Brian Kaltak

Brian Kaltak (born 30 September 1993) is a Vanuatuan international footballer who plays for New Zealand club Auckland City as a central defender.

Brian Kaltak
Kaltak in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993
Place of birth Erakor, Vanuatu
Position(s) Central defender
Club information
Current team
 Auckland City
Number 6
Youth career
–2010 Teouma Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Waterside Karori
2011–2012 Hekari United
2012–2013 Solomon Warriors
2014 Hekari United
2014–2015 Amicale
2015–2016 Solomon Warriors
2016–2017 Erakor Golden Star
2017–2018 Tasman United 10 (1)
2018 → Lautoka (loan) 2 (0)
2018– Auckland City 49 (7)
National team‡
Vanuatu U17[1]
2014 Vanuatu U20 4 (1)
2015 Vanuatu U23 2 (6)
2011– Vanuatu 20 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:47, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:43, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Career

Born in Erakor, Kaltak has played club football with Waterside Karori, Hekari United, Solomon Warriors, Amicale, Erakor Golden Star and Tasman United.[2][3]

Kaltak trained with A-League club Wellington Phoenix from July 2011 until late January 2012 after being invited by coach Ricki Herbert and receiving $15,000 in financial support from Oceania Football Confederation to cover costs.[3][4]

On 3 October 2018, Kaltak signed for Auckland City.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 January 2019, scoring from a free kick in a 3–2 win over Eastern Suburbs.[6]

International career

He made his international debut for Vanuatu in 2011.[2]

International goals
As of match played 18 July 2019. Vanuatu score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kaltak goal.[7]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2012Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands8 Samoa2–05–02012 OFC Nations Cup
2 10 November 2015Korman Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu11 Fiji1–02–1Friendly
3 26 March 2016Port Vila Municipal Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu12 New Caledonia2–12–1
4 4 June 2016Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea15 Fiji3–23–22016 OFC Nations Cup
5 18 July 2019National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa21 Samoa10–011–02019 Pacific Games

Personal

Brian's cousins Tony and Jean also play for the national team.[8] The pair were both named in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup squad.[9]

References
  1. "OFC U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP – GOALS GALORE ON OPENING DAY". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. "Brian Kaltak". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. "Kaltack kicking on in Wellington". OFC. 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  4. "OFC sponsor Kaltack in Phoenix traineeship". OFC. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  5. Brian Kaltak confirmed for Navy Bluesv, aucklandcityfc.com, 3 October 2018
  6. "Stuff.co.nz". Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  7. Brian Kaltak at Soccerway
  8. "Kaltacks primed for Vanuatu bid". oceaniafootball.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. "Vanuatu squad set for Nation Cup". Vanuatu Football Federation. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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