{{Short description|Cook Islands footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Grover Harmon | fullname = Grover Harmon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|9}} | birth_place = | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Tupapa Maraerenga | clubnumber = 3 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2011–2014 | clubs1 = Tupapa Maraerenga | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Papatoetoe | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = Yagoona Lions | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = Puaikura | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2009– | nationalteam1 = Cook Islands | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 11 January 2026 | nationalteam-update = 11 January 2026 | manageryears1 = 2020 | managerclubs1 = Tupapa Maraerenga | manageryears2 = 2016– | managerclubs2 = Tupapa Maraerenga (president) | manageryears3 = 2024– | managerclubs3 = Cook Islands (president) | years5 = 2016– | clubs5 = Tupapa Maraerenga | years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = → Nikao Sokattak (loan) }}
'''Grover Harmon''' (born 9 August 1989)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130327204038/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=327307/index.html Profile]</ref> is an international footballer, football administrator and coach from the Cook Islands. He plays as a midfielder for Tupapa Maraerenga in the Cook Islands Round Cup and the Cook Islands national football team.
== Early life == Harmon is the 1st son of former Cook Islands Football Association president, Lee Harmon. He is also the brother of Lee Harmon Jr., who has also played for Tupapa Maraerenga, with whom he equalled the record for most goals in an international club match.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Supplied |date=2024-02-20 |title=Harmon stars with seven goals as Tupapa Maraerenga FC Thrash Vaiala Tonga SC |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/sport/soccer/harmon-stars-with-seven-goals-as-tupapa-maraerenga-fc-thrash-vaiala-tonga-sc/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Cook Islands News |language=en}}</ref>
== Playing career == Harmon started his career with Tupapa Maraerenga, starring as arguably their best player for most of his career.
He has featured in the OFC Men's Champions League 11 times for clubs from the Cook Islands, scoring 13 goals in his 47 matches played. He first featured in the Champions League with Tupapa during the 2012–13 OFC Champions League and latest the 2026 OFC Men's Champions League.
==International career== He played for Cook Islands on 18 occasions, making his debut against Tonga on the 11 June 2009, and scoring his first and only goal against Tonga on 27 November 2011 in he leadup to Brazil 2014. He has since stayed as a regular player in squad, latest being included in their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, playing the full match against both Tonga and American Samoa, the latter of which he got an assist to Siaosi Kaufononga.
==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|Cook Islands |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2009||1||0 |- |2010||0||0 |- |2011||7||1 |- |2012||0||0 |- |2013||0||0 |- |2014||0||0 |- |2015||3||0 |- |2022||1||0 |- |2023||2||0 |- |2024 |4 |0 |- !Total||18||1 |} ''Statistics accurate as of match played 24 November 2023''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|pid=44760|name=Grover Harmon|accessdate=2 September 2015}}</ref>
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list. Cook Islands's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT"/> {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. ||26 November 2011 ||National Soccer Stadium, Apia, Samoa ||{{fb|TON}} || {{center|'''1'''–1}} ||{{center|1–2}} ||2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |}
==Honours== '''Nikao Sokattak''' *Cook Islands Round Cup: 2011, 2012, 2014 *Cook Islands Cup: 2013
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{NFT player|pid=44760}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harmon, Grover}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Cook Islands men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Cook Island men's footballers Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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