Andrew Durante

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Andrew Durante
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Durante in training with the Jets (2008)
Personnel
Surname Andrew James Durante
birthday May 3, 1982
place of birth Sydney ,  Australia
size 183 cm
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2003 Sydney Olympic 53 (1)
2003-2004 Parramatta power 5 (0)
2004 Balestier Khalsa 13 (0)
2004-2005 Sydney United
2005-2008 Newcastle United Jets 40 (0)
2008– Wellington Phoenix 147 (3)
2011 →  Sydney FC  (loan) 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2013– New Zealand 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 26, 2014

2 As of September 14, 2013

Andrew James Durante (born May 3, 1982 in Sydney ) is an Australian - New Zealand football player . The defender has been under contract with New Zealand's A-League club Wellington Phoenix since 2008 .

Career

Durante began his active career in the National Soccer League at the Sydney Olympic . Already in his first two seasons he reached the championship finals with Sydney, but was not used in either the 2002 final or the 2003 defeat. For the 2003/04 season he moved to Parramatta Power , but broke his leg in late 2003 after a tackle from Brad Maloney and was out for the rest of the season.

After the setting of the NSL at the end of the 2003/04 season, he made a brief stint in Singapore with Balestier Khalsa and then played for Sydney United in the New South Wales Premier League . In the newly founded Australian professional league A-League for the 2005/06 season , he signed a contract with Newcastle United Jets . During a qualifying game for the Oceania Club Championship in May 2005, Nik Mrdja broke his right tibia and fibula again with a straddle and caused Durante's season to end.

In mid-July 2006 he made his comeback for Newcastle and soon developed into a top performer in the jets . The highlight of his time at Newcastle was the championship final of the 2007/08 season, in which they defeated the Central Coast Mariners 1-0. Durante was awarded the Joe Marston Medal as the best player of the finals . This was also his last game for Newcastle, as he signed a two-year contract with league rivals Wellington Phoenix a short time later . He has been the team captain at Wellington since his arrival.

In 2011 he was awarded to the Sydney FC and was used there five times in the AFC Champions League , but not in the league.

successes

at club level:

  • A-League champions: 2007/08
  • Master of the NSL: 2001/02
  • Vice champion of the NSL: 2002/03

Individually:

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personal data
SURNAME Durante, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durante, Andrew James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-New Zealand soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney