Mark Bridge

Personal information
Full name	Mark Robert Bridge
Date of birth	7 November 1985 (1985-11-07) (age 24)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Second Striker
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Number	19
Youth career
	Parramatta Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003-2004	Parramatta Power	5	(0)
2005-2008	Newcastle Jets	50	(13)
2008-	Sydney FC	34	(10)
2009	→ Tianjin Teda (loan)	2	(0)
National team‡
2004-2005	Australia U-20	9	(9)
2006-2008	Australia U-23	15	(3)
2008	Australia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Mark Bridge (born 7 November, 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for Australian A-League club Sydney FC.

[edit] Club career

Bridge joined Newcastle from Parramatta Power in 2005 during the inaugural A-League season. Although it took some time for Bridge to find his feet he was the Jets best player during his second season (2006/07) at the club scoring 8 goals during the season.

Although his third season with the Jets only yielded four goals, his last for the Jets was the most decisive, being the only goal in the 2007-08 A-League Grand Final.^[1]

As his contract had expired at the Jets, Bridge subsequently left the team and was unveiled as a Sydney FC player on 3 March 2008 alongside Simon Colosimo and John Aloisi.^[2]. He scored his first goal for Sydney in their 5-2 demolition of Perth at the SFS.

On February 11, 2009, Bridge arrived Kunming, Yunnan province, China, meet with Tianjin TEDA. He signed a four-month loan deal for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda FC during the offseason with Sydney FC.^[3] However, Tianjin's failure to qualify from the group stage of AFC Champions League meant that he had made the last appearance for the club and would return to Sydney FC at the end of May.

[edit] International career

Mark Bridge has played for the Australian U-20 Squad where he made 9 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is currently a member of Australia U-23 national team. He was also called up to Australia senior squad for their Asian Cup qualifiers, in a match against Kuwait on 16 August. He was hoping to be included in the Australia senior squad for the upcoming Asian Cup and games against Qatar, China and Iraq, but was not selected.

Bridge made his senior international debut against Singapore in a friendly match on March 2008.

Bridge was selected for the 2008 Australian Olympic squad.

[edit] Honours

With Newcastle Jets:

• A-League Championship: 2007-2008

Personal Honours:

• Newcastle Jets Player's Player of the Year: 2006-2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sydney FC profile
• FFA - Olyroo profile

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