Bruce Djite
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| Bruce Djite | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruce José Djite | |
| Date of birth | March 25, 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Washington, DC, USA | |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Gençlerbirligi | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1994-2000 2003 2005 2005-2006 2006 |
Lindfield Soccer Club Ku-Ring Gai Association Northern Spirit NSWIS Marconi Stallions AIS |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006-2008 2008- |
Adelaide United Gençlerbirligi |
19 (6) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006 2007-present 2008-present |
 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia |
13 (5) 12 (2) 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Bruce Djite (born March 25, 1987 in Washington, DC, USA) is an Australian football striker who currently plays for Gençlerbirligi in the Turkcell Super League.
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[edit] Club career
Djite was born in the U.S. and moved to Sydney with his parents when he was three years old. His father, an associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, is from Côte d'Ivoire and his mother is from Togo. Whilst in Sydney he earnt his nickname "The Panther".
"The Panther" trained at the NSW Institute of Sport in Sydney and played for the Marconi Stallions in the NSW State League in 2005. He attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra on a football scholarship
In November 2006, he unsuccessfully trialled for two weeks at SV Werder Bremen. Upon his return to Australia, he was signed by Adelaide United for the remainder of the 2006/7 season. Djite scored his first goal for Adelaide United in a competitive fixture on 11 April 2007 against Korean champions Seongnam Ilhwa, deftly controlling the ball in the penalty box to volley it into the back of the net. He scored his first goal in the Hyundai A-league for Adelaide United against Queensland Roar in a 2-2 draw on the 25 of August 2007 at Suncorp Stadium
Djite re-signed with Adelaide the same day his fellow Australian Under 23 team mate Kristian Sarkies signed with the club.
On 15 May 2008, it was reported that Djite had been released from his contract with Adelaide United to sign for an unnamed European club. On 21 May 2008 Djite agreed to a three year deal with Turkcell Super League club Gençlerbirligi for the next season.[1]
[edit] International career
"The Panther" chose to play for Australia although he would also have been eligible for the U.S., Côte d'Ivoire and Togo.
He was a star striker for the Young Socceroos during their 2006 tour of South America and was also chosen in the Australian Under-20 squad to compete at the 2006 AFC Youth Championships, in India.
Three days before his 21st birthday, on the 22nd of March, 2008, Djite received his first international cap for the Australian national team, the Socceroos, against Singapore, courtesy of national coach Pim Verbeek.[2] He was subsituted on at half-time and his best chance came when he rounded the Singapore keeper but failed to put it past him, the ball going out for a corner. His first cap in a competitive match was when he came on as a substitute for Harry Kewell in the World Cup Qualifier against Iraq on the 1st June 2008
[edit] A-League career statistics
(Correct as of 26 January 2008)
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Adelaide United | 2006–07 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007–08 | 12 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| Total | 24 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||
[edit] Honours
Personal Honours:
[edit] References
- ^ "Djite'den 3 yıllık imza", Gençlerbirligi. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. (Turkish)
- ^ "Football Federation Australia - Player Profile", www.footballaustralia.com.au.
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