Connor Chapman

Connor Edward Chapman ( born October 31, 1994, Sydney ) is an Australian football player who plays as a central defender for Newcastle United Jets in the Australian A- League.

Career

Childhood and youth

Chapman grew up in southern Western Sydney and joined his first football team at the age of five years. The age of ten he entered successfully in the football program of Westfields Sports High School; he also started playing for the selection of the Southern District. At the age of eleven he took part in Darwin with the New South Wales Primary Schools at the Australian School Sports Football carnival. Two years later, he represented New South Wales Football with the Football Federation Australia National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour.

As a 14 -year-old Connor Chapman was invited for the first time in a training camp of an Australian national football team, where he was employed in two friendly matches against Japan. In the same year he received a scholarship from the Academy of Central Coast Mariners, since it is connected to the Westfields Sports High School. In addition, he was invited to a training camp of Sunderland AFC reserve and academy. After testing him a place at the Academy of Sunderland AFC was offered, the transfer came but was not entitled due to visa regulations.

At the age of 15 years and two months he left home, he received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport ( AIS) in Canberra. In the time in which he played for the AIS, he ran in 32 games in the A-League National Youth League on ( in 23 as captain ).

Association

Connor Chapman changed on 15 January 2012 on the Newcastle United Jets after he signed a contract for two and a half years. On 18 February 2012, he made ​​his professional debut when he came on in the 79th minute against Perth Glory. He was a second time, on as a substitute in the last game of the season against Sydney FC.

In the following season he made the breakthrough in the first team when he played a total of 15 games of 27 games and has also been changed twice. Some of the other games he missed, because he played a few games for the Australian U -20.

In July 2013 Connor Chapman was unexpectedly invited for the A-League All Stars Game, 2013, at the 20 A- League players against Manchester United competed in Sydney at ANZ Stadium. Connor was the youngest player in this game, in which he was substituted by coach Ange Postecoglou after 83 minutes.

National

Connor played for the U-17 national team; besides, he was the captain of the Australian team at the U-16 Asia Cup 2010 in Uzbekistan and in the U -17 World Cup 2011 in Mexico. At this tournament he was selected as one of two outstanding Australian players excellent.

He also represented Australia at U-20 level, which is unbeaten for the U -19 Asian Cup 2012 qualifying in Malaysia. In addition, he also came in qualifying for the U -22 Asian Cup 2013 for use where he qualified for the finals. In addition, he was also part of the team which failed to qualify by reaching the semi-finals at the U- 19 Asian Cup 2012 for the U- 20 World Cup 2013.

In June 2013 he received a nomination for the U- 20 World Cup 2013. Australia retired the last of the Group C. Despite the poor results, it was widely acknowledged that the team played a beautiful football. In addition, Connor was honored as one of the outstanding players of the Australian team.