Oskar van Hattum

#24 OSKAR VAN HATTUM BIO – DOB 14/4/02

Oskar van Hattum joined the first team in Sydney early in the 2021-22 season to bolster the squad during the FFA Cup. He ended up staying in Australia for the next five and a half months and secured a fulltime contract.

The young forward left New Plymouth as a 14-year-old to join the Phoenix academy in Wellington.

He featured six times off the bench for the reserves in the 2018-19 national league and was on the bench for Ufuk Talay’s first match in charge, an FFA Cup match against the Brisbane Strikers.

Unfortunately, he broke his foot after representing New Zealand at the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil and missed the 2019-20 season.

Van Hattum made 11 appearances for the reserves in the 2020-21 national league, scoring twice and he found the back of the net six times in the 2021 Central League that followed.

He joined the first team in November 2021 fresh from scoring four goals in three games for the reserves in New Zealand Football’s South-Central Series.

Van Hattum made his debut for the Phoenix just days after joining the squad in Sydney, starting the round of 32 FFA Cup match against Western United in early December.

He made his A-League bow a couple of weeks later, featuring off the bench against Sydney FC. He made a further five appearances as a substitute in the team’s next six league six matches.

Injury limited his involvement over the second half of the season, and he only featured sparingly off the bench in two of the club’s final three regular season matches.

In February 2022 van Hattum was upgraded to a scholarship contract for the remainder of the season and signed on for the following three years through to 2025.

> 2022-23 season

Oskar van Hattum celebrated his first goal for the club in the Phoenix’s round of 32 Australia Cup match against Devonport City in August and featured off the bench in their next two Cup matches.

Van Hattum featured as a substitute in 12 of the team’s 27 A-League matches, including their elimination final defeat to Adelaide United.

He started the reserves’ last two matches in the 2022 National League, scoring twice in their 2-0 win over Birkenhead United.

Van Hattum also featured in both of the New Zealand U-22 team’s matches against China’s U-24 side in March, starting the first match at Mt Smart Stadium.