Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan | ||
Date of birth | 19 July 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Gosford, Australia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Newcastle Jets (goalkeeping coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998 | Central Coast | 1 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Northern Spirit | 3 | (0) |
2001–2008 | Verona | 8 | (0) |
2003–2004 | → Carrarese (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007 | → Ancona (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Juventus (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Gold Coast United | 18 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | (0) |
2015 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | (0) |
Total | 35 | (0) | |
National team‡ | |||
1999 | Australia U-17 | 14 | (0) |
2001 | Australia U-20 | 7 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2014 | Central Coast Mariners Academy (goalkeeping coach) | ||
2015– | Newcastle Jets (goalkeeping coach) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 October 2010 |
Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan (born 19 July 1982) is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also is the goalkeeping coach for Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
Vanstrattan was born in Gosford and started his senior career with Central Coast. He played the majority of his career in Italy before returning to Australia to play in the A-League for Gold Coast United, Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets.
Vanstrattan was born in Gosford, New South Wales.
Vanstrattan started his career for Central Coast and then Northern Spirit in Sydney. At just 17 he made his 1st grade debut for the Spirit, playing the last 3 games of the season for the National Soccer League club.
In summer 2001, he was signed by Juventus on a 5-year deal and loaned to Verona in a co-ownership deal for 500 million lire. At Verona, aged 19, Vanstrattan was a regular on the bench for the Serie A side and played 54 games in 2 years for the reserve team (Campionato Nazionale Primavera).
In his third season, Verona assistant Marco Baroni, ex defender of the Scudetto winning Napoli side of Diego Maradona was signed as head coach of Carrarese Calcio and signed Vanstrattan (on loan) immediately in the 2003–04 season, where he made his first team debut in Italy. However, in the first game of that season Vanstrattan suffered a serious knee injury rupturing his right knee ACL and missed the remainder of the season.