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| Full name | Scott Kenneth Chipperfield[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1975-12-30)30 December 1975 (age 49)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wollongong, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bellambi FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarrawanna Blueys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fernhill Foxes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | Wollongong Wolves | 131 | (50) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2012 | Basel | 269 | (69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Tarrawanna Blueys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | FC Aesch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Bellambi FC | 12 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2010 | Australia | 68 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | FC United Zürich (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | FC Luzern Frauen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Illawarra Stingrays | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Scott Kenneth Chipperfield (born 30 December 1975) is an Australian formersoccer player who played as amidfielder forWollongong Wolves,FC Basel, FC Aesch and theAustralia national soccer team. His2010 FIFA World Cup profile describes him "as a talented attacker with great physical ability and an eye for goal."[2] He is also known for his versatility in playing in both right and leftmidfield and as a left sideddefender.
Chipperfield was born to Kenneth and Dale Chipperfield inWollongong,New South Wales. He is of English descent and holds dual Australian-Swiss citizenship, having lived in Switzerland since signing forFC Basel in 2001. As a boy, Chipperfield supportedLiverpool. During his playing days at Wollongong he worked as a school bus driver part-time.[3] His son,Liam is also a professional footballer who plays for the Swiss clubBasel.[4]
Chipperfield began playing soccer at the age of six with Bellambi. In 1993, he started his senior career, winning the Illawarra First Division grand final with Tarrawanna in his only year at the club. He joined Fernhill in theIllawarra Premier League in 1994. After two seasons at Fernhill, Chipperfield joinedIllawarra Lions for one season in theNSW Super League.[5][6][7]
Chipperfield began his professional career atWollongong Wolves in 1996 and was a vital member of the team that won theNational Soccer League twice in a row, in 2000 and 2001, and theOceania Club Championship in 2001. He scored the winning goal in the final of theOceania Club Championship, as Wollongong Wolves defeatedTafea ofVanuatu 1–0. He twice won theJohnny Warren Medal for the most outstanding player in the Australian domestic season and gained interest from European clubs. He had an unsuccessful trial at English First Division sideBolton Wanderers in the winter of 2000.
In early June 2001, Perth Glory announced that Chipperfield would be joining them for the 2001–02 NSL season, however he signed for FC Basel before his Wollongong Wolves contract expired at the end of the month.[8][9]
In the summer of 2001 Chipperfield joinedSwiss Super League clubFC Basel. He helped Basel win theleague title (their first in 22 years) and theSwiss Cup in his first season in Switzerland. The following season, he was an important member of the team as Basel reached the Second Group Stage of the2002–03 UEFA Champions League, notching up wins againstMŠK Žilina,Celtic,Spartak Moscow,Deportivo de La Coruña andJuventus on the way. In 2003, he won his second gold medal in the Swiss Cup. In the2004 and2005 seasons he won his second and third League Championship titles with the club.
In the summer of 2006, Chipperfield was subject to an unsuccessful bid byCharlton Athletic to obtain his services, but Basel soon announced that he had signed a three-year contract extension. At the end of this season Chipperfield played in the Cup Final in theStade de Suisse and he received his third Cup Medal as Basel beatFC Luzern 1–0.
Chipperfield won the nationalDouble for the second time in 2008, it was his fourth Cup title and his fourthLeague title. As Basel qualified for theUEFA Champions League, after a six-year absence,in 2008, Chipperfield was one of only three survivors of the squad that competed in the competition in 2003, the other two beingIvan Ergić andBenjamin Huggel. On 13 September 2008, he came on as a substitute forOrhan Mustafi during Basel's 2–0 defeat of FC Luzern atSt. Jakob-Park, to make his 200th league appearance for Basel. He also scored the second goal of the match. In January 2009, he was set to sign forHertha BSC of theGerman Bundesliga, but the move fell through on the advice of medical staff.[10]
At the end of the2009–10 season and2009–10 Cup campaign Chipperfield achieved his third Double with the club. In April 2011 the club announced a further one-year contract extension.[11] To that date he had played 367 competition games for the club, scoring 83 goals. At the end of the2010–11 season Chipperfield won his sixth League Championship title.
In the2011–12 FC Basel season Chipperfield suffered injuries and therefore only played five games in theLeague season 2011–12 and three in theSwiss Cup 2011–12, scoring his only goal of the season in the first round away tie againstFC Eschenbach on 17 September.[12] Chipperfields last game was in the 1:1 away draw on 11 December 2011 againstNeuchâtel Xamax. At the end of the 2011–12 season he won his fourthDouble, theLeague Championship title[13] and theSwiss Cup[14] with Basel.
On 18 May 2012 FC Basel announced on their homepage that the contract with Chipperfield would not be extended.[15] At the end of their2011–12 season Chipperfield retired from his professional career and moved to local amateur club FC Aesch as player-coach. Between the years 2001 and 2012 Chipperfield played a total of 486 games for the club scoring 106 times. 270 of these games were in the domestic league, 37 in the Cup, 78 in the European competitions and 101 were friendly games. He scored 69 goals in the domestic league, 8 in the cup, 8 in the European competitions and the other 21 were netted during the test games. He is the Basel all-time record holder of titles with the club, with sevenSwiss Nationalliga A/Super League and sixSwiss Cup honours.[16]
On 1 June 2012 it was announced he had signed a short-term contract to play for Illawarra Premier League club Tarrawanna Blueys FC.[17][18][19] Nevertheless, after a few weeks a move to the Swiss club FC Aesch was revealed by various media and confirmed.
Chipperfield played his debut game for theAustralia national team in theSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane as a substitute during the 3–1 win againstFiji on 25 September in the1998 Oceania Nations Cup. He scored his first goal for the national team in the game against theCook Islands just three days later, it was the eleventh goal of the game as Australia won 16–0.
He is perhaps best known in Australia for his loyal and somewhat unexpected appearance at the2002 OFC Nations Cup in New Zealand, a tournament which was marred by the financial turmoil of the thenSoccer Australia. The non-existent financial contribution meant that the Australian players had to pay their own way to get to New Zealand. Chipperfield became the only one of Australia's large Europe-based contingent to answer the call and perform for his country in their time of need.
Chipperfield was part of the team that defeatedUruguay in aplayoff in November 2005 to qualify for the2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was named in Australia's final 23-man squad. At the tournament, Chipperfield played an integral role in theAustralian midfield and defence; he was considered to be one of Australia's best players.
On 12 October 2009, Chipperfield announced his intention to retire from the national team immediately after the2010 FIFA World Cup.[20] After the final group game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup againstSerbia, which Australia won 2–1, Chipperfield announced his retirement from international football.[21]
| Club | Season | League[a] | Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wollongong Wolves FC | 1996–97 | National Soccer League | 16 | 4 | — | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| 1997–98 | National Soccer League | 29 | 13 | — | — | 29 | 13 | |||
| 1998–99 | National Soccer League | 27 | 3 | — | — | 27 | 3 | |||
| 1999–2000 | National Soccer League | 35 | 13 | — | — | 35 | 13 | |||
| 2000–01 | National Soccer League | 24 | 17 | — | 7 | 10 | 31 | 27 | ||
| Total | 131 | 50 | — | 7 | 10 | 138 | 60 | |||
| FC Basel | 2001–02 | Swiss Super League | 33 | 6 | — | 6[d] | 1 | 39 | 7 | |
| 2002–03 | Swiss Super League | 22 | 3 | — | 7[e] | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | Swiss Super League | 31 | 7 | — | 4[f] | 1 | 35 | 8 | ||
| 2004–05 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 5 | — | 10[g] | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 5 | — | 11[h] | 1 | 39 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Swiss Super League | 36 | 6 | — | 9[i] | 1 | 45 | 7 | ||
| 2007–08 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 7 | — | 5[j] | 0 | 21 | 7 | ||
| 2008–09 | Swiss Super League | 25 | 12 | — | 6[k] | 1 | 31 | 13 | ||
| 2009–10 | Swiss Super League | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7[l] | 1 | 34 | 15 | |
| 2010–11 | Swiss Super League | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8[m] | 2 | 30 | 6 | |
| 2011–12 | Swiss Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total | 270 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 8 | 351 | 78 | ||
| Career total | 401 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 18 | 489 | 138 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1998 | 3 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 12 | |
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Matt Horsley and Scott Chipperfield were finally announced as Perth Glory signings yesterday. But Chipperfield could still move overseas soon.
The 25-year-old quit Wollongong for National Soccer League rivals Perth Glory last month, with a clause in his contract that he would be free to leave Perth if he signed with a European club before the end of June.
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