Alex Brosque

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Alex Brosque
Personal information
Full name	Alex Brosque
Date of birth	October 12, 1983
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 -	Marconi Stallions Feyenoord Rotterdam K.V.C. Westerlo (loan) Queensland Roar Sydney FC	53 (13) 0 (0) 16 (2) 24 (8) 20 (4)
National team2
2004 -	Australia	4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 19, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of November 19, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alex Brosque (born October 12, 1983 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Uruguayan descent who currently plays for Sydney FC in the A-League competition.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

In 2001 Brosque, aged 18, began his career playing for Marconi Stallions in the now defunct National Soccer League. In three seasons at the club he made over 50 appearances and was considered one of Australia's best prospects having been voted NSL Under-21 Player of the Year for consecutive seasons in 2003 and 2004.

Brosque represented Australia at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where they reached the second round. In 2004, Brosque made his senior international debut for Australia against Fiji in the OFC Nations Cup, where he made three appearances. Later in that year he also helped Australia reach the quarter finals at the 2004 Olympics.

His form at club and international level attracted international attention, and after the conclusion of the 04-05 NSL season Brosque signed for Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was immediately loaned out to Belgian club Westerlo where he struggled due to an ankle injury, making only sixteen appearances and scoring two goals.

With the creation of the new A-League Brosque returned to Australia, signing for Queensland Roar. Brosque, along with his team, struggled in front of goal for much of the 05-06 season (at one point Queensland led the league in total shots but was second last in goals scored ^[1]) before scoring four times in the last three games of the season to nearly take his team to the A-League semi finals. Brosque won the inaugural Reebok Golden Boot along with Stewart Petrie, Archie Thompson and Bobby Despotovski with 8 goals.

On February 11, 2006 Alex Brosque announced his move to champions Sydney FC. ^[2] He joined the club for the A-League 2006-07 season on a three year contract. Brosque played his first game for Sydney against his former club Queensland Roar in the Pre-season cup on July 15, 2006, setting up the first goal before scoring the match-winner in Sydney's 2-1 victory. He scored his first A-League goal for Sydney FC against Perth Glory in round 17. Brosque scored in the 1-1 draw that got Sydney FC into the 2006-2007 finals series against his old club the Roar which knocked them out in the proccess.

Brosque was named in the 2006/07 A-League Dud XI on popular Australian football website, pintculture.com, a selection based on him failing to replicate the brilliant form he showed during the 2005/06 season, when he was with Queensland Roar. ^[3]

[edit] Honours

• 2003-03 Papasavas Medal (NSL Under 21 Player of the Year)
• 2003-04 Papasavas Medal
• 2005-06 A-League Reebok Golden Boot
• 2006/07 pintculture.com A-League Dud Team of the Year

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sydney FC profile

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