Michael Thwaite

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Michael Thwaite
Personal information

Full name	Michael Errol Thwaite
Date of birth	(1983-05-02) 2 May 1983
Place of birth	Cairns, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre Back / Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Perth Glory
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002	Sydney University	17	(3)
2002–2004	Marconi Stallions	36	(0)
2004–2006	Naţional Bucureşti	34	(0)
2006–2008	Wisła Kraków	11	(0)
2008–2009	SK Brann	1	(0)
2008–2009	→ Melbourne Victory (loan)	16	(0)
2009–2012	Gold Coast United	82	(1)
2012–	Perth Glory	36	(2)
National team^‡
2002–2003	Australia U-20	8	(0)
2004	Australia U-23	3	(1)
2005–	Australia	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2013

Michael Errol Thwaite (born 2 May 1983) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Perth Glory.

Club career

His career began at Sydney University in the New South Wales Winter Super League. He then spent two seasons playing for Marconi Stallions (2002–2004) in the now defunct NSL, before heading to Romania. He was then signed to Wisła Kraków on a Bosman transfer from FC Naţional Bucureşti in Romania's Divizia A.

On 28 January 2008 he signed for SK Brann and was loaned to the Melbourne Victory on 19 June 2008.^[1] On 26 July 2008 he scored his first goal for the Victory in a pre-season cup game against Perth Glory, to guide the Victory to a 1-0 win in Perth.

On 5 January 2009 he was signed from Melbourne by Gold Coast United after successfully negotiating his transfer from Brann.^[2]^[3]

On 1 February 2011 he scored his first goal in his professional career for Gold Coast United against his former club Melbourne Victory at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania. The game finished 1-1.

Michael will play for Perth Glory for the 2012 - 2013 A-League season onwards after Gold Coast United folded at the end of the 2011-2012 A-League season.

International career

Thwaite lining up for Australia

Thwaite was part of the Australian under-20s team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the U.A.E. He was also involved with the 2004 Olympics qualifying team, but did not make the final squad for the tournament proper. He made his international debut on 9 October 2005 in a 5-0 win in a friendly match held in London against Jamaica. He was a squad member of the Australian national team in their historic World Cup qualifying tie against Uruguay, but did not play, as head coach Guus Hiddink preferred the more experienced Tony Popović and Tony Vidmar in the starting lineup.

Honours

With Melbourne Victory:

A-League Championship: 2008-2009
A-League Premiership: 2008-2009

Personal Honours:

Gold Coast United Player's Player of the Year: 2009-2010
Gold Coast United Member's Player of the Year: 2009-2010

References

External links

v t e Perth Glory FC – current squad

1 Vuković 2 Clisby 3 O'Neill 4 R. Edwards 5 Griffiths 6 C. Edwards 7 Burns 8 Marinković 9 Smeltz 10 Maclaren 11 Zahra 13 Dodd 14 McGarry 16 Sidnei 17 Harold 18 De Silva 19 Risdon 20 Duncan 21 Jamieson 22 Makeche 23 Thwaite 24 Davies 25 Woodcock 27 Evans 28 Šernas 36 Gallas Coach: Lowe^c

v t e Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Kisnorbo 4 Cahill 5 Čulina 6 Beauchamp 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 Viduka 10 Kewell 11 Thompson 12 Jones 13 Grella 14 Holman 15 Aloisi 16 Thwaite 17 Valeri 18 Petkovic 19 Carle 20 Carney 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach: Arnold

Persondata
Name	Thwaite, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Australian soccer player
Date of birth	2 May 1983
Place of birth	Cairns, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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