{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Neil Sykes |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|17|df=y}} |birth_place = Doncaster, England |height = {{height|m=1.78}} |position = Midfielder |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Sheffield Wednesday |years1 = 1999–2002 |clubs1 = Central United |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2005–2007 |clubs2 = Auckland City |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2007–2011 |clubs3 = Waitakere City |caps3 = |goals3 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = }} '''Neil Sykes''' (born 17 December 1974) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Career== Sykes played in New Zealand with Central United, Auckland City and Waitakere City, appearing in the OFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup.<ref>{{FIFA player|261324}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe90377/neil-sykes/|title=Profile|publisher=Worldfootball.net}}</ref> He won the New Zealand Football Championship five times, and the OFC Champions League twice.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/neil-sykes/20881/|title=Profile|publisher=Soccerway.com}}</ref> In November 2010, Sykes made his 100th appearance in the ASB Premiership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedsoccer1.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=717&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=10f220e392|title=Neil Sykes set to break ASB Premiership 100 cap barrier|date=18 November 2010|publisher=Northern Football Federation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506112703/http://www.unitedsoccer1.org.nz/index.php?id=44&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=717&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=10f220e392|archivedate=6 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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