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| Full name | Simon Colosimo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (age 47) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne,Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Carlton SC | 50 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | South Melbourne | 18 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Manchester City | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Royal Antwerp | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Perth Glory | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Parramatta Power | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Pahang FA | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Perth Glory | 50 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | →Sivasspor (loan) | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Sydney FC | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Melbourne Heart | 63 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Dempo | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Werribee City | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Dandenong Thunder | 48 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Whittlesea Ranges | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Bulleen Lions | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 415 | (37) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Australia U-20 | 16 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Australia U-23 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2010 | Australia | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 September 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Colosimo (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian formersoccer player who played as acentre back anddefensive midfielder.
He spent two years playing inEurope with spells in thePremier League withManchester City and in theBelgian First Division forRoyal Antwerp. Aside a spells withPahang FA in 2004 andSivasspor in 2007, the rest of his career was spent in his nativeAustralia notably in theA-League withSouth Melbourne,Perth Glory,Parramatta Power andSydney FC. He also played forCarlton SC,Melbourne Heart,Dempo,Goulburn Valley Suns,Werribee City,Dandenong Thunder,Whittlesea Ranges,Bulleen Lions. He was capped 26 times byAustralia, scoring 3 goals.
Colosimo completed theAustralian Institute of Sport football program in 1997 and signed with newNational Soccer League clubCarlton for their inaugural year. Interest had been shown fromBayern Munich andPanathinaikos to sign Colosimo, but a knee injury sustained in a horror tackle byAndy Cole while onSocceroos duty kept him out of the game for most of the 1999/00 season, but made his return on 14 March 2000 to score againstSouth Melbourne, who would eventually acquire the midfielder after the demise of the Carlton club.
After a year at Souths, he sought a move to Europe and joined English sideManchester City for a season followed by a move toBelgium withRoyal Antwerp. Unable to settle, he returned toAustralia in 2002 to joinPerth Glory in the NSL for a season, then moved toParramatta Power until the demise of the league in 2004.
Along with a number of Australian players he made a move into Asia in the newly restructuredMalaysia Super League atPahang FA, helping them win the2004 championship.
He was enticed back to Australia with the relaunch of theA-League returning toPerth Glory signing a three-year deal. Colosimo received MVP for Perth Glory for the 2006–07 season.
Colosimo joinedTurkish clubSivasspor on a four-month loan during theA-League off-season, and returned toPerth Glory for the start of the2007–08 A-League season,[1] and was handed the Perth Glory captaincy.[2]
With his contract at Glory at an end, Colosimo was linked with a move toSydney FC in 2008, receiving a hostile reception from Perth supporters[3] who let him know he was no longer welcome and was dropped from the starting side for some final matches.[4] Unable to reach a contract agreement, Perth released him from the club on 22 January 2008.[5]
It was announced by Sydney FC that Colosimo had signed a two-year deal, and he joined the club from the start of the2008–09 season.[6] Colosimo became a standout performer as a centreback, with consistent performances impressing through the new 2009–10 season. On 31 March 2010, the defender switched clubs toMelbourne Heart, along with his teammatesClint Bolton andJohn Aloisi.[7] He became the captain of the new club and scored one goal in their debut season, an important equaliser against Adelaide in the final minutes of the game, which Heart triumphed 2–1 in stoppage time.
As a result of the Heart finishing second-to-last on the A-League ladder, their worst finish in an A-League season, Colosimo, along with teammatesClint Bolton,Matt Thompson andFred, were released by the Heart at the conclusion of the2012–13 A-League season.[8]
Colosimo first entered the Australian national selection framework atUnder-20 level in 1997 while at the AIS. This led quickly to anational team debut in 1998 againstFiji at just 19 years of age. He remained in the national focus, selected as part of the squad at the1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Later that year he was called up by thenSocceroo managerRaul Blanco to make an appearance in the Socceroo's friendly againstManchester United on 18 July at theMCG. What started as a spirited game finished in horror for Simon, asAndy Cole lunged into a tackle with his leg raised and studs showing, felling the Australian midfielder in full-flight.[9] Simon was stretchered off in pain by stewards, and was diagnosed with having sustained tears to hisanterior cruciate andmedial ligaments, needing a completeknee reconstruction. He underwent surgery soon after, which included his anterior cruciate being replaced with a piece of his hamstring tendon. A rehabilitation process began, in which Simon would not kick a ball for six months. There was talk at the time of impending legal action against Cole byCarlton's General Manager Lou Sticca,[10] though no formal proceedings were ever entered into.
Following his recovery, he was selected for the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, and was part of the national team squad for the2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Colosimo was selected in matches leading up to the2007 AFC Asian Cup, but was not included in the squad for the final tournament although he was named as a standby reserve.
Colosimo is of Italian descent,[11] and has a wife named Bianca, with whom he has two children. Simon attended St Monica’s College in Epping up until year 10 as he then moved to the AIS in Canberra for a scholarship[12] His younger brother Anthony Colosimo played in the youth ofMelbourne Knights FC[13] and withBulleen Lions.[14]
| Australia national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 3 |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 11 April 2001 | Coffs Harbour International Stadium,Coffs Harbour,Australia |  American Samoa | 18–0 | 31–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 27–0 | |||||
| 3 | 9 June 2005 | Craven Cottage,London,England |  New Zealand | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
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