{{Short description|New Zealand football manager}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mick Waitt | image = | caption = | fullname = Michael Hugh Waitt<ref>{{Hugman|id=20255}}</ref> | height = | position = Striker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|06|25}} | birth_place = Hexham, England | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = | years3 = | years4 =1984–1987 | years5 =1987–1990 | years6 =1990–1991 | clubs1 = Calverton Rangers | clubs2 =Arnold Kingswell | clubs3 =Keyworth United | clubs4 =Notts County | clubs5 =Lincoln City FC | clubs6 =Ilkeston Town | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = 88 | caps5 = 26 | caps6 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = 32 | goals5 = 10 | goals6 = | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | manageryears1 = 1992–? | manageryears2 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs1 = Napier City Rovers | managerclubs2 = New Zealand | nationalteam-update = | medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|NZL}}}} <small>(as manager)</small> {{MedalComp|OFC Nations Cup}} {{Medal|W|2002|}} }}
'''Michael Hugh Waitt''' (born 25 June 1960) is an English football player and coach, who managed the New Zealand national football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches|title=National Coaches|accessdate=29 January 2011|publisher=NZ Football|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717200626/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=79&no_cache=1&sword_list%5B%5D=coaches|archivedate=17 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Waitt played in the Football League for Notts County and Lincoln City FC. He took charge of the New Zealand national side June 2002. New Zealand won eleven, drew two and lost ten of his 23 games in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id162.htm|title=Coaching Records|author=|publisher=Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=|accessdate=31 July 2009}}</ref> He now works for Lemon-Squeezy and was formerly part of Quokkas, now an honorable Quokka.<ref name="biog">{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/nottscounty/news/Notts-striker-Waitt-backs-Kiwis/article-2342033-detail/article.html |title=Former Notts striker Waitt still backs the Kiwis |publisher=Nottingham Post |date=24 June 2010 |accessdate=7 July 2010}}</ref>
==Playing career==
===New Zealand=== In 1990, while playing in Hong Kong for Lai Sun, Waitt visited his sister in Wellington.<ref name="news">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=2097480 |title=Soccer: Laid-back style lays on results |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=13 July 2002 |accessdate=22 June 2011}}</ref> Whilst in New Zealand he was contacted by his erstwhile manager Keith Buckley who was coaching Napier City Rovers. Buckley invited Waitt to play for the club and he did so, spending the 1990 season with the club, scoring 8 goals in 14 National Soccer League appearances.<ref name="calv">{{cite web |url=http://www.calvertonvillage.com/MickWaitt.html |title=Mick Waitt – A Calverton success story |publisher=Calverton Village Official Website |accessdate=23 June 2011}}</ref> He returned to the UK, joining Spalding United in December 1990, Nuneaton Borough in January 1991 and Grantham two months later. He moved on to join Gedling Town and then Ilkeston Town before emigrating permanently to New Zealand in January 1992.
He departed the New Zealand post following the expiry of his contract.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3572768 |title=Waitt goes from All Whites |date=16 June 2004 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=23 June 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%" |- !colspan="7"|'''New Zealand Results under Mick Waitt 2002–2004''' |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Goalscorers !! Competition |- !colspan="7"|'''2002''' |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=4|1 | rowspan=4|5 July | rowspan=4|North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | rowspan=4|{{fb|Tahiti}} | align=center rowspan=4|4–0 | Nelsen | rowspan=4|2002 OFC Nations Cup |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Vicelich |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Urlovic |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Campbell |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=5|2 | rowspan=5|7 July | rowspan=5|North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | rowspan=5|{{fb|Papua New Guinea}} | align=center rowspan=5|9–1 | Killen (4) | rowspan=5|2002 OFC Nations Cup |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Campbell (2) |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Nelsen |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Burton |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | de Gregorio |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=4|3 | rowspan=4|9 July | rowspan=4|North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | rowspan=4|{{fb|Solomon Islands}} | align=center rowspan=4|6–1 | Vicelich (2) | rowspan=4|2002 OFC Nations Cup |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Urlovic |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Campbell (2) |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Burton |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=2|4 | rowspan=2|12 July | rowspan=2|Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | rowspan=2|{{fb|Vanuatu}} | align=center rowspan=2|3–0 | Burton (2) | rowspan=2|2002 OFC Nations Cup |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Killen |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center|5 | 14 July | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | {{fb|Australia}} | align=center|1–0 | Nelsen | 2002 OFC Nations Cup Final |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center rowspan=2|6 | rowspan=2|13 October | rowspan=2|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | rowspan=2|{{fb|Estonia}} | align=center rowspan=2|2–3 | Hickey | rowspan=2|Friendly |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Lines |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|7 | 16 October | KSZO, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski | {{fb|Poland}} | align=center|0–2 | | Friendly |- !colspan="7"|'''2003''' |-bgcolor=#FFFFCC | align=center|8 | 27 May | Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh | {{fb|Scotland}} | align=center|1–1 | Nelsen | Friendly |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|9 | 8 June | City Stadium, Richmond | {{fb|United States}} | align=center|1–2 | Coveny | Friendly |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|10 | 18 June | Stade de France, Paris | {{fb|Japan}} | align=center|0–3 | | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|11 | 20 June | Stade de Gerland, Lyon | {{fb|Colombia}} | align=center|1–3 | de Gregorio | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|12 | 22 June | Stade de France, Paris | {{fb|France}} | align=center|0–5 | | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|13 | 12 October | Azadi Stadium, Tehran | {{fb|Iran}} | align=center|0–3 | | AFC – OFC Challenge Cup |- !colspan="7"|'''2004''' |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|14 | 29 May | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | {{fb|Australia}} | align=center|0–1 | | 2004 OFC Nations Cup <br /> 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=3|15 | rowspan=3|31 May | rowspan=3|Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide | rowspan=3|{{fb|Solomon Islands}} | align=center rowspan=3|3–0 | Fisher | rowspan=3|2004 OFC Nations Cup <br /> 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Oughton |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Lines |-bgcolor=#FFCCCC | align=center|16 | 2 June | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | {{fb|Vanuatu}} | align=center|2–4 | Coveny (2) | 2004 OFC Nations Cup <br /> 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=5|17 | rowspan=5|4 June | rowspan=5|Marden Sports Complex, Adelaide | rowspan=5|{{fb|Tahiti}} | align=center rowspan=5|10–0 | Coveny (3) | rowspan=5|2004 OFC Nations Cup <br /> 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Fisher (3) |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Jones |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Oughton |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Nelsen (2) |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | align=center rowspan=2|18 | rowspan=2|6 June | rowspan=2|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide | rowspan=2|{{fb|Fiji}} | align=center rowspan=2|2–0 | Bunce | rowspan=2|2004 OFC Nations Cup <br /> 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |-bgcolor=#CCFFCC | Coveny |- |}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120610114239/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=wait02 Lincoln City F.C. Official Archive Profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waitt, Mick}} Category:Living people Category:New Zealand association football managers Category:Lincoln City F.C. players Category:Notts County F.C. players Category:New Zealand national football team managers Category:1960 births Category:Men's association football forwards Category:English men's footballers Category:English Football League players Category:Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players Category:Gedling Town F.C. players Category:English expatriate football managers Category:English expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Category:Expatriate association football managers in New Zealand Category:Footballers from Hexham