Josh McCloughan

Josh McCloughan
Personal information
Full name	Joshua McCloughan
Date of birth	12 December 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Auburn, Australia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Left Back, Centre Back
Youth career
	Palm Beach
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–2000	Palm Beach
2001–2002	Gold Coast City
2003	Gold Coast Knights
2003–2004	Brisbane Strikers
2005–2010	Brisbane Roar
Managerial career
2011	Southern Cross United
2012–2014	QAS / Brisbane Roar
2015–2016	Brisbane Roar Youth
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2009

Joshua McCloughan (born 12 December 1975, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a former A-League footballer who played as a central defender. An FFA A-Licence coach, he has spent time within Ange Postecoglou's Caltex Socceroos coaching setup and as a Joey's (Australian U17's) assistant. A foundation Brisbane Roar player, Josh returned to the club to coach the Brisbane Roar FC Youth team in the 2015/16 season. Josh has completed a Bachelor of Management, and regularly commentates A-League football for ABC Grandstand.

Early career

Josh played in youth and men's divisions for Palm Beach for 9 years. He also played for the Brisbane Strikers before being signed as a foundation player by the Brisbane Roar.

Playing career

In 2005, he signed with A league club Brisbane Roar where he was a first team regular. He played 16 games in his first season with the club. In 2010, he retired from professional football. He played 90 games for the Brisbane Roar, scoring 5 goals despite playing as a defender.

Coaching career

Josh commenced his coaching career under significant mentorship from an array of highly experienced coaches, supported by Football Queensland and the FFA. Josh assisted the Queensland NTC program in 2013 and managed the 2014 campaign. After coaching the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) side in 2013 and 2014, in 2015 Josh returned to the Brisbane Roar as their under 18's Academy/QAS head coach. He then assumed the head coach role of the Brisbane Roar Youth Team for the 2015/16 season. The widely regarded young coach terminated his contract at the troubled Roar for professional reasons in August 2016.

He played a key role in Ange Postecoglou's scouting setup in the Caltex Socceroos AFC Asian Cup Championship in 2015 and World Cup Qualifiers, and acted as assistant coach for the U17 Australian team (Joeys) and the Socceroos on tours in 2015.

A-League statistics

Club	Season	League¹		Cup		International²		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brisbane Roar	2005–06	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2006–07	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	2007–08	20	3	0	0	0	0	20	3
	2008–09	16	2	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2009–10	18	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Total		90	5					90	5

¹ - includes A-League final series statistics
² - includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. ACL and A-League seasons etc.)

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