Michael McGarry was a successful association footballer who frequently represented New Zealand in the 1980s and 90s.

Club career

His senior career began with Dunedin City

Dunedin City

Dunedin City is a former New Zealand football club based in the South Island city of Dunedin. The team won the Chatham Cup in 1981, and was a member of the National League in 1977 and 1979-87, before withdrawing from the league for financial reasons...

 and later Mosgiel

Mosgiel (soccer)

Mosgiel AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Mosgiel, New Zealand. They currently compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League.-Club history:...

, before he moved to Australia to join Sydney Olympic in the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

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. He returned to New Zealand after a single season to join Christchurch United

Christchurch United

Christchurch United is a semi-professional association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand. They compete in the Robbie's Premier Football League.-Club history:...

 where he won back-to-back Jack Batty Memorial Trophies contesting the Chatham Cup

Chatham Cup

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 final on the winning side in 1989 and the losing side in 1990.

International career

McGarry scored in his full All Whites début in a 4-2 win over Fiji

Fiji national football team

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 on 17 September 1986 and ended his international playing career having pulled on the all white shirt 87 times, including 54 A-international caps in which he scored 12 goals, earning his final cap in a 0-5 loss to Indonesia

Indonesia national football team

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 on 21 September 1997.

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