Mark Bridge

Bridge at its launch at Sydney FC (2008)

Mark Bridge ( born November 7, 1985 in Sydney ) is an Australian football player. The striker is since 2012 the A- League club Western Sydney Wanderers under contract.

Club career

Bridge began his active career in 2003 in the National Soccer League in Parramatta Power. By setting the league at the end of the season, also made his club playing mode and Bridge the Parramatta Eagles, the Premier League played in the New South Wales joined to. With the establishment of the professional league A-League in 2005 Bridge received an offer from the Newcastle United Jets and took this also. After initial difficulties in his first season, he succeeded in his second season with the Jets eight goals and was elected by his fellow players as " Player of the Year."

2007/ 08 reached Bridge with his club the final of the A-League championship. Bridge succeeded in the final against the master of the regular season, the Central Coast Mariners, the only goal of the game and made thus for the first title of the jets.

His end of the season expiring contract did not extend Bridge and how his teammate Stuart Musialik joined the Sydney FC.

For the 2012/13 season, he joined the newly founded club Western Sydney Wanderers. In October 2012, he scored the first competitive goal in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers in a 1-0 win over Brisbane Roar.

National

Mark Bridge missed because of an ankle injury, the Junior World Championships 2005 in Australia without their top scorer only get two goals in three games. With the Olympic team of Australia, the so-called Olyroos to Bridge qualified for the Olympic football tournament in China in 2008, for which he was nominated by coach Graham Arnold in July 2008.

In the Australian national team Bridge made ​​his debut in a friendly against Singapore in March 2008.

Achievements

• Australian champion: 2007/ 08, 2009/10