Michael Neill

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Michael Neill
Personal information
Full name Michael Neill
Date of birth (1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Sydney Olympic
Youth career
0000–2012 Sutherland Sharks
2012–2013 Central Coast Mariners
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Central Coast Mariners 46 (1)
2017 Sydney United 7 (0)
2018–2020 Rockdale City Suns 44 (1)
2020 Newcastle Jets 0 (0)
2020–2021 Rockdale Ilinden 26 (4)
2022 Sutherland Sharks 15 (0)
2023– Sydney Olympic 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2023

Michael Neill (born 4 July 1994) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Sydney Olympic in the NPL NSW.

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Neill was born in Sydney and played youth football with Sutherland Sharks and Central Coast Mariners Youth before making his professional debut with the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets in the A-League.

Early life

Neill was born in Sydney. [1]

Club career

Youth

Neill played in the youth systems of English club Portsmouth and Sutherland Sharks before joining the Central Coast Mariners team in the National Youth League. [2]

Central Coast Mariners

After joining the Mariners youth team for the 2012–13 National Youth League, Neill's performances earned him a two-year contract with the senior side. [3] He missed most of the 2013–14 season with injury. [2] In October 2014, Neill made his competitive debut for the Mariners, playing a full match in a 5–0 win over Palm Beach in the FFA Cup. [4] He made his A-League debut for the club in a loss to Perth Glory in November 2014. [5] Late in 2014, Neill suffered an injury which saw him ruled out for the remainder of the 2014–15 season. In February 2015 Neill signed an extension with the Mariners until mid-2017. [6]

Neill netted his maiden A-League goal in a win over Wellington Phoenix on New Year's Eve in 2015. [7]

Sydney United

Neill left Central Coast Mariners in June 2017, joining National Premier Leagues NSW side Sydney United. [8]

Rockdale City Suns

Neill left Sydney United at the end of 2017 season, joining National Premier Leagues NSW side for Rockdale City Suns FC in 2018 NSW NPL season.

Newcastle Jets

In July 2020, Newcastle Jets announced that they had signed Neill for the remainder of the 2019–20 A-League season, following the season's resumption from delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [9]

Career statistics

As of 26 June 2017 [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Central Coast Mariners 2013–14 A-League 00000000
2014–15 80100090
2015–16 2111000220
2016–17 1701000180
Mariners total4613000491
Sydney United 2017 National Premier Leagues NSW 70200090
United 58 total70200090
Rockdale City Suns
2018 National Premier Leagues NSW 2212000241
2019 1901000200
2020 30000030
Suns total4413000471
Newcastle Jets 2019–20 A-League 00000000
Career total97260001032

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Neill". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Michael Neill". Central Coast Mariners . Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Morton & Neill rewarded with two-year contracts". Football Federation Australia. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Palm Beach Sharks 0 Central Coast Mariners 5: Sim bags four". FFA Cup. 14 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Glory shoots down Mariners to take top spot". The World Game. 9 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Poscoliero and Neill extend their stay with Mariners". Central Coast Mariners FC. 3 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Kemp, Emma (31 December 2015). "Roy O'Donovan headbutt sours Central Coast Mariners' victory over Wellington Phoenix". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Michael Neill snapped up by Sydney United 58". National Premier Leagues NSW. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "A-League: Neill and Mauragis boost squad". Newcastle Jets FC . 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Michael Neill". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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