Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bradley Anthony Tapp | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Central Coast Mariners | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Blacktown City | ||
2019–2023 | Central Coast Mariners | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2024 |
Bradley Tapp (born 16 January 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Central Coast Mariners.
Tapp began his footballing journey by playing his junior football at Baulkham Hills Kookaburras, before he was signed to the academy of National Premier Leagues NSW club Blacktown City. Tapp was part of Blacktown City's U18s team who were crowned champions of the NPL NSW U18s competition in 2019. [1]
Following his success with Blacktown City in the U18s, Tapp was scouted and signed by the Central Coast Mariners to join their academy set up. Tapp was named captain of the Mariners NPL first grade side for the 2022 season, [2] competing in the newly renamed NSW League One competition, the second tier in the National Premier Leagues NSW system. Under Tapp's captaincy, the team won the Premiership for finishing top of the table and achieved promotion to the top flight for the 2023 season. [3] Tapp also made his first team debut for the Central Coast Mariners in the 2022 Australia Cup, coming off the bench in a defeat on penalties to Sydney FC at Leichhardt Oval. [4]
Tapp suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the 2022 NSW League One Grand Final, ruling him out of the entire 2023 season in which he was supposed to captain the Mariners NPL side in the top flight of NSW football following their promotion.
In the 2023-24 A-League season, Tapp made his breakthrough into a full time member of the Mariners first team squad. Tapp made his return from his ACL injury in a 9–1 defeat of Filipino side, Stallion Laguna, in the 2023-24 AFC Cup, while making his A-League debut a few weeks later against Macarthur FC. On 29 December 2023, Tapp was upgraded to a full A-League contract, his first professional contract, after impressing for the club across the first half of the season. [5]
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