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= Pogo Zimmerzann = Pogo Zimmerzann The First (Born 25 December 2004) is an Australian born Irish footballer who currently plays for Premier League side Nottingham Forest and the Ireland National Team. He is regarded as one of the greatest talents to come out of Ireland and Australia. Pogo started his career at Wellington where he regularly played and captained the team to the 2023-24 A-League trophy. In 2024 he joined English side Nottingham Forest for $15.1 million an A-League transfer record signing. He started his Premier League career by averaging under 1 goal a game for the first half of the season.

Pogo made his international debut in 2023 and has since earned 10 caps and scored 18 goals for Ireland.

Club Career
Wellington Pheonix

2022-23 Season

Pogo started at Brisbane Roar's Youth but after only offering him a scholarship contract with Wellington giving him a professional one he made the switch over to New Zealand. He made his club debut in November 2023 coming off the bench in the 82nd minute scoring a goal against Western United in 2-0 win. After many sub appearances and a couple of goal, Pogo started his first match on 25th of December scoring a hat trick against Adelaide United in 3-1 win. On January 13th Pogo scored 2 goals and assisted another against Melbourne City in a 3-0 win. Pogo had 5th hat tricks for the season including a 5 goal game in a 7-0 win over Perth Glory on the 24th of April 2023. Wellington finished first for the season which they versed 6th place Melbourne Victory in the semi final, which Pogo scored 2 and assisted another in a 4-3 loss going down. Pogo took out the top scorer with 28 goals a new competition record for the time.

2023-24 Season

After an unsuccessful transfer out of the club, Pogo rejoined Wellington as the captain, which in coming off the bench against Newcastle Jets scoring 2 to win the game 2-0 on 11th of November 2023. Another hat trick for a comeback 3-2 win against Brisbane Roar on the 25th of December 2023. 10 hat tricks for the season made Wellington the Premiers for the second season in a row. Pogo scored 9 goals and 1 assist in a 10-0 win over Macarthur which marked the biggest win in A-League history and the most goals scored by an individual in one game. In the finals series, Wellington won 7-0 over Sydney FC in which Pogo scored 3 and assisted another 2. In the final against Western Sydney Pogo had 3 goals and an assist lifting the title in emphatic fashion in a 5-0 win. Wellington also played there first ever match in the AFC Asian Champions League. In there first game Pogo scored 4 goals against Al Hilal in a 4-1 win. In there third game he scored a hat trick in a 3-3 draw against Ulsan Hyundai. Fourth game, he scores a brace as Wellington go down 3-2 to Al Hlial. Another 3 goals against Shandon Taishan in another 3-3 draw. Needing a win to keep there Asian Champions League run alive, Pogo showed out scoring 5 in a 5-1 win over Ulsan Hyundai topping there group with 10 points. After signing with Nottingham in April Pogo couldn't play in the knockout stages in which Wellington went down 5-3 on aggregate to Al Nassar.

Nottingham Forest

Pogo signed for Nottingham in April 2024 for $15.1 million in a 4 year deal. His first game featured off the bench for them in a 4-0 win scoring a goal on the fast break against Leeds United on the 18th of August 2024. He scored and assisted off the bench again in a 3-0 win over Fulham on the 24th of August. In a shock win on the 21st of September Pogo assisted both of Awoniyi 2 goals to beat Spurs 3-1. In his carabao cup debut, he scored 2 goals and assisted another against Bradford City in a 4-0 win on the 24th of September. His first start for Forest was a disappointing one with Nottingham losing 3-0 at home to Liverpool with Pogo doing nothing well to mention and getting subbed off at 70 minutes. After coming off the bench again against Arsenal, Pogo proved vital scoring 2 goals and a 90th minute winner on the 19th of October to win 2-1. On the 4 of December Pogo scored 2 and assisted 1 in a 4-1 win for Nottingham against Wolves. Another 2 goals and an assist came on the 14th of December also scoring a 92nd minute winner in a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace.

International Career
hes played for ireland ay


 * A-League Top Scorer 2022-23, 2023-24
 * A-League Best Player, 2023-24
 * A-League Most Goals In A Season 2023-24 (48)