Kitman Labs

The Wellington Phoenix are delighted to have reached a deal with Kitman Labs to use its centralised operating system for athlete management. The Phoenix will be utilising the company’s full suite of solutions in its Intelligence Platform, including performance medicine,...

3 years ago

National Volunteer Week – Thanks to our volunteers!

The Wellington Phoenix would like to give a massive shout out to our volunteers who go above and beyond for the club. This season, the Wellington Phoenix had more than 20 volunteers help out throughout the season on match day,...