Brad Porter

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Personal information
Brad Porter
Full name	Bradley Porter
Date of birth	February 19, 1987 (1987-02-19) (age 21)
Place of birth	Gosford, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right Back, Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	5
Youth clubs
1996-2004 2004-2005	Kanwal Warnervale Killarney District Wyong AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-present	Central Coast Mariners	12 (0)
National team²
2006	Australia U-20	07 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Bradley "Brad" Porter (born February 19, 1987 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia) is an football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners.

1 Club career
2 Trivia
3 Honours
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Porter first came to the Mariners late in the 2005-06 A-League season for a four-week stay as cover for the crippling injury toll that the Mariners experienced, but unfortunately suffered a season-ending injury himself just days prior to debuting for his hometown club.

Signed again for the 2006-07 campaign, the youngster did not get more than a handful of substitute appearances in the first 2/3rds of the season as the Mariners defense was having another great year. However, as the season wound down, the Mariners lost key players at crucial times and scorers lost form. Brad received several starts at the latter end of the season, against quality opposition such as Melbourne Victory FC and Adelaide United FC, because of this and impressed many of the other players with his versatility, strength and skill. For the 2007-08 A-league season, Mariners' coach Lawrie McKinna has made it very clear the Mariners will be holding on to this quality talent, and that he will be a major part of the campaign, hopefully filling the place vacated by Noel Spencer.

On 14 October 2007 Porter was sent off after receiving a red card for a horrific sliding tackle that left the opposition coach "shaking his head in disbelief." ^[1]

Porter has also recently played with the Mariners feeder club and NSW Super League side Central Coast Lightning.