Macklin Freke

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Macklin Freke
Personal information
Full name Macklin Lewis Freke
Date of birth (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia [1]
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Brisbane Roar
Number 1
Youth career
Brisbane City
Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022 Brisbane Roar NPL 46 (0)
2019– Brisbane Roar 61 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2024

Macklin Freke (born 6 January 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Brisbane Roar. [2]

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Career

Early life

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Freke grew up playing cricket until stress fractures as a teenager resulted in him giving the game away, and taking up association football as a goalkeeper. [1]

Brisbane Roar

Freke played state and NPL football for Brisbane City, before joining the Brisbane Roar's academy program. Signing a scholarship contract for the 2019-20 A-League [3] Freke would make his debut for the senior men's side in the Round 21 fixture against Newcastle Jets. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2024 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] AsiaOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brisbane Roar NPL 2019 NPL Queensland 130130
20206060
20213030
Total220220
Brisbane Roar 2020–21 A-League 2020
2021–22 13030160
2022–23 404080
2023–24 26050310
Total450120570
Career total6701200000790

Notes

  1. Includes the FFA Cup

References

  1. 1 2 Davidson, John (30 January 2021). "How cricket injury turned Freke to football and path to A-League". SBS Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. "Macklin Freke". 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. Jackson, Ed (15 January 2021). "Roar suffer keeper injury setback". Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. Monteverde, Marco (19 January 2021). "A-League: Macklin Freke to make top-flight debut for Brisbane Roar". News.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. Macklin Freke Archived 31 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine at Soccerway