James Virgili
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Robert Virgili | ||
Date of birth | 8 July 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Broadmeadow Magic | ||
Youth career | |||
Broadmeadow Magic | |||
2007–2008 | NSWIS | ||
2008–2013 | Newcastle Jets | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2015 | Newcastle Jets | 55 | (0) |
2012 | Newcastle Jets NPL | 10 | (7) |
2016– | Broadmeadow Magic | 76 | (56) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Australia U-17 | 6 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Australia U-20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2010 |
James Robert Virgili (born 8 July 1992 in Newcastle, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Broadmeadow Magic.
Newcastle Jets
On 4 January 2009, he made his senior debut as a substitute against Wellington Phoenix.[1] This also made him the youngest player in A-League history to make his debut at 16 years and 180 days.[2] Virgili broke into the first team in the 2012/13 Hyundai A-League season. He is now a regular starter known for his very high speed and his ability to get past players with his amazing skills and ball control. This benefits Strikers such as Emile Heskey and Ryan Griffiths.
Virgili was given a trial at Scottish Club Celtic, it was revealed that Celtic were keeping tabs on the young Australian.[3]
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Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Australian soccer players
- A-League players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales
- New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
- Association football wingers
- Broadmeadow Magic FC players
- Australian soccer biography stubs