Simon Colosimo

Simon Colosimo
Colosimo in the dress of Sydney FC (2009)
Personnel
birthday	January 8, 1979
place of birth	Melbourne ,  Australia
size	183 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
until 1997	Australian Institute of Sport
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1997-2000	Charlton SC	50 (10)
2000-2001	South Melbourne FC	18 0(2)
2001-2002	Manchester City	6 0(0)
2002	Royal Antwerp	0 0(0)
2002-2003	Perth Glory	14 0(0)
2003-2004	Parramatta power	23 0(1)
2004	Pahang FA	? 0(?)
2005-2008	Perth Glory	50 0(2)
2007	→  Sivasspor  (loan)	13 0(1)
2008–	Sydney FC	5 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1998–	Australia	24 (3)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 23, 2009 2 As of January 23, 2008

Simon Colosimo (born January 8, 1979 in Melbourne ) is an Australian football player who is active on the position of midfielder at Sydney FC in the Australian A-League .

Career

In 1997 Colosimo graduated from the Australian Institute of Sport football program and signed a contract with Charlton SC. In 2000 he moved to South Melbourne FC. In 2001 he got a contract with Manchester City in the English Premier League , but during the winter break of the season he moved to Belgium to Royal Antwerp . In the summer of 2002 he returned to Australia and played for a year with Perth Glory before joining Parramatta Power in 2003 . In 2004 Colosimo played in Malaysia for Pahang FA, in 2005 he returned to Perth Glory for three years. In 2007 he was loaned to Sivasspor in Turkey , and Colosimo has been playing for Sydney FC since summer 2008.

In 1998 he made his debut for the Australian national team , for which he has so far recorded 24 games and three goals. In 2000 and 2004 he won the OFC Nations Cup with Australia .

successes

• OFC Nations Cup Winners: 2000, 2004
• Australian champion: 2002/03, 2009/10
• Joe Marston Medal : 2003, 2010

Web links

• Simon Colosimo in the database of weltfussball.de