Alex Brosque

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Alex Brosque

Full name	Alex Brosque
Date of birth	October 12, 1983 (1983-10-12) (age 24)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker, Left Winger
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Number	14
Youth clubs
2001	Smithfield RSL Fairfield Athletic Southern Districts AIS
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) 00 0(0) 16 0(2) 24 0(8) 38 (11)
National team²
2002–2003 2004 2004–	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	09 0(4) 04 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 17 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

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

1 Club career
- 1.1 Queensland Roar
- 1.2 Sydney FC
2 International career
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club 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.

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.

[edit] Queensland Roar

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.

[edit] Sydney FC

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 process.

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]

Brosque also scored 2 of the 5 goals scored by Sydney against LA Galaxy at Telstra Stadium in November 2007. At the end of the 2007/2008 season he became Sydney's highest goalscorer, with 11 goals (including the games against Los Angeles Galaxy) for the season.

After a disappointing first year at Sydney FC, Brosque has discovered some of his best form and was the leading goal scorer for Sydney FC with 8 in the regular season. He has scored two crucial braces against Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners which gained Sydney some valuable points during the season. His partnership with Juninho has been evident this season, with 5 of his goals coming from the Brazilian's killer passes. Due to his solid season he has been included in the national side for the upcoming world cup qualifier against Qatar.

[edit] International career

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.

[edit] Honours

With Australia:

OFC Nations Cup: 2004

Personal Honours:

A-League Golden Boot: 2005-2006 with Queensland Roar - 8 goals
Fox Sports Player of the Year: 2005-2006
Sydney FC Player's Player of the Year: 2007-2008
Queensland Roar Player's Player of the Year: 2005-2006
Queensland Roar Member's Player of the Year: 2005-2006
NSL Papasavas Medal (U-21): 2002-2003, 2003-2004

[edit] References

^ "Looking Ahead - Queensland Roar", December 20, 2005.
^ "Brosque confirms Sydney move", February 11, 2006.
^ "A-League Dud Team of the Year", January 22, 2007.

[edit] External links

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Awards
Preceded by Joseph Schirripa	NSL U21 Player of the Year 2002/03-2003/04	Succeeded by Nick Ward
Preceded by Ante Milicic	Hyundai A-League Golden Boot 2005/06	Succeeded by Danny Allsopp