Brendon Santalab
Santalab with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Brendon James Santalab | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unanderra Hearts | |||
| South Coast United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Parramatta Power | 8 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Sydney United | 28 | (7) |
| 2003 | Geylang United | 22 | (23) |
| 2003–2004 | Sydney United | 14 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | K.V. Oostende | 22 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | K.Sint Truidense V.V. | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Újpest FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Sydney FC | 23 | (4) |
| 2009 | North Queensland Fury | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Chengdu Blades | 40 | (18) |
| 2012–2013 | Chongqing Lifan | 35 | (15) |
| 2013– | Western Sydney Wanderers | 75 | (32) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. |
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Brendon James Santalab (born 9 September 1982) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.
His parents are Croatian migrants. He originally started out as an apprentice at Parramatta Power before moving to Sydney United under the tutelage of Branko Culina. At the end of the 2003–04 National Soccer League season, he moved to K.V. Oostende in the Belgian First Division. After a brief stint there he moved to another Belgian First Division club K.Sint Truidense V.V. before a move to Hungary saw him play at Újpest FC for a six-month spell, but did not play in a single game whilst at the club. On 23 June 2007 it was announced he was signed by A-League club Sydney FC on a two-year contract, thus reuniting him with Branko Culina.
Santalab made 23 appearances for Sydney FC between 2007 and 2009, scoring four goals. Playing against South Australian team Adelaide United, he scored a goal from outside the box, that curled into the top corner – a goal that was later adjudged the 2007–08 season A-League goal of the year. He scored another cracker against Adelaide again in the 2008–09 season at the Sydney Football Stadium, when he took a shot from 35 metres out, that slammed into the top corner. Sydney won the match 3–0. His fourth goal came during Sydney's 2–1 upset loss against Perth Glory.
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