Frederick "Fred" Agius (born 2 February 1984) is an Australian footballer who plays for South Australian Amateur Soccer League team Brahma Lodge.[1] In 2003, he played Australian rules football for Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) reserve grade, making him one of few people to play at semi-professional level in both football and Australian rules.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Agius | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adelaide City | |||
| SASI | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Playford City | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Sydney Olympic | 4 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide United | 13 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Playford City | 20 | (6) |
| 2005–2006 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 14 | (2) |
| 2006–2009 | Adelaide City | 50 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | North Queensland Fury | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Adelaide City | 8 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Cendrawasih Papua | 18 | (8) |
| 2013–2017 | Brahma Lodge | ||
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Australia U17 | ||
| 2004 | Australia U23 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017– | Brahma Lodge | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
editBetween 1998 and 2000 Agius played underage football for the South Australian Sport Institute in the SAPL Under 23 division. Agius in 2001 was selected in the Australian team that played in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship. Agius played four matches, scoring one goal. In a warm-up match prior to the tournament Agius scored six goals in a match against American Samoa.[2][3]
In 2001 Agius moved to Playford City before moving to Sydney Olympic FC for the 2001/02 season of the National Soccer League. At Olympic he managed four appearances as a substitute.
At the beginning of the 2003/04 NSL season Agius moved back to the round ball game and to the new Adelaide United team set up in the wake of the withdrawal of Adelaide City from the competition. In the 2003/04 season he managed 13 appearances, scoring one goal.[4] At the completion of the 2003/04 NSL season Agius returned to Adelaide City.
In November 2008 A-League expansion team North Queensland Fury enquired as to Agius' availability to which Adelaide City set a transfer fee of A$20,000.[5] In December 2008 North Queensland Fury unveiled Agius as their latest signing. He is contracted for the 2009–2010 A-League season.[6]
Australian rules career
editAfter the 2001–02 NSL season Agius decided to try his hand at Australian rules football, a sport he had played as a junior. Joining Central District he was able to hold a spot in the reserve grade team and won a premiership medal as a member of the victorious grand final team.[7]
References
edit- ^ Fred Agius now plays an important role for indigenous youth
- ^ "Oceania Preliminary Competition for the U-17 World Cup 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Profile – Fred Agius". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ^ "Australian player database". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ^ Marco Monteverde (28 November 2008). "North Queensland Fury have been asked to pay a transfer fee for Fred Agius". Fox Sports (Australia). Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ^ "Former Adelaide Utd's Agius signs with Fury". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ^ Michael Lynch (22 April 2004). "Code switch may lead to Games spot". The Age. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
External links
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- North Queensland Fury profile Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine