Michael Turnbull (footballer)

Michael Turnbull

Michael Turnbull training for Melbourne Victory in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-03-24) 24 March 1981
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988–1994	Loganholme
1994–1997	Rochedale
1997–1999	A.I.S.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2004	Marconi Stallions	106	(0)
2004–2005	Standard Liège	0	(0)
2006	Kingston City	11	(0)
2006–2007	New Zealand Knights	6	(0)
2007	Oakleigh Cannons	19	(0)
2008	Sydney United	0	(0)
2008	Wollongong FC	5	(0)
2009	Sydney Olympic	3	(0)
2014–2015	Brisbane Strikers	11	(0)
2015	Melbourne Victory	0	(0)
Total		161	(0)
National team
1999–2001	Australia U20	10	(0)
2004	Australia U23	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Michael Turnbull (born 24 March 1981) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. Turnbull was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and played in two FIFA World Youth Championships.

Club career

Turnbull played with Marconi Stallions in the National Soccer League between 1997 and 2004.^[1]

In 2000, he briefly trained with AS Roma, however was never signed by the Italian club.^[2]

After leaving Marconi, Turnbull signed with Belgian team Standard Liège, however he was unable to break into the first team.

After leaving Belgium he signed with Bristol City for three years in England but had to return to Australia due to work visa issues.^[3]

In March 2006 Turnbull was signed by A-League team New Zealand Knights.^[4] He left at the end of the 2006–07 season after playing six matches for the Auckland team.

He later played for the Brisbane Strikers in NPL Queensland and in the FFA Cup.

On 24 April 2015, Melbourne Victory announced that they had signed Michael Turnbull leading into the A-League finals series.^[5] His stint ended without playing a game after the Victory went on to win the league's Premiership and Championship.

International career

Turnbull played three matches for Australia U20 at the 1999 and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championships. At the 1999 tournament he played one match, a 4–0 loss against Ireland. At the 2001 tournament he played two games, a 2-0 win over Japan and a 3-0 loss to Czech Republic.^[6]

Turnbull was a member of the Australian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he was an unused substitute in Australia's three games.^{[7][8][9][10]}

After football

Turnbull featured as one of the bachelors on Network Ten's The Bachelorette Australia in 2015. He made it to the final two to compete for the love of Sam Frost.^[11] He lost to Sasha in the finale.

He was criticised early in the show for discussing his soccer career and claiming that he had played for Australia national soccer team.^[12][13][14]

Since retiring as a footballer, Michael has worked in real estate.^[11]

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Wollongong FC

• NSW Premier League Championship: 2008^[15]

Brisbane Strikers

• Canale Cup: 2014^[16]

Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory

• A-League Championship: 2014–15^[17]
• A-League Premiership: 2014–15^[18]

International

Australia

• OFC U-20 Championship: 2001^[19]

See also

• List of New Zealand Knights FC players

References

External links

• Michael Turnbull at Soccerway
• Michael Turnbull – FIFA competition record