Matt McKay
| Matt McKay | ||
 Matt McKay (2012)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Matthew Graham McKay | |
| birthday | January 11, 1983 | |
| place of birth | Brisbane , Australia | |
| size | 171 cm | |
| position | left mid-field | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Sunnybank Saints | ||
| Mt Gravatt | ||
| Queensland Academy of Sport | ||
| Australian Institute of Sport | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2001-2004 | Brisbane Strikers | 51 (2) |
| 2004 | Eastern suburbs | 12 1 |
| 2005-2011 | Brisbane Roar | 122 (16) |
| 2006 | → Incheon United (loan) | |
| 2009 | → Changchun Yatai (loan) | 15 (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Glasgow Rangers | 3 (0) |
| 2012-2013 | Busan I'Park | 27 (1) |
| 2013 | Changchun Yatai | 16 (0) |
| 2013– | Brisbane Roar | 136 (15) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| Australia U-20 | ||
| Australia U-23 | ||
| 2006– | Australia | 59 (2) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of August 2, 2016 2 As of May 27, 2016 |
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Matthew "Matt" McKay (born January 11, 1983 in Brisbane ) is an Australian football player .
Career
After attending the Queensland Academy of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport , McKay began his adult career in 2001 in the National Soccer League with the Brisbane Strikers . After the setting of the league at the end of the 2003/04 season, McKay kept fit with Eastern Suburbs in regional Brisban football.
With the introduction of the national professional game class A-League for the 2005/06 season McKay received an offer from Queensland Roar . Since then, the midfielder has been one of the club's undisputed regular players, he only missed five league games in the first four seasons and reached the play-offs with the team in 2008 and 2009. In 2006 and 2009 he played during the long Australian season break (March to August) on loan with Incheon United (South Korea) and Changchun Yatai FC (China).
After he was briefly active in Europe for the Glasgow Rangers , he moved to Busan I'Park and shortly afterwards to Changchun Yatai FC. Since 2013 he has played again for Brisbane Roar, with whom he won the championship in the 2013/14 season .
National team
McKay took in 2003 with the Australian U-20 team at the Junior World Championships in the United Arab Emirates in part and came up in central midfield of his team in all four tournament games used. In 2004 he took part in the oceanic qualifying tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Australian Olympic selection qualified for the finals through a final victory against New Zealand, in which he did not take part.
For his first appearance in the Australian senior team McKay came on August 16, 2006 in a qualifying game for the 2007 Asian Cup against Kuwait, when he came on in stoppage time for Steve Corica . In the spring of 2009, two more appearances followed in qualifying games for the 2011 Asian Cup , when the national team was made up of players from Australia.
Web links
- Matt McKay in the weltfussball.de database
- Entry at ozfootball.net
- Profile at the Australian Association
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McKay, Matt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McKay, Matthew Graham (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane , Australia |