New Zealand national futsal team
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The New Zealand national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsal Whites, is the representative side for New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 in international futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF) . The nickname is a reference to the New Zealand national football team which is known as the All Whites.

Current squad

A 12 man Futsal Whites squad was named on June 7, 2010 to compete in the 2010 OFC Futsal Championship and will be coached by Matt Chandler, who also coaches Hawke's Bay United
Hawke's Bay United
Hawke's Bay United is an association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United play in the ASB Premiership - a semi-professional franchise based league, which runs independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise...

 in the ASB Premiership
  • Goalkeepers:
    • Elias Billeh (GK) (East City Futsal)
    • Clayton Chapell (GK) (East City Futsal)

  • Pivots:
    • Lucas Cordeiro Osorio Da Silva (Capital City Futsal)
    • Marvin Eakins (East City Futsal)
    • Miro Major
      Miro Major
      Miroslav "Miro" Major is a New Zealander footballer and Futsal player, who is currently playing for Metro F.C. in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier...

      (East City Futsal)

  • Flankers:
    • Izaac O’Hara(Capital City Futsal)
    • Brayden Lissington (Hawke's Bay Futsal)
    • Dylan Manickum (East City Futsal)
    • Khalid Razouk (East City Futsal)

  • Targets:
    • Tariq Assad (Capital City Futsal)
    • Miroslav Malivuk (Capital City Futsal)
    • Said Soleimanpour (Capital City Futsal)
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