Scott Chipperfield

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Scott Chipperfield
Personal information
Full name Scott Chipperfield
Date of birth December 30, 1975 (1975-12-30) (age 32)
Place of birth    Sydney, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left Back
Left Winger
Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club Basel
Number 11
Youth clubs
Bellambi Rosellas
Tarrawanna
Fernhill
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–2001
2001–present		 Wollongong
Basel		 131 (50)
192 (39)   
National team2
1998-present Australia 054 (11)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13 April 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 April 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Scott Chipperfield (born December 30, 1975 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) fullback, who currently plays for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. He has dual Australian-Swiss citizenship.

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[edit] Club career

He joined Basel from the Wollongong Wolves in 2001 having had an unsuccessful trial with English side Bolton Wanderers the previous Winter.

He has said that he would be willing to return to Wollongong to play in the future, should a bid to gain a Wollongong team in the A-League be successful.[1]

He has twice won the Johnny Warren Medal for the most outstanding player in the Australian Domestic Season.

At the 2006 FIFA World Cup he played an integral role in the Australian midfield and defence, and was considered one of Australia's best players at the tournament. Soon afterwards he was subject to a bid by Charlton Athletic but in July 2006 FC Basel announced he had signed a three-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until June 2009.

[edit] International career

He is a regular member of the Australian national team.

He is perhaps best known in Australia for his loyal and somewhat unexpected appearance at the 2002 Oceania Nations Cup in New Zealand, a tournament which was marred by the financial turmoil of the then Soccer Australia. The non-existent financial contribution meant that the Australian players had to pay their own way to get to New Zealand. Chipperfield became the only one of Australia's large European contingent to answer the call and perform for his country in their time of need.

Chipperfield was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was part of the team that successfully defeated Uruguay in a playoff in November 2005 to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Germany.

[edit] Honours

Australia

Wollongong

Basel

[edit] References

  1. ^ "FFA plan to entice Socceroos", 2006-05-27. 

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
Brad Maloney		 Johnny Warren Medallist
1999/00-2000/01		 Succeeded by
Fernando Rech
Preceded by
Goran Lozanovski		 Joe Marston Medalist
1999/00		 Succeeded by
Matthew Horsley
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FC Basel – current squad

1 Costanzo • 3 Hodel • 4 Morganella • 7 Degen • 8 Huggel • 9 Perović • 10 Streller • 11 Chipperfield • 12 Ba • 14 Stocker • 16 Frei • 18 Crayton • 21 Marque • 22 Ergić • 23 Eduardo • 24 Cabral • 25 Leutwiler • 28 Ferati • 30 Carlitos • 31 Derdiyok • 32 Zanni • -- Gündüz • -- Schürpf • -- Sommer • Coach: Gross
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Australia squad - 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Lazaridis • 8 Skoko • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina
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Australia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Covic • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink
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