Jason Culina

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Jason Culina
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Personal information
Full name Jason Culina
Date of birth 5 August 1980 (1980-08-05) (age 29)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Right Back
Club information
Current club Gold Coast United
Number 10
Youth career
St Albans
Melbourne Knights
1994–1996 Sydney United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1998 Sydney United 32 (1)
1998–1999 Sydney Olympic 21 (1)
2000–2004 Ajax 3 (0)
2001 → Germinal Beerschot (loan) 12 (1)
2002–2003 → De Graafschap (loan) 24 (1)
2004–2005 FC Twente 38 (12)
2005–2009 PSV 98 (3)
2009– Gold Coast United 14 (2)
National team‡
1996–1997 Australia U-20 5 (6)
1999 Australia U-20 4 (1)
1998–2000 Australia U-23 16 (1)
2005– Australia 44 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 23 October 2009 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Jason Culina (pronounced /kəˈliːnə/, from Croatian Čulina; born 5 August 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian footballer of Croatian descent who currently plays for Gold Coast United and the Australia national team.

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[edit] Club career

Culina started off with Sydney United under his father, Branko, before moving on to Ajax where he struggled in the reserves. Only after moving to FC Twente did Culina begin to shine at the top level in club football. This was proved by his moving to another top Dutch club, PSV Eindhoven. Whilst originally an attack minded midfielder with Twente, at PSV Culina played more in a disciplined defensive role for the club with immediate success. In his final year at PSV, Culina was mainly deployed at Right Back with further success thus attributing to Culina's versatility and utility value.

On January 9th, Culina announced his intention to return to Australia after turning down a contract extension from PSV as he sought a new challenge and a fresh start in Australia.

"I want to make a fresh start and I am ready for a new challenge. I am the first international who returns to Australia and I am keen to promote the national competition and raise the standard."[1]

On January 14, 2009 he was signed by Gold Coast United on a three year deal becoming the club's first marquee player.[2][3][4] On July 1, 2009 he made his Gold Coast debut in a friendly in Singapore against a Singapore Olympic Selection, coming on as a substitute for Steve Pantelidis and scoring in the 88th minute from 25 yards out.[5]

[edit] International career

Culina at a training session with PSV

Culina made his debut for the Australian national team against South Africa in 2005.[6] He became a regular starter in the Socceroos matches under coach Guus Hiddink, who was also his club coach at PSV Eindhoven.[7][8] His first international goal came in September 2005, against the Solomon Islands in Sydney.[9] Culina played in both legs of the World Cup play-off against Uruguay where Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup, following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. He was selected in the Australian squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and started in all four of Australia's games.[10]

[edit] Personal life

Culina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach and former Sydney FC manager Branko Čulina who now coaches fellow A-League club, Newcastle United Jets FC, and is of Croatian descent.[11][12] On 5 February 2007, Culina and his wife, Terri, welcomed their first child, a boy named Roman.[13]

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App  Goals
Sydney United 1996-97 6 0 - - - - 6 0
1997-98 26 1 - - - - 26 1
Total 32 1 - - - - 32 1
Sydney Olympic 1998-99 20 1 - - - - 20 1
Total 20 1 - - - - 20 1
Ajax 1999-00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2001-02 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
2003-04 3 0 2 0 2 0 7 0
Total 3 0 6 0 2 0 11 0
Germinal Beerschot(Loan) 2000-01 12 1 4 2 - - 16 3
Total 12 1 4 2 0 0 16 2
De Graafschap(Loan) 2002-03 24 1 4 2 - - 28 3
Total 24 1 4 2 - - 28 3
Twente 2004-05 32 11 2 0 - - 34 11
2005-06 6 1 0 0 - - 6 1
Total 38 12 2 0 - - 40 12
PSV 2005-06 23 0 4 2 2 0 29 2
2006-07 28 1 5 1 8 0 41 2
2007-08 18 1 3 0 4 0 25 1
2008-09 29 1 4 0 6 0 39 1
Total 98 3 16 3 20 0 134 6
Gold Coast United 2009-10 14 2 - - 0 0 14 2
Career Totals 242 21 32 7 22 0 296 28
As of 9 November 2009.

International Goals

Date Venue Opponent Result Result Competition Scored
3/9/2005 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney  Solomon Islands 7-0 Won 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (1)

[edit] Career honours

Ajax
PSV Eindhoven

[edit] References

  1. ^ Socceroo Jason Culina officially accepts Gold Coast deal
  2. ^ Socceroo Jason Culina signs as Gold Coast United’s marquee
  3. ^ Bleiberg: Ambition was the key to Culina signature
  4. ^ Right time, right club
  5. ^ Debut goal for Culina in 4-0 win for United
  6. ^ Culina poised for Socceroo call-up
  7. ^ Hiddink keeps Culina out of firing line
  8. ^ Young Socceroo takes slow boat to success
  9. ^ Hiddink era starts in style for Socceroos
  10. ^ From reserve football to Dutch title and World Cup
  11. ^ Family Matters
  12. ^ A game to embrace, not divide, our loyalties
  13. ^ Culina at home with the pressure

[edit] External links

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Gold Coast United FC – current squad

1 Vanstrattan · 2 Pantelidis · 3 Thwaite · 4 Piorkowski · 5 Robson · 7 Caravella · 8 Jefferson · 9 Smeltz · 10 Čulina · 11 Milson · 13 van den Brink · 14 Porter · 15 Minniecon · 16 Rees · 17 Osman · 18 Brown · 19 Barisić · 20 Higgins · 21 Greer · 22 Traoré · 23 Fitzsimmons · 24 Anderson · Coach: Bleiberg
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Australia squad – 2000 Summer Olympics
1 Milosevic • 2 Colosimo • 3 Lazaridis • 4 Foxe • 5 Skoko • 6 Laybutt • 7 Emerton • 8 Neill • 9 Viduka • 10 Wehrman • 11 Zane • 12 Blatsis • 13 Grella • 14 Rizzo • 15 Bresciano • 16 Čulina • 17 Curcija • 18 Turnbull • Coach: Blanco
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Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Neill • 5 T. Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Cahill • 11 Chipperfield • 12 Petkovic • 13 Wilkshire • 14 Colosimo • 15 Aloisi • 16 Zdrilic • 17 McKain • 18 Kalac • 19 Čulina • 20 Miličević • 21 Elrich • 22 Thompson • 23 Sterjovski • Coach: Farina
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Australia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Čulina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Čović • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink
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Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Kisnorbo • 4 Cahill • 5 Čulina • 6 Beauchamp • 7 Emerton • 8 Wilkshire • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Thompson • 12 Jones • 13 Grella • 14 Holman • 15 Aloisi • 16 Thwaite • 17 Valeri • 18 Petkovic • 19 Carle • 20 Carney • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Arnold
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