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Corey Gameiro
Personal information
Full name Corey James Gameiro
Date of birth (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Port Kembla, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 St George City
Youth career
1997–2000 Lake Heights
2000–2010 South Coast Wolves
2008–2009 Sydney FC
2011–2013 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 South Coast Wolves 6 (1)
2011–2013 Fulham 0 (0)
2011 → Hayes & Yeading (loan) 5 (0)
2012–2013 → FC Eindhoven (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2013 → Wellington Phoenix (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2015 Sydney FC 21 (4)
2015–2017 Melbourne City 5 (0)
2017–2018 Brisbane Roar 18 (0)
2018–2019 Central Coast Mariners 0 (0)
2019– St George City 8 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Australia U20 11 (6)
2014 Australia U23 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014

Corey Gameiro (born 7 February 1993) is an Australian football player of Portuguese ancestry who most recently played as a forward for A-League club Central Coast Mariners.

Club career

Fulham

Gameiro signed a professional contract with Fulham in August 2009 and he signed a contract extension in May 2012 that saw him remain at Fulham until the summer 2013.[1]

He was one of 12 players released by Fulham at the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season.[2]

Loan to Hayes & Yeading United

Gameiro was loaned out to Hayes & Yeading for one month on 24 November 2011[3]

Loan to Eindhoven

The following season, he joined FC Eindhoven on a four-month loan on 31 August 2012.[4] The same day he made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie, in a match against FC Volendam, coming of the bench in the 64th minute.[5]

Loan to Wellington Phoenix

Gameiro joined Wellington Phoenix on a loan deal until the end of the 2012-13 A-League season on 9 February 2013.[6]

Sydney FC

On 28 June 2013, Gameiro signed for A-League team Sydney FC on a two-year deal.[7]

On 3 January 2014, Gameiro scored his first goal for Sydney FC, scoring against Adelaide United with a header from a Nikola Petković free kick.[8]

Gameiro was released by Sydney FC following the 2014–15 A-League season. He rejected Sydney's contract in order to find another team.[9]

Melbourne City

On 22 June 2015, Melbourne City announced they had recruited Gameiro on a 2-year deal despite injury concerns.[10]

On 1 May 2017, Melbourne City announced Gameiro would not be offered a new contract and effectively released him from the club.[11] Gameiro was injured for the bulk of his time at Melbourne City and played only a handful of games for the club.

Brisbane Roar

On 4 July 2017, Gamerio joined Brisbane Roar.[12] and played his first game making his debut in a 2–0 preseason win over Sydney F.C. on 16 September 2017. Gameiro announced his delight at returning to football after 22 months saying “He [John Aloisi] was the one who put his hand out to me when I needed it. I really am so thankful and I won’t ever let him down because he didn’t let me down in my time of need".[13] On 3 May 2018, Gameiro had his contract terminated by mutual consent by Brisbane Roar.[14]

Central Coast Mariners

Following his release from Brisbane Roar, Gameiro signed a one-year deal with Central Coast Mariners on 8 May 2018.[15] He was released by the club on 22 May 2019 and did not feature in a competitive match for the Mariners.[16]

International career

Gameiro scored a hat-trick during the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship match against Jordan, securing a place at the U20 World Cup to be held in Turkey in June 2013.[17]

Club statistics

As of 2 November 2014
Club Season League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sydney FC 2013–14 15 2 – – – – 15 2
2014–15 4 2 2 1 – – 6 3
Total 19 4 2 1 0 0 21 5
Career total 19 4 2 1 0 0 21 5

Honours

Distinctions

References

  1. ^ "Corey Gameiro – Fulham FC Player Profile". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Summer transfer window: Ins and Outs". Premier League. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Gameiro Loaned". Fulham FC. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Gameiro Goes Dutch". Fulham FC. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Matchcenter – Jupiler League". jupilerleague.nl. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Phoenix Sign Young Fulham Striker". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Sydney FC Signs Young Socceroos Corey Gameiro". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  8. ^ Barrett, Steve (3 January 2014). "Adelaide denied by 10-man Sydney FC". Football Federation Australia.
  9. ^ Hassett, Sebastian (3 June 2015). "All change at Sydney FC as Graham Arnold dumps key players and lose Bernie Ibini". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  10. ^ "City strengthen with Gameiro addition". FourFourTwo Australia. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Melbourne City FC Player Update". Melbourne City FC. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Brisbane Roar give Gameiro shot at reviving career". The World Game. SBS. 4 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Gameiro vows to repay Roar's faith". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Brisbane Roar part ways with fringe pair". A-League. 3 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Gameiro handed A-League lifeline by Mariners". The World Game. SBS. 8 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Mariners drop trio". FTBL. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Gameiro Hits Hat-Trick". Fulham FC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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