Mark Bridge

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Mark Bridge
Personal information
Full name Mark Robert Bridge
Date of birth November 7, 1985 (1985-11-07) (age 22)
Place of birth    Sydney, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Sydney FC
Number 19
Youth clubs
Granville
Nepean
Parramatta Eagles
St. Clair United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2004
2005-2008
2008–
Parramatta Power
Newcastle Jets
Sydney FC
05 0(0)
50 (13)
00 0(0)   
National team2
2006–
2008–present
Australia U23
Australia
15 0(3)
020(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19 January 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 24 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

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.

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[edit] 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]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Honours

With Newcastle Jets:

Personal Honours:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ritson, John. "Jets 1 - Mariners 0: Minute by Minute", AU FourFourTwo, 2008-02-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
  2. ^ Star trio unveiled for Sydney FC Sydney Morning Herald, March 3, 2008

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