Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jason Kato Geria [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 May 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Weston Creek SC | |||
Woden Valley | |||
2009–2011 | AIS | ||
2011–2012 | Brisbane Roar | ||
2012–2013 | Melbourne Victory | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2018 | Melbourne Victory | 107 | (0) |
2018–2020 | JEF United Chiba | 57 | (2) |
2021 | Perth Glory | 13 | (0) |
2021– | Melbourne Victory | 51 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Australia U20 | 20 | (3) |
2014–2015 | Australia U23 | 8 | (0) |
2016 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2016 |
Jason Kato Geria (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for A-League club Melbourne Victory, and the Australia national team.
Born in Canberra, Geria played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport and Brisbane Roar youth before joining Melbourne Victory in 2012, where he made his professional debut and played for five years. He then joined Japanese club JEF United Chiba in 2018.
Geria was born in Canberra to Ugandan parents. [3]
Geria's first youth club was Weston Creek SC in Canberra. [4] He also played in Woden Valley's youth sides. [5] Geria was a member of the Australian Institute of Sport football program before joining Brisbane Roar's youth team in 2011. [6] He eventually became captain of the side in the National Youth League. [7]
On 29 November 2012, Geria was signed for Melbourne Victory by ex-Roar coach Ange Postecoglou. [8] Despite often missing A-League games due to national youth team commitments, Geria became a regular first team player and was awarded the number 2 shirt, although it took him almost three years to score his first senior goal for the club, against Hume City in the 2015 FFA Cup Semi Final on 28 October 2015. [9]
In March 2018, Geria left Melbourne Victory and transferred to J2 League club JEF United Chiba for a $800,000 transfer fee. [10]
In March 2021, 3 months after leaving JEF United Chiba, Geria returned to Australia, joining A-League club Perth Glory on a contract for the remainder of the 2020–21 A-League season. [11] In June 2021, he left Perth Glory at the conclusion of his contract. [12]
In July 2021, Geria re-joined Melbourne Victory, ahead of the 2021–22 A-League season. [13]
Geria played for Australia numerous times at youth level, including participating in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Geria was first called up to the Socceroos by Ange Postecoglou (with whom he had played for at club level) in March 2016 for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches that month against Tajikistan and Jordan, but he didn't play any match. [14]
He was called up for the Socceroos for two home friendlies against Greece in June 2016, and started in the first match. [15] As he only represented Australia in friendlies, he is still eligible to represent Uganda.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Melbourne Victory | 2012–13 | A-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2013–14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 107 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 135 | 1 | ||
JEF United Chiba | 2018 | J2 League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
2019 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
2020 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
Total | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | ||
Perth Glory | 2020–21 | A-League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Melbourne Victory | 2021–22 | A-League Men | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
2022–23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 2 | ||
Total | 228 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 261 | 5 |
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