Craig Goodwin

Craig Goodwin
Goodwin in the jersey of the Jets (2012)
Personnel
Surname	Craig Alexander Goodwin
birthday	December 16, 1991
place of birth	Adelaide ,  Australia
position	Full defense , midfield (each left)
Juniors
Years	station
1998-2004	Munno Para City SC
2005-2007	Para Hills Knights
2007-2008	Enfield City Falcons
2011–2012	Melbourne Heart
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2009-2010	Adelaide Raiders
2011	Oakleigh Cannons
2012	Melbourne Heart	4 0(0)
2012-2014	Newcastle United Jets	44 0(5)
2014-2016	Adelaide United	54 (10)
2016-2018	Sparta Rotterdam	47 0(6)
2018–	Adelaide United	0 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2012	Australia U-23	1 (0)
2013-2016	Australia	3 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 17, 2018 2 As of July 17, 2018

Craig Alexander Goodwin (born December 16, 1991 in Adelaide ) is an Australian football player .

Career

Goodwin, the son of British parents, began playing football at the age of six in the northern suburbs of Adelaide with Munno Para City SC, and as a teenager he played for the Para Hills Knights and the Enfield City Falcons . He took his first steps in the adult sector from 2009 to 2010 with the Adelaide Raiders in the FFSA Super League . After he missed the admission to the youth team during trial training at the local A-League club Adelaide United , he switched to the sporting stronger Victorian Premier League for the Oakleigh Cannons in Melbourne for the 2011 season . With the Cannons, Goodwin finished second in the regular season, but often only came on as a substitute. In the final round, he played a decisive role when his team reached the finals. Goodwin first scored the winning goal against South Melbourne in the minor semi-final and converted the decisive penalty in the preliminary final against Hume City . Only in the final did the team lose to the Green Gully Cavaliers 2: 3 after extra time. Immediately after the final, he succeeded Oakleigh coach Arthur Papas , who had accepted the position as John Aloisi's assistant coach on the newly formed Melbourne Heart youth team . With the youth team, Goodwin competed in the National Youth League in the 2011/12 season and showed convincing performances. In addition to his footballing career, Goodwin was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken at the time to supplement his income.

When it became foreseeable that the nominal left-back of Hearts, Aziz Behich , would be nominated for the Olympic selection and would therefore be out of several games, John van 't Schip , coach of the professional team, reacted and let Goodwin train with the professional team from the beginning of 2012. With its philosophy, shaped by Ajax Amsterdam , to compensate for player losses with youth players if possible instead of using players from outside the position, Goodwin made his professional debut in the A-League on February 4, 2012 at the derby against Melbourne Victory . He stood as a substitute for Aziz Behich, who was on an international trip, on the starting line-up as a left full-back and catapulted himself onto the national football stage with an outstanding performance. He was also part of the starting line-up on the following two match days before he had to give up his place in the team after Behich's return. Goodwin's achievements did not go unnoticed by the Australian federation: U-23 selection coach Aurelio Vidmar appointed him to the Australian U-23 national team for the first time in March 2012 for the last match in qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games , Australia had to At this point, however, there is no longer any chance of qualifying for the tournament. Goodwin played the entire 90 minutes of the game against Iraq (final score 0-0), the game also served as the first test for Vidmar in view of the newly created U-22 Asian Cup 2014 .

For the 2012/13 season he had offers for a professional contract from both the Hearts and Newcastle United Jets , where Papas was briefly coach of the youth team and assistant coach of the professional team from November 2011. Goodwin ultimately decided to join the Newcastle Jets and signed a two-year deal. While he was used as a left defender at Melbourne Heart, Jets coach Gary van Egmond Goodwin moved further forward and put him in the first season games in left midfield as an attacking winger. Goodwin scored his first professional goal on Matchday 2 in a 3-2 away win against Sydney FC . His overall performance made headlines again, although the game had been stylized in advance of the clash between the two marquee engagements Alessandro del Piero and Emile Heskey .

Web links

• Craig Goodwin in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} goalweekly.com: Craig Goodwin Earns Himself A National Youth League Contract (22 Sep 2011)
2. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Cannons Shoot Into GF (29 Aug 2011)
3. ↑ ^{a b} theherald.com.au: Craig Goodwin shines for Jets against Sydney FC (Oct. 14, 2012) , the minimum salary for a player in the National Youth League in Goodwin's case was A $ 5,304.18, cf. pfa.net.au: A-League CBA Minimum Salary ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB) 
4. ↑ heraldsun.com.au: The Heart playing the youth card against Melbourne Victory (Feb. 1, 2012)
5. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Debutant Goodwin Impresses JVS (Feb. 5, 2012)
6. ↑ goal.com: Opinion: Craig Goodwin's Melbourne Heart debut hints at long career (Feb. 8, 2012)
7. ↑ heraldsun.com.au: Craig Goodwin's outstanding debut a shock to Melbourne Heart (Feb. 6, 2012)
8. ↑ smh.com.au: Goodwin Another Find for Heart (Feb. 6, 2012)
9. ↑ neoskosmos.com: Goodwin shines on debut, proving local talent is hot (Feb. 15, 2012)
10. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Melbourne Derby Finishes All Square (Feb. 4, 2012)
11. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Vidmar's New Stars For Iraq Clash (March 7, 2012)
12. ↑ neoskosmos.com: Papa's Jets off to the A League (Nov. 29, 2011)
13. ↑ theherald.com.au: Jets Youth and A-League assistant coach resigns (May 24, 2012)
14. ↑ theherald.com.au: Rising star Craig Goodwin to show heart in right place (March 20, 2012)
15. ↑ heraldsun.com.au: Newcastle Jets in play for Heart rookie (March 20, 2012)
16. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Newcastle Jets Snap Up Goodwin, Neville (May 7, 2012)
17. ↑ theworldgame.sbs.com.au: Goodwin gains from Heskey signing (October 17, 2012) ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ theaustralian.com.au: Craig Goodwin tested the Sydney defense with his ability to glide past opponents (October 15, 2012)
19. ↑ footballaustralia.com.au: Jets beat Sydney in a classic (October 13, 2012) ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.