Adam D'Apuzzo

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Adam D'Apuzzo
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D'Apuzzo playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013
Personal information
Full name Adam Leonard D'Apuzzo
Date of birth (1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left Back / Central Midfielder
Youth career
St George Saints
Sydney Olympic
NSWIS
Marconi Stallions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Marconi Stallions 26 (2)
2006–2011 Newcastle Jets 102 (0)
2011–2012 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 26 (0)
2012–2014 Western Sydney Wanderers 48 (0)
2015 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 4 (0)
Total206(2)
International career‡
2007–2008 Australia U23 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2010

Adam Leonard D'Apuzzo (born 20 October 1986) is a retired Australian association football player who played as a left-back. He retired from professional football following his release from Western Sydney Wanderers. [1]

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Biography

He has previously played for the Marconi Stallions in the NSW Premier League competition. D'Apuzzo's brother is former Central Coast Mariners midfielder David D'Apuzzo. D'Apuzzo attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia with his brother and former Sydney FC striker Ben Vidaic. He was the captain of the football team. D'Apuzzo also studies commerce, majoring in finance and accounting, at the University of NSW. [2]

Newcastle Jets

He signed a contract with the Newcastle Jets in 2006. He made his debut for the first team squad on 1 September 2006 against the Queensland Roar at Energy Australia Stadium. In his first season, he played 11 games and scored 1 goal. He became a regular at left back. On 18 February 2011 it was announced that he would leave the club and return to his home town of Sydney. [3] He played over 102 games for the Jets over 5 years with the club. He trialed with Sydney FC on his return to Sydney. [4]

APIA Leichhardt

On 20 June 2011, it was announced that he had signed for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League until the remainder of the 2011 season. [5]

Western Sydney Wanderers

D'Apuzzo had effectively retired from professional football, deciding to concentrate on his accounting career, when Tony Popovic offered D'Apuzzo a contract with the newly formed Western Sydney Wanderers. D'Apuzzo earned the starting left fullback position and established himself in the starting 11.

In 2014, he left the Wanderers after not agreeing to terms in a new contractual offer made by the Wanderers in December 2014. Within his two seasons at the club, he made a total of 49 appearances. [6]

A-League career statistics

As of 16 September 2014
ClubSeasonLeagueCupAsia1Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle Jets 2006–07 10060––160
2007–08 19050––240
2008–09 2003060290
2009–10 270––––270
2010–11 260––––260
Total1020140601220
Western Sydney Wanderers 2012–13 230––––230
2013–14 250––10260
Total480––10490
Career total1500140701710

1 - AFC Champions League statistics are included in season ending during group stages (i.e. ACL 2009 and A-League season 2008–2009 etc.)

Honours

With Newcastle Jets:

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References

  1. ↑ "Wanderers defender d'Apuzzo retires".
  2. ↑ "Adam d'Apuzzo crunching the numbers". 9 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Gardiner, James (19 February 2011). "D'Apuzzo leaves Jets for Sydney". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "D'Apuzzo trials with Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Stavroulakis, Mark (20 June 2011). "Adam D'Apuzzo snapped up by Tigers". NSW Premier League. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Wanderers confirm string of player departures". Football Federation Australia. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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