| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Peter Waine[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 38 | (15) |
| 2018–2022 | Wellington Phoenix | 73 | (17) |
| 2023– | Plymouth Argyle | 40 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | New Zealand U20 | 6 | (2) |
| 2019– | New Zealand U23 | 10 | (8) |
| 2022– | New Zealand | 16 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2024 | |||
Benjamin Peter Waine (born 11 June 2001) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle and the New Zealand national team.
On 7 August 2018, Waine made his debut for the senior side in their FFA Cup loss to Bentleigh Greens.[3]
After his debut for the Phoenix in the FFA, Waine played most of his games for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves in the ISPS Handa Premiership scoring a team high of 8 goals, before getting called up to the senior team again in March 2019[4]
On 30 March 2019, Waine made his professional debut for the Wellington Phoenix coming on as a substitute in their 4–1 win over the Newcastle Jets.[5]
On 28 April 2019, Waine made his first start for the Phoenix in a 5–0 loss to the Perth Glory.[6]
On 21 June 2019, Waine signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix. The first year being a scholarship deal, with the second year moving him onto a full-time contract.[7] Just before the 2019–20 season kicked off, the first year of this contract was upgraded to full-time.[8]
On 3 November 2019, Waine scored his first professional goal off the bench in Wellington's 3–2 loss to Melbourne City, passing Liberato Cacace to become the youngest goalscorer in the club's history at 18 years and 145 days.[9]
On 30 December 2022, Waine agreed to join League One leaders Plymouth Argyle for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year deal, the transfer going through on 1 January when the transfer window opened.[10]
On 16 April 2019, Waine was selected as one of the 21 players for the New Zealand U-20 who played at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[11] He scored a brace in their opening match against Honduras on 24 May. He made two further appearances in the tournament, starting in both New Zealand's 2–0 victory over Norway and the 1–1 loss on penalties to Colombia in the Round of 16.
In September, Waine was a member of the New Zealand U-23 team, known as the "Oly-Whites", who took part in the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[12][13] He was second top goal scorer for the tournament with 8 goals including one in the final, helping New Zealand to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[14][15]
Waine made his international debut, including scoring his first international goal for New Zealand in their World Cup qualification match against Papua New Guinea, winning the game 1–0.[16][17]
Waine attended school at Hutt International Boys' SchoolinUpper Hutt where he was the Junior school captain in 2019.[4]
Waine is a dual citizenofNew Zealand and the United Kingdom, as his parents are both from England.[18]
As of match played 11 November 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 2017–18[19] | NZFC | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19[19] | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | 17 | 8 | |||||
| 2019–20[19] | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 15 | — | — | — | 38 | 15 | |||||
| Wellington Phoenix | 2018–19[20] | A-League | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[21] | 15 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21[22] | 14 | 7 | — | — | — | 14 | 7 | |||||
| 2021–22[23] | 25 | 6 | 4[a] | 2 | — | — | 29 | 8 | ||||
| 2022–23[24] | 8 | 3 | 1[a] | 0 | — | — | 9 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 17 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 72 | 19 | ||||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2022–23[25] | League One | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 2023-24[26] | Championship | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| Total | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 40 | ||
As of match played 27 June 2024.
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand U-20 | 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| New Zealand U-23 | 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | |||
| New Zealand | 2022 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | |
| Total | |||
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 March 2022 | Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Papua New Guinea |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 18 June 2024 | VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu |  Solomon Islands |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2024 OFC Nations Cup |
| 3. | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | 27 June 2024 |  Tahiti |
2–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 5. | 4–0 |
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