Personal information | |||
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Full name | Corey James Gameiro | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Port Kembla, Australia | ||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Free Agent | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | Lake Heights | ||
2000–2010 | South Coast Wolves | ||
2008–2009 | Sydney FC | ||
2011–2013 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | South Coast Wolves | 6 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Hayes & Yeading (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → FC Eindhoven (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Wellington Phoenix (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2013– 2015 | Sydney FC | 21 | (4) |
2015–2017 | Melbourne City | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Australia U20 | 11 | (6) |
2014 | Australia U23 | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2014 |
Corey Gameiro (born 7 February 1993) is an Australian football player of Portuguese ancestry who last played as a Forward for A-League club Melbourne City FC.
Gameiro signed a professional contract with Fulham in August 2009 and he signed a contract extension in May 2012 that saw him remain at Fulham until the summer 2013.
He was one of 12 players released by Fulham at the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season.
Gameiro was loaned out to Hayes & Yeading for one month on 24 November 2011
The following season, he joined FC Eindhoven on a four-month loan on 31 August 2012. The same day he made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie, in a match against FC Volendam, coming of the bench in the 64th minute.
Gameiro joined Wellington Phoenix on a loan deal until the end of the 2012-13 A-League season on 9 February 2013.
On 28 June 2013, Gameiro signed for A-League team Sydney FC on a two-year deal.
On 3 January 2014, Gameiro scored his first goal for Sydney FC, scoring against Adelaide United with a header from a Nikola Petković free kick.
Gameiro was released by Sydney FC following the 2014-15 A-League season. He rejected Sydney's contract in order to find another team.
On 22 June 2015, Melbourne City FC announced they had recruited Gameiro on a 2-year deal despite injury concerns.
On 1 May 2017, Melbourne City announced Gameiro would not be offered a new contract and effectively released him from the club. Gameiro was injured for the bulk of his time at Melbourne City and played only a handful of games for the club.