New Zealand football player and manager (1939–2025)

Alan Vest

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Key facts

date of birthSeptember 5, 1939

date of deathOctober 30, 2025

occupationassociation football player, association football coach

place of birthBarnsley

All data from the card 24

Date of birth: 5 September 1939
Place of birth: Barnsley, England
Date of death: 30 October 2025 (aged 86)
Position: Forward
Years: Team
1960–1961: Barnsley
1961–1962: King's Lynn
1962–1963: Boston United
1963–1965: Spalding United
1965–?: Worksop Town
?–1973: Gisborne City
1974–1977: Perth Azzurri
1978: Newcastle KB United
1972–1973: New Zealand
1974: Western Australian Director of Coaching
1974–1975: New Brighton
1978–1981: Newcastle KB United
1982–1983: West Adelaide SC
1992–1998: Sarawak FA
1999–2000: Geylang United
2001–2005: Perth Glory (assistant)
2005–2006: Perth Glory (interim)
2006: Inglewood United
2009: ECU Joondalup

Alan Vest (5 September 1939 – 30 October 2025) was a professional football player and manager. Born in England, he made 17 appearances for the New Zealand national team, scoring six goals.

Career

Vest scored on his full international debut for the New Zealand national team in a 4–1 win over New Caledonia on 17 September 1972 and ended his international playing career with 17 A-international caps and 6 goals to his credit, his final cap for the All Whites being in a 0–0 draw with Iran on 12 August 1973.

Vest first coached Rugby Town in the 1960s and then Rochdale AFC. It is in Australia where Vest has made his mark with the Yorkshireman coaching NSL teams when they were at their peak in the 1970s. After stints in New Zealand and in Perth as a director of coaching at the Football Federation of Western Australia. Vest spent time in Asia with Sarawak and Geylang United before returning to Australia.