{"id":538274,"date":"2026-07-22T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538274\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:32:09","slug":"auckland-fc-announce-new-kiwi-scholarship-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538274\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland FC announce new Kiwi Scholarship signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Auckland FC are delighted to announce the signing of highly rated New Zealand forward Aaron Cartwright ahead of the 2026\u201327 season.<\/p>\n<p>One of New Zealand\u2019s brightest young prospects, Cartwright has represented his country at youth level, starring as the top scorer and golden ball winner at the 2024 OFC Under-16 Championship before featuring at the 2025 FIFA Under-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The young forward has spent the past few years at Melbourne City in their academy, most notably making his first team debut in the Australia Cup in 2025 and being named on the bench in the AFC Champions League this past season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing part of the New Zealand youth sides is something I\u2019ve really taken pride in since making that switch\u201d, says Cartwright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to strengthen my ties to New Zealand and join up with the most successful side in the country; it\u2019s an opportunity I am really excited for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Auckland FC Director of Football, Terry McFlynn, is excited to announce the new signing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron is an exciting young player, and we\u2019re pleased to bring one of New Zealand\u2019s top talents back into the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship signing continues Auckland FC\u2019s commitment to identifying and developing New Zealand\u2019s brightest young talents.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland FC and its fans have every reason to believe the best is yet to come with this signing. Lock in your <a href=\"https:\/\/aucklandfc.co.nz\/membership\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">26\/27 Membership now<\/a>, so you never miss a moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland FC are delighted to announce the signing of highly rated New Zealand forward Aaron Cartwright ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25192,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-538274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-a-leagues","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}