Patrick Zwaanswijk
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patricius Josef Zwaanswijk | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2004 | FC Utrecht | 159 | (18) |
| 2004–2005 | Oita Trinita | 20 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | NAC Breda | 157 | (10) |
| 2010–2013 | Central Coast Mariners | 87 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013–2014 | Central Coast Mariners | ||
| 2014– | Central Coast Mariners Youth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Patrick Zwaanswijk (born 17 January 1975) is a former Dutch footballer and former youth coach for Central Coast Mariners.Now Center Back for Central Coast League Club Southern & Ettalong United [1]
Club career
Zwaanswijk played for 11 seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie including 5 years with NAC Breda.
On 8 July 2010,[2] Zwaanswijk signed with Australian A-League side, the Central Coast Mariners.[3] Zwaanswijk scored his first goal for the club on 2 October 2010. An injury time winner in the Mariners 3-2 win against the North Queensland Fury. He has helped mentor players at the Central Coast Mariners to improve their game. In the 2012/13 A League season he won the grand final with the club. He scored the first goal in a 2-0 victory. He become the oldest A League player to win the grand final at the age of 38.
Having hinted at his plans to embark on a career in coaching when his playing days were over,[4] on May 10 he announced his intention to retire from professional football following the club's 2013 AFC Champions League round of 16 tie against Guangzhou Evergrande.[5]
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Netherlands | League | |||
| 1998/99 | FC Utrecht | Eredivisie | 11 | 1 |
| 1999/00 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2000/01 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2001/02 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 2002/03 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2003/04 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Japan | League | |||
| 2004 | Oita Trinita | J. League 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Netherlands | League | |||
| 2005/06 | NAC Breda | Eredivisie | 31 | 1 |
| 2006/07 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2007/08 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2008/09 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2009/10 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Australia | League | |||
| 2010/11 | Central Coast Mariners | A-League | 33 | 3 |
| 2011/12 | 29 | 7 | ||
| 2012/13 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Country | Netherlands | 316 | 28 | |
| Japan | 20 | 0 | ||
| Australia | 87 | 11 | ||
| Total | 423 | 39 | ||
Honours
With FC Utrecht:
KNVB Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04
With Central Coast Mariners:
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A-League Champions: 2012-2013 - A-League Premiership: 2011-2012
References
- ↑ Central Coast Mariners Profile - Patrick Zwaanswijk
- ↑ Central Coast Express Advocate - "Dutchman to defend like a dam"
- ↑ Central Coast Mariners - "Dutch delight for Mariners defence"
- ↑ "Patrick's Zwaan song". Football Feberation Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ↑ "Zwaanswijk to retire a champion". The World Game.
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