List of North West Sydney Spirit FC players

North West Sydney Spirit Football Club, an association football club based in North Sydney, Sydney, was founded in 1998 as Northern Spirit before transforming into the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association in 2004.[1] All players who have played in at least one match prior to 2004 are listed below.

Paul Henderson holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for North West Sydney Spirit. Between 1998 and 2004 the Australian goalkeeper played 133 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record is held by Ben Burgess, who scored 16 goals between 2000 and 2001.

Key edit

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to all matches prior to 2004. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League.

Players edit

List of North West Sydney Spirit FC players
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Graham Arnold   Australia FW 1998–2001 44 3 47 5
Paul Bilokapic   Australia MF 1998–2001 55 11 66 5
Eddy Bosnar   Australia DF 1998–1999 4 9 13 0
Luke Casserly   Australia DF 1998–2000 43 0 43 2
Troy Cranney   Australia MF 1998–2002 60 7 67 1
Ian Crook   England MF 1998–2000 17 7 24 2
Michael Cunico   Australia DF 1998–2001 63 18 81 2
Paul Henderson   Australia GK 1998–2004 132 1 133 0
Kresimir Marusic   Australia MF 1998–1999 27 0 27 8
Marko Rudan   Australia DF 1998–2000 42 4 46 2
Robbie Slater   Australia DF 1998–2001 58 3 61 10
Daniel Watkins   Australia FW 1998–1999
2000–2001
18 22 40 5
Clayton Zane   Australia DF 1998–1999 25 5 30 3
Robert Enes   Australia MF 1998–2002 70 11 81 2
Phil Moss   England DF 1998–2000 20 17 37 1
Nick Purdue   Australia DF 1998 1 0 1 0
James Stubbs-Mills   Australia MF 1998–1999 0 4 4 0
Paul Wearne   Australia DF 1998–2000 5 3 8 0
Matthew Langdon   Australia MF 1998–2001 70 1 71 7
Adam Snyder   Australia MF 1998–2000 1 10 11 0
Adem Poric   Australia MF 1998 2 0 2 0
Gabriel Mendez   Australia MF 1998–1999
2000–2001
18 11 29 3
Jack Sobczyk   Australia MF 1999–2002 22 9 31 0
Matthew Bingley   Australia MF 1999–2001 60 0 60 6
Paul Foster   Australia MF 1999 1 3 4 0
Anthony Faria   Australia MF 1999–2000 4 3 7 0
David Seal   Australia FW 1999–2000 17 3 20 9
Simon Catanzaro   Australia FW 1999–2001 6 16 22 1
Sean Cranney   Australia MF 1999–2000 9 2 11 1
Tony Perinich   Australia FW 1999–2001 18 13 31 4
John Perosh   Australia GK 1999–2000
2000–2001
25 0 25 0
Abbas Saad   Australia FW 1999–2000 8 5 13 0
Adam Griffiths   Australia DF 1999–2000
2002
14 7 21 1
Ryan Griffiths   Australia FW 1999–2002 20 21 41 6
Dean Culina   Australia DF 1999 2 1 3 0
Shane Lyons   Australia MF 1999–2000 4 6 10 1
Michael Prentice   Australia DF 2000 0 1 1 0
Nicola Berti   Italy MF 2000 8 0 8 0
Jess Vanstrattan   Australia GK 2000 3 0 3 0
Ben Burgess   Republic of Ireland FW 2000–2001 27 0 27 16
Alex Moreira   Brazil FW 2000–2001 14 6 20 5
Noel Spencer   Australia MF 2001–2004 87 5 92 4
Scott Thomas   Australia MF 2000–2002 35 2 37 2
Craig Foster   Australia MF 2000–2002 40 3 43 2
Todd McRae   Australia FW 2001 1 0 1 0
Mike Smith   Australia DF 2001 9 0 9 0
Stuart Howson   Australia MF 2001 14 0 14 1
Lee Feeney   Northern Ireland MF 2001 2 1 3 0
Matthew Hunter   Australia MF 2001
2003–2004
10 4 14 0
Lupce Acevski   Australia GK 2001–2002 11 0 11 0
Pablo Cardozo   Australia FW 2001–2002 22 0 22 14
Michael Cartwright   Australia DF 2001–2002 19 6 25 0
Adrian Cervinski   Australia FW 2001–2002 19 1 20 5
John Hutchinson   Malta MF 2001–2004 74 3 77 12
Andy McDermott   Australia DF 2001–2003 41 6 47 6
Robert Trajanovski   Australia DF 2001–2002 19 3 22 0
Julian Watts   England DF 2001–2004 65 1 66 2
Simon Bell   Cameroon DF 2001–2003 22 5 27 1
Marcus Stergiopoulos   Australia MF 2002 6 1 7 0
Stephen Dobbie   Scotland FW 2002 1 2 3 3
Jacob Rex   Australia GK 2002 1 0 1 0
Ian Ferguson   Scotland MF 2002–2004 44 1 45 3
Brent Fisher   New Zealand FW 2002–2004 11 18 29 6
Alex Tobin   Australia DF 2002–2004 36 2 38 0
Vuka Tomasevic   Australia DF 2002–2004 47 4 51 9
Alex Wilkinson   Australia DF 2002–2004 44 0 44 0
Jonti Richter   Australia MF 2002–2004 28 16 44 7
Steven Baveas   Australia MF 2002–2003 2 10 12 0
Sean Walsh   Australia MF 2003 0 1 1 0
Dylan Macallister   Australia FW 2003–2004 26 4 30 5
Bradley Groves   Australia MF 2003 14 8 22 3
Stewart Petrie   Scotland FW 2003–2004 37 0 37 10
Omar Obeid   Australia MF 2003 0 5 5 0
Mark Milligan   Australia DF 2003–2004 15 1 16 1
Andrew Mailer   Australia MF 2003–2004 0 7 7 0
Michael Moulis   Australia DF 2003–2004 0 2 2 0
Adam Kwasnik   Australia FW 2003–2004 23 26 49 9
Wayne O'Sullivan   Republic of Ireland MF 2003–2004 24 0 24 2
Caetano Lima   Brazil MF 2004 0 3 3 0
Erik Paartalu   Australia MF 2004 0 1 1 0
Stuart Page   Australia GK 2004 1 1 2 0

References edit

General

  • "Northern Spirit". OzFootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  • "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers.
  • "NWS Spirit FC » Players from A-Z". worldfootball.net.

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