Mark Bridge
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Robert Bridge | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
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Current team | Sydney FC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2008 | |||
Mark Bridge (born November 7, 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Sydney FC.
Club career
Bridge joined Newcastle from Parramatta Power in 2005 during the inagural A-League season. Although it took some time for Bridge to find his feet he was the Jets best player during his second season (2006/07) at the club scoring 8 goals during the season.
Although Mark's third season with the Jets only yielded four goals, his last for the Jets was the most decisive, being the only goal in the 2007-08 A-League Grand Final.[1]
As his contract had expired at the Jets, Bridge subsequently left the team and was unveiled as a Sydney FC player on March 3, 2008 alongside Simon Colosimo and John Aloisi.[2]
International career
Mark Bridge has played for the Australian U-20 Squad where he made 9 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is currently a member of Australia U-23 national team. He was also called up to Australia senior squad for their Asian Cup qualifiers, in a match against Kuwait on August 16. He was hoping to be included in the Australia senior squad for the upcoming Asian Cup and games against Qatar, China and Iraq, but was not selected.
Bridge made his senior international debut against Singapore in a friendly match on March 2008.
Honours
With Newcastle Jets:
Personal Honours:
- Newcastle Jets Player's Player of the Year: 2006-2007
References
- ^ Ritson, John (2008-02-24). "Jets 1 - Mariners 0: Minute by Minute". AU FourFourTwo. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Star trio unveiled for Sydney FC Sydney Morning Herald, March 3, 2008
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