Clint Bolton
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| Clint Bolton | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Clint Bolton | |
| Date of birth | August 22, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Bundaberg, Australia | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sydney | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–2000 2000–03 2003–04 2004 2004–05 2005–present |
Brisbane Strikers Sydney Olympic Parramatta Power Fraser Park APIA Leichardt Sydney FC |
178 (0) 95 (0) 27 (0) 10 (0) ?? (0) 47 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2000 - | Australia | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Clint Bolton (born August 22, 1975 in Bundaberg, Queensland) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays for Sydney FC in the Australian A-League. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League. He played over 300 games for Brisbane Strikers, Sydney Olympic FC and Parramatta Power.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Brisbane Strikers
Clint Bolton began his career at the Brisbane Strikers in 1993 signing for the club after spending a year at the Australian Institute of Sport. He spent seven seasons at the club making 178 appearances for the Brisbane Strikers, keeping a total of 51 clean sheets. He also won the National Soccer League final in 1997 with the club. In 2000, Bolton signed for Sydney Olympic FC.
[edit] Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney Olympic FC was Clint Bolton's second club and he spent a total of three seasons at the club making 95 appearances for the club making a total of 32 clean sheets. In the 2001/02 National Soccer League competition, Sydney Olympic FC won the NSL title. The club also made it to the NSL final in the 2002/03 season, but were defeated by Perth Glory in the final. After three seasons at the club, Bolton signed for the Parramatta Power.
[edit] Parramatta Power
Parramatta signed Bolton in 2003 after Bolton had spent the previous three seasons at Sydney Olympic FC. He played one season for the club making a total of 27 appearances and keeping 0 clean sheets. In the final National Soccer League competition in 2003/04, Parramatta made it to the NSL Grand Final against the Perth Glory. The winner would be the final winner of the National Soccer League competition which had been running since 1977. Clint Bolton was making his 300th NSL appearance and it was to be his last. The Parramatta Power lost the game in extra-time 1-0 to Perth Glory in the final game of the season and the final game of the NSL competition. After the NSL competition had folded, Bolton was looking for another club to keep his match practice and fitness. He opted to sign for firstly Fraser Park where he made 10 appearances and afterwards he signed for APIA Leichhardt. He then went on to sign for Sydney FC for the inaugural A-League season.
[edit] Sydney FC
Clint Bolton signed for Sydney FC from APIA Leichhardt for the inaugural A-League season. He made his Sydney FC league debut against the Melbourne Victory on the 28th August, 2005. He helped his side to the inaugural Hyundai A-League Grand Final against the Central Coast Mariners in which Sydney FC won by one goal to nil. Throughout the season he made 24 appearances in the league for Sydney FC making 5 clean sheets. He was voted as Sydney FC player of the year for the 2005-06 season ahead of the other nominees Dwight Yorke, Alvin Ceccoli and David Carney. On receiving the honour Bolton stated "It is always an honour to win an award like this, especially when it is voted on by your team mates. It has been a great year for Sydney FC, winning the Championships and doing well at the Club World Championships, and to receive this award is very flattering. We have all worked incredibly hard over the last 13 months since we started training and to be singled out amongst the players we have is special." On 1 January, 2007 he achieved a record 5 consecutive clean sheets, beating Central Coast Stopper Danny Vukovic's record of 4.
[edit] Australian national team
Clint Bolton played in the under 20's 1995 World Youth Cup Finals in Qatar. He also represented Australia in the 1996 Olympic Games qualifiers. He made his senior international debut against Paraguay in 2000 and has since represented Australian national team on two other occasions against Tonga and Fiji in 2001 making clean sheets in all three international appearances.
In 2006, Bolton was recalled to the side after 20 appearances on the bench over the years in the second-string Australian lineup for an Asian Cup Qualifier against Kuwait. He kept a clean sheet and helped Australia to a 2-0 win.
[edit] External links
| Sydney FC - Current Squad |
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1 Bolton | 2 Fyfe | 3 Tsattalios | 4 Rudan | 5 Spencer | 6 Talay | 7 Middleby | 8 Zadkovich | 9 Zdrilić | 10 Corica | 11 Topor-Stanley | 12 Carney | 14 Brosque | 15 McFlynn | 16 Milligan | 17 Timpano | 18 Casey | 19 Glavas | 20 Bouzanis | 23 Pasfield | Coach Čulina |
