Michael Thwaite
| Michael Thwaite | ||
 Michael Thwaite in the jersey of Gold Coast United (2010)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Michael Errol Thwaite | |
| birthday | May 2nd 1983 | |
| place of birth | Cairns , Australia | |
| size | 190 cm | |
| position | Central defender , defensive midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Saints SC Cairns | ||
| James Cook University | ||
| Queensland Academy of Sport | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2002 | Sydney University Soccer FC | |
| 2002-2004 | Marconi Stallions | 36 (0) |
| 2004-2006 | FC Progresul Bucharest | 34 (0) |
| 2006-2008 | Wisła Krakow | 6 (0) |
| 2007 | Wisła Krakow ME | 3 (0) |
| 2008-2009 | Brann Bergen | 2 (0) |
| 2008-2009 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 16 (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Gold Coast United | 82 (1) |
| 2012-2016 | Perth Glory | 85 (2) |
| 2016– | Liaoning Hongyun | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2002-2003 | Australia U-20 | 8 (0) |
| 2004 | Australia U-23 | 3 (8) |
| 2005– | Australia | 13 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of January 18, 2016 2 As of October 5, 2014 |
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Michael Errol Thwaite (born May 2, 1983 in Cairns ) is an Australian football player who is currently under contract with Liaoning Hongyun .
Career
society
He began his career in 2002 with the amateur club of the University of Sydney in the New South Wales Winter Super League and shortly afterwards moved to the Marconi Stallions in the National Soccer League .
He then played two seasons each for the Romanian first division club FC Progresul Bucharest and the Polish first division club Wisła Kraków , where he reached the final of the national cup competition, but did not win. On January 28, 2008 he signed a contract with the Norwegian first division club Brann Bergen . There he came only to two missions before he was loaned to Melbourne Victory on June 19, 2008 .
For the 2009/10 season he moved to Gold Coast United , where he scored the first goal of his professional career on February 1, 2011 against his former club Melbourne Victory. With Gold Coast United's license revoked at the end of the 2011/12 season , Thwaite moved to Perth Glory in mid-2012 .
National team
From 2002 to 2004 Thwaite was part of the Australian U-20 national team and took part with her in the 2003 Junior World Cup in the United Arab Emirates , where they reached the quarter-finals. He made his debut for the Australian national soccer team on October 9, 2005 in a 5-0 win in a friendly against Jamaica .
successes
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FC Progresul Bucharest
- Romanian Cup Finalist: 2006
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Wisła Krakow
- Polish Cup finalist: 2008
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Melbourne Victory
- A-League Championship : 2009
- A-League Premiership : 2009
- Personally
- Gold Coast United Player of the Year : 2010
- Nomination for the PFA Team of the Year : 2012/13 (substitute bench)
Web links
- Profile on Footballaustralia.com
- Profile on Ozfootball.net
- Michael Thwaite in the 90minut.pl database (Polish)
- Michael Thwaite in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thwaite, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thwaite, Michael Errol (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2nd 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairns , Australia |