Brad Porter

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Brad Porter
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Porter playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2008
Personal information
Full name Bradley Stephen Porter
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Gosford, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Central Coast United
Youth career
Kanwal Warnervale
Killarney District SC
2004–2005 AIS /Table Tennis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2012 Central Coast Mariners 74 (0)
2007–2008 → Central Coast Lightning (loan) 9 (0)
2021– Central Coast United 2 (0)
International career‡
2006 Australia U-20 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Bradley Porter (born 19 February 1987) is a footballer, who currently plays for Central Coast United.

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Club career

Porter first came to the Mariners late in the 2005–06 A-League season for a four-week stay as cover for the crippling injury toll that the team experienced, but had a season-ending injury himself days prior to debuting.

Signed again for the 2006–07 campaign, the youngster did not get more than a handful of substitute appearances in the first 2/3 of the season as the Mariners defense was having another great year. However, as the season wound down, the Mariners lost key players at crucial times and scorers lost form. Brad received several starts at the latter end of the season, against quality opposition such as Melbourne Victory FC and Adelaide United FC, because of this and impressed many of the other players with his versatility, strength and skill. For the 2007–08 A-league season, Mariners' coach Lawrie McKinna made it clear the Mariners would hold onto this quality talent, and that he would be a major part of the campaign, hopefully filling the place vacated by Noel Spencer. In 2010/11, a serious knee injury kept Porter sidelined for the whole season.

On 14 October 2007 Porter was sent off after receiving a red card for a sliding tackle. [1] Porter played with the Mariners feeder club and NSW Super League side Central Coast Lightning. On 11 July 2012, Porter announced his retirement due to his inability to overcome long term injury problems. [2]

Post-football career

In 2013, Porter joined the coaching staff at the International Football School in Kariong, New South Wales [3] and took on a First Grade coaching role for Central Coast Premier League team Kanwal Warnervale Rovers [4]

Honours

With Central Coast Mariners:

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References

  1. ↑ Cockerill, Michael (15 October 2007). "Coast see red as Roar rule". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  2. ↑ "Porter's career cut short by injury : A League : The World Game on SBS". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Staff".
  4. ↑ "Brad Porter 2013 Mens Premier League Coach". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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