Shaun Ontong

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Personal information
Shaun Ontong
Full name	Shaun Paul Ontong
Date of birth	March 25, 1987 (1987-03-25) (age 21)
Place of birth	Canberra, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Newcastle Jets
Youth clubs
2001 2004 2006	Belwest Belconnen United ACTAS AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007-2008 2008-present	Adelaide United Newcastle Jets	9 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
2006	Australia U-20
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Shaun Ontong (born March 25, 1987 in Canberra) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Newcastle Jets in the A-League.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 A-League career statistics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

Shaun grew up in Canberra playing junior football for local clubs Belwest Foxes and later Belconnen United,^[1] and watching the Canberra teams such as the Canberra Cosmos playing in the NSL. In 2006 he was awarded a place in the AIS football program.^[2]

In late 2006, he trialled with German club 1. FC Nürnberg,^[3] but suffered a groin injury during the trial and returned to Australia.^[4] He spent time briefly with Melbourne Victory before heading back to Europe, trialling first with FC Sion and later in Slovenia with NK Maribor and Bela Krajina, but his recurrent injury forced another return home. In June 2007, he signed with Adelaide United on a one-year contract as one of the clubs three required youth players.^[5]

He made quite an impression early in the season, and numerous injuries to first team players enabled him to break into the squad. In particular a game against Newcastle, playing the last 40 minutes, he was ruthless and disciplined, providing cover on the left side of defense for an out-of-sorts Pantelis. Several strong and rough challenges, as well as a distinctive hair-cut, singled him out to the fans. He has been labelled as "the new Kev", in reference to the infamous Australian tough-man Kevin Muscat.

Ontong signed for the Newcastle Jets in April 2008, agreeing to a 2 year contract.^[6]