Matthew Jurman

Matthew Jurman ( born December 8, 1989 in Wollongong ) is an Australian football player.

Career

Jurman attended the 2007 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS ) and signed in September 2007, a short-term contract with Sydney FC, ​​as some players of the club with the national team were on the road. After expiry of the contract, he returned to the AIS. He then played for Sydney Olympic in the New South Wales Premier League, before he signed a contract with Sydney FC as a youth player for the newly created National Youth League in the summer of 2008. Although primarily intended for the youth team with which he won the championship in the first season, he graduated from in the season 2008 /09 a total of six missions for the first team in the A-League. Jurman is mainly mobilized as a left or central defender.

Jurman 2008 belonged to the levy of the Australian U -20 team at the U- 19 Asian Cup. Upon reaching the semi-finals Jurman came two appearances for the Young Socceroos and thus managed to qualify for the Junior World Championships in 2009 in Egypt. At the World Cup finals Jurman was also part of the squad and came at Vorrundenaus two appearances.