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Michael Thwaite 
Personal information Full name Michael Errol Thwaite Date of birth 2 May 1983 Place of birth Cairns, Australia Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Centre Back / Defensive Midfielder Club information Current club Gold Coast United Number 3 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002 Sydney University 17 (3) 2002–2004 Marconi Stallions 36 (0) 2004–2006 Naţional Bucureşti 34 (0) 2006–2008 Wisła Kraków 11 (0) 2008–2009 SK Brann 1 (0) 2008–2009 → Melbourne Victory (loan) 16 (0) 2009– Gold Coast United 63 (0) National team‡ 2002–2003 Australia U-20 8 (0) 2004 Australia U-23 3 (1) 2005– Australia 6 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:00, 19 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 28 September 2010 (UTC)Michael Errol Thwaite (born 2 May 1983) is an Australian football (soccer) player from Cairns who plays for Gold Coast United.
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Club career
His career began at Sydney University in the New South Wales Winter Super League. He then spent two seasons playing for Marconi Stallions (2002–2004) in the now defunct NSL, before heading to Romania. He was then signed to Wisła Kraków on a Bosman transfer from FC Naţional Bucureşti in Romania's Divizia A.
On 28 January 2008 he signed for SK Brann and was loaned to the Melbourne Victory on 19 June 2008.[1] On 26 July 2008 he scored his first goal for the Victory in a pre-season cup game against Perth Glory, to guide the Victory to a 1-0 win in Perth.
On 5 January 2009 he was signed from Melbourne by Gold Coast United after successfully negotiating his transfer from Brann.[2][3]
International career
Thwaite lining up for Australia
Thwaite was part of the Australian under-20s team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the U.A.E. He was also involved with the 2004 Olympics qualifying team, but did not make the final squad for the tournament proper. He made his international debut on 9 October 2005 in a 5-0 win in a friendly match held in London against Jamaica. He was a squad member of the Australian national team in their historic World Cup qualifying tie against Uruguay, but did not play, as head coach Guus Hiddink preferred the more experienced Tony Popović and Tony Vidmar in the starting lineup.
Honours
With Melbourne Victory:
A-League Championship: 2008-2009- A-League Premiership: 2008-2009
Personal Honours:
- Gold Coast United Player's Player of the Year: 2009-2010
- Gold Coast United Member's Player of the Year: 2009-2010
References
External links
Gold Coast United FC – current squad 1 Moss · 2 Brillante · 3 Thwaite · 4 Anderson · 5 Rees · 6 Beekmans · 7 Mebrahtu · 8 Robson · 9 Porter · 10 Minniecon · 11 Barker-Daish · 13 Rožić · 14 Halloran · 15 Traoré · 16 Rigters · 17 Harold · 18 Brown · 19 Broadfoot · 20 Tyson · 21 Severino · 22 Jungschläger · 23 McGowan · 26 Tesfagabr · 27 Yosief · Coach: Bleiberg
Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Kisnorbo • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Beauchamp • 7 Emerton • 8 Wilkshire • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Thompson • 12 Jones • 13 Grella • 14 Holman • 15 Aloisi • 16 Thwaite • 17 Valeri • 18 Petkovic • 19 Carle • 20 Carney • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Arnold
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Cairns
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
- A-League players
- Norwegian Premier League players
- Liga I players
- Ekstraklasa players
- FC Progresul Bucureşti players
- Gold Coast United players
- Marconi Stallions players
- Melbourne Victory players
- SK Brann players
- Wisła Kraków players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- 2007 AFC Asian Cup players
- Australian expatriates in Poland
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