Zachary Anderson
Anderson wearing the jersey of Gold Coast United ( 2010)
Zachary Michael " Zac " Anderson ( born April 30, 1991, Ayr ) is an Australian football player.
Career
A native of North Queensland Anderson plays since the age of five football, first at the Sunshine Coast in Caloundra and Maroochydore, later Brisbane City. In 2008 he received a scholarship at the Queensland Academy of Sport ( QAS ), with which he took in the Queensland State League in 2008 and 2009. In August 2009 he was appointed to the Australian U -20 team, with whom he U-19 Championship traveled as part of the AFF to Vietnam to further nominations came, though not present.
In 2009 he followed the coach of the QAS, Mike Mulvey, for A- League club Gold Coast United after and received a place in the youth team, which took in the National Youth League. Mainly played Anderson in the first two years in the youth team with which he at center-back in 2010 and 2011 won the championship of the Youth League as a regular player. His first competitive match commitment to the professional team under coach Miron Bleiberg graduated from Anderson on November 20, 2009, when he was in the 1-1 draw against Adelaide United in the starting line-up and represented as a defensive midfielder Steve Pantelidis. A further use in the 2009/10 season was followed by two appearances in the season 2010/11. For the season 2011/12 Another young players increased for Anderson and a number of the potential for use after the idiosyncratic club Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer, his financial support significantly reduced and some well-known players left the club then. He was, among other things, in February 2012 of the recent team league history, as a 3-3 draw with the league leaders Central Coast Mariners succeeded. After Gold Coast United's owner has been deprived of his license during the current season and the season was completed under the direction of the Australian Association, this sparked the team to finish the season. From U -23 coach Aurelio Vidmar Anderson was appointed in March 2012 for the last game in the qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games for the first time in the Australian U-23 National Team, Australia had at that time but already no chance for the to qualify tournament. He played the 90 minutes in the match against Iraq (final score 0-0), the game served for Vidmar at the same time as the first test with regard to the newly created U -22 Asia Cup 2014.
Anderson took place in May 2012 in the A-League with the Central Coast Mariners a new club.
Achievements
- Australian champion: 2012/13