Brendon Santalab

Football player infobox
playername = Brendon Santalab
fullname = Brendon James Santalab


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|9|9
cityofbirth = Wollongong
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.75
currentclub = Sydney FC
clubnumber = 11
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = Parramatta Power
years = 2000–2001
2001–2003
2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–"present"
clubs = Parramatta Power
Sydney United
Geylang United
Sydney United
K.V. Oostende
K.Sint Truidense V.V.
→ Újpest FC "(loan)"
Sydney FC
caps(goals) = 08 0(1)
28 0(7)
22 (23)
14 0(5)
22 0(3)
09 0(0)
00 0(0)
14 0(3)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 17 December 2007
ntupdate =

Brendon Santalab (born September 9, 1982) is an Australian football (soccer) player, currently playing as striker for Sydney FC.

Club career

He originally started out as an apprentice at Parramatta Power before moving to Sydney United under the tutelage of Branko Culina. At the end of the 2003-04 NSL season he moved to K.V. Oostende in the Belgian First Division. After a brief stint there he moved to another Belgian First Division club K.Sint Truidense V.V. before a move to Hungary saw him play at Újpest FC for a six month spell, but didn't play in a single game whilst at the club. On June 23 2007 it was announced he was signed by A-league club Sydney FC on a 2-year contract, thus reuniting him with Branko Culina.

Since joining Sydney FC in mid 2007, Brendan has scored 3 goals in 14 appearances, including a stunning shot from outside the box, that curled into the top corner against South Australian team Adelaide United in which Sydney ran out winners 3-1 at the Adelaide Oval. He scored another cracker against Adelaide again in the 2008/09 season at the Sydney Football Stadium, when he took a shot from 35 meters out, that slammed into the top corner. Sydney won the match 3-0.

External links

* [http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_playerprofile_item&pid=1344 Sydney FC profile]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SA.html Oz Football profile]