Glen Moss

Glen Robert Moss (born 19 January 1983) is a retired New Zealand goalkeeper who played for New Zealand at international level.

A foundational member of both the New Zealand Knights and Wellington Phoenix, Moss has competed in 14 seasons of the A-League, making 250 appearances while playing for the Knights, Phoenix, Melbourne Victory, Gold Coast United, and Newcastle Jets.

Career highlights include starting a Grand Final with Newcastle, appearing in AFC Champions League games with Melbourne Victory and Newcastle, and making an A-League Team of the Season with Gold Coast.

Since retiring from playing, he has been appointed as goalkeeping coach for Macarthur FC

In August 2007, Moss signed a two-year contract with A-League newcomers, the Wellington Phoenix, recruited by manager Ricki Herbert as part of a contingent of All Whites players.

Expected to back-up Mark Paston, Moss was inserted just ahead of Wellington's first game after Paston suffered an injury in training.

In his first season, he made 20 appearances out of the 21 league games and earned a reputation as a top goalkeeper, and was seen as one of the league's best shot-stoppers.

Moss made 78 saves to lead the league in his first season with Wellington, as the club finished bottom of the table with the league's worst defense.

However, injuries and dips in form during 2008–09 saw him share the starting jersey with fellow All Whites goalkeeper Paston, making just 13 appearances and keeping 3 clean sheets.

After impressive performances for club and country, Moss attracted interest from A-League champions Melbourne Victory.

The move to Melbourne was confirmed during the 2008–09 season and would take place after the season.

Moss attracted interest from clubs in South Africa for his performances in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which took place in South Africa, before kicking a ball for Melbourne.

Moss began the season as the club's starting goalkeeper, featuring in the first 14 games.

However, lacklustre performances midway through the season saw him overtaken by young-gun Mitchell Langerak as the Melbourne No. 1. Moss was on the bench for the remainder of the season, including the Finals, in which Victory lost to Sydney FC on penalties.

With his birth country of New Zealand, Moss made 29 appearances, and was a member of their 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, although was controversially suspended for the first two games after an appeal for an earlier four-game ban was not submitted in time.

Moss made his senior debut with Sydney Olympic of the NSL, appearing in three games of the competition's final season.

Having e-mailed the eight inaugural clubs of the A-League, Moss received interest from New Zealand Knights, who signed him to a one-year contract having watched him play for Sydney Olympic.

Moss was back-up to Danny Milosevic in his only season with the Knights, making seven starts, as well as coming on at half-time twice.

New Zealand finished with just 6 points in their inaugural season, and Moss's contract was not renewed after the season.

Impressing over the summer with the national team, Moss signed on a free transfer with Dinamo București of Romania.

Moss made his debut for Dinamo in first round of qualification for the UEFA Cup, starting both legs against Maltese club Hibernians in July.

Moss started the league opener against Național București on 30 July, but was replaced by Florin Matache for the club's next games.

Having hovered between second and third-choice in the first half of the season, Moss sought out of Romania during the winter break, calling the move abroad a "disaster".

Moss was given one start in the club's campaign in the 2010 AFC Champions League, a 4–0 defeat to Kawasaki Frontale, and left the club after the season.

On 19 July 2010 it was announced Moss had signed a 2-year deal with Gold Coast United, replacing Jess Vanstrattan, who had moved to Central Coast Mariners.

and made his debut on 8 August against Brisbane Roar.

Moss started 27 of their 30 matches in the regular season as the club finished in fourth, qualifying for the Finals.

Moss kept a career-high 11 clean sheets in the regular season, one behind Michael Theoklitos of Brisbane for the league lead.

His save percentage of 77% was only behind Danny Vukovic, who only started half of Wellington's games that season.

Moss was selected to his first and only A-League Team of the Season for his efforts, earning a place on the bench behind Theoklitos.

In the finals, Moss kept a clean sheet in their first game, a 1–0 win over Melbourne Victory.

Gold Coast beat Adelaide in the next round, but lost 1–0 to Premiers Central Coast in the Preliminary final.

Moss started the first 11 games of the 2011–12 A-League, but suffered an injury taking a goal kick on 16 December against Adelaide, leaving the game and being replaced by Jerrad Tyson.

Although hopeful he would return before the end of the season, Moss wound up missing the rest of the season, and Gold Coast United folded at the end of the season, forcing Moss to look for a new team.

On 28 March 2012 it was announced he had signed a 3-year contract with A-League club Wellington Phoenix, returning to the club after three seasons away.

Moss was given a six-game run in the team toward the end of his first season back at the club, which included the last two games of the tenure of Ricki Herbert, the club's inaugural manager.

Following the retirement of Mark Paston, Moss was made the number one goalkeeper at Wellington.

Moss made 25 starts for Wellington in the 2013–14 A-League as the Phoenix finished in ninth.

Moss tallied the league's worst save percentage at 65%, just below Nathan Coe of Melbourne Victory, as Wellington finished with the league's worst defense.

Moss was instead the only senior keeper to stay on, and was firmly third-choice for the second half of the season as Dinamo went on to win their 18th title.