Jamie Maclaren
Maclaren playing for Brisbane Roar in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 29 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Brisbane Roar | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | Sunbury United | ||
| 2003–2009 | Green Gully | ||
| 2009–2013 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Perth Glory | 38 | (11) |
| 2014 | Perth Glory Reserves | 5 | (11) |
| 2015– | Brisbane Roar | 53 | (40) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Australia U20 | 17 | (9) |
| 2014–2016 | Australia U23 | 15 | (9) |
| 2016– | Australia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Jamie Maclaren (born 29 July 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for A-League club Brisbane Roar FC. Maclaren initially represented Scotland at youth level, but has since appeared for Australia at both youth and senior international level.
Jamie Maclaren grew up in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne. He first joined the junior side of local team Sunbury United at the early age of four or five, then switched to the youth ranks of nearby Victorian Premier League (now National Premier Leagues Victoria) side Green Gully in 2003, where although he continued to play against older players, his team was very successful, at one point winning around 50 games in a row. In July 2009, aged 15, he was invited to trial for Blackburn Rovers' under-16 squad. In his first trial match he scored two goals against Derby County's under-16 squad, followed by a hat-trick against Manchester United, which resulted in a contract offer from Rovers.
Maclaren benefited from the mentorship of fellow Australians Vince Grella and Brett Emerton at Blackburn, where he soon progressed to be a regular under-21 squad player and training with the senior team. However, after four years in England having not broken into the first team, he was released by Rovers at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Seeking first-team game time, Maclaren elected to return to Australia and signed a three-year contract with A-League club Perth Glory at the beginning of the 2013–14 season. Maclaren made his Perth Glory debut, where he played 90 minutes, in a 3-1 loss against Adelaide United. Maclaren then scored his first goal for Perth Glory weeks later, on 27 October 2013, in a 1-0 win over Melbourne City and scored his second Perth Glory goal on 23 November 2013
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