Shane Smeltz

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Personal information
Shane Smeltz
Full name	Shane Smeltz
Date of birth	September 29, 1981
Place of birth	Goppegan, Germany
Height	6'01"
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Halifax Town
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998 1999-2001 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005 2005-2006 2006-	Gold Coast City Brisbane Strikers Napier City Rovers Adelaide City Adelaide United Mansfield Town AFC Wimbledon Halifax Town	? (?) 25 (0) ? (?) 23 (7) 7 (1) 5 (0) 43 (19) 17 (1)
National team²
	New Zealand	12 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:13, 3 December 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Shane Smeltz (born 29 September 1981) is a New Zealand football player. He plays as a striker for the English side Halifax Town.

Before signing for Halifax Town, Shane Smeltz played in 61 competitive matches for AFC Wimbledon, including 11 as a substitute, and scored 26 goals. He also became the first AFC Wimbledon player to win international honours, and the first to became an international goalscorer (on April 25, 2006), when he netted in an away friendly against Chile.

He has 12 caps for New Zealand but has a very loose claim to the country. Shane was born in Germany and raised in Australia. He qualifies to play for New Zealand through his naturalised American-born father.

[edit] Club history

Napier City Rovers (2002)
Adelaide City (2002-2003)
Adelaide United (2003-2004)
Mansfield Town (2005)
AFC Wimbledon (2005-2006)
Halifax Town (2006-present)

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Halifax Town A.F.C. - Current Squad
1 Mawson \| 2 Haslam \| 3 Doughty \| 4 Young \| 5 Quinn \| 6 Kearney \| 7 Forrest \| 8 Foster \| 9 Smeltz \| 10 Killeen \| 11 Billy \| 12 Toulson \| 14 Wright \| 15 Parke \| 16 Cresswell \| 17 Jacobs \| 18 Thompson \| 19 Trotman \| 20 Torpey \| 21 Campbell \| 22 Uhlenbeek \| 23 Gray \| 24 Butler \| 25 Stamp \| 26 Strong \| Manager: Wilder