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Chad Gibson Personal information Full name Chad Gibson Date of birth 19 June 1976 Place of birth Sydney, Australia Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position defender Club information Current club Joeys FC United Youth career Sydney Croatia Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1992-1993 St George Saints 2 (0) 1994-1997 Sydney United 14 (1) 1997-2004 Marconi Stallions 126 (12) 1999 AC United ? (?) 2001 Bodø/Glimt 7 (0) 2004 Stanmore Hawks 17 (4) 2004-2005 Bankstown City Lions ? (?) 2005-2007 Brisbane Roar 23 (0) 2007 Blacktown City Demons 0 (0) 2008 Stanmore Hawks 2009 Lokomotiv Cove FC * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).Chad Gibson (born Sydney, Australia, 19 June 1976) is a football (soccer) player, currently playing in the New England Mutual Premier League.
Biography
Chad Gibson is of South African origin. Gibson plays as a sweeper/central defender, but has also played in the midfield. He began his professional career with Sydney United, who played in the now defunct National Soccer League. After moving to Marconi Stallions, he had spells for Johor FC in Malaysia and FK Bodø/Glimt in Norway, before returning to Australia to play for Marconi Stallions again.
He joined the Queensland Roar as the clubs first ever captain, and a face of the A-League, appearing heavily in the A-League advertisement campaign. After the Roar struggled in the A-League to win games and make the finals play-offs for the second season in a row; on the 24th of January 2007, Queensland Roar announced that they would be releasing both Gibson and team mate Remo Buess.[1]
In what can only be seen as a fall from grace, the former A-League captain dropped down to the Australian lower leagues where he won the NSW Premier League Championship in 2007 with Blacktown City Demons. In 2008 he joined NSW State League Division 1 side, Stanmore Hawks.[2] He now plays in the Eastern Suburbs Football Association Premier League for Lokomotiv Cove FC,[3] a club created by members of Sydney FC supporters group "The Cove."
He has now signed on for Joeys FC United[4] in the New England Mutual Premier League.[5]
In February 2006, Alpha Magazine named Gibson in the "Top 50 Sports Stars List".
Honours
References
- ^ http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21107895-5003412,00.html
- ^ "Chad Gibson signs for Stanmore Hawks". Football NSW. 2008-05-16. http://footballnsw.com/index.php?id=17&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1209564000&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=16&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=565&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=16&cHash=dd8936bc6a. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ http://www.lokomotivcove.com/index.php?pid=news&cid=90
- ^ http://web.me.com/ffifthco/Joeys_FC_United_NIF_Premiere_League/Welcome.html
- ^ http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/joeys-ready-to-roar-after-coach-coup/2033478.aspx#comments
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sydney
- Association football sweepers
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Blacktown City Demons players
- Marconi Stallions players
- Brisbane Roar players
- Sydney United players
- Bankstown City Lions Football Club players
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