Michael Thwaite
Thwaite playing for Gold Coast United in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Errol Thwaite | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back / Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Sydney University | 17 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Marconi Stallions | 36 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Naţional Bucureşti | 34 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Wisła Kraków | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | SK Brann | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Gold Coast United | 82 | (1) |
| 2012–2016 | Perth Glory | 85 | (2) |
| 2016 | Liaoning Whowin | 25 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Australia U-20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2004 | Australia U-23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2013 | Australia | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 October 2014 |
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Michael Errol Thwaite (born 2 May 1983) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Liaoning Whowin.
Michael was raised in Cairns and played all his junior football at Saints Soccer Club. His amateur senior career began at merged club Edge Hill-Saints before moving south to Sydney University in the New South Wales Winter Super League on a Warwick Segal university scholarship. He then spent two seasons playing professionally for Marconi Stallions (2002–2004) in the now defunct NSL, before heading to Romania. He was then signed to Wisła Kraków on a Bosman transfer from FC Naţional Bucureşti in Romania's Divizia A.
On 28 January 2008 he signed for SK Brann and was loaned to the Melbourne Victory on 19 June 2008. On 26 July 2008 he scored his first goal for the Victory in a pre-season cup game against Perth Glory, to guide the Victory to a 1–0 win in Perth.
On 5 January 2009 he was signed from Melbourne by Gold Coast United after successfully negotiating his transfer from Brann.
On 1 February 2011 he scored his first goal in his professional career for Gold Coast United against his former club Melbourne Victory at Aurora Stadium in Tasmania. The game finished 1–1.
Michael played for Perth Glory for the 2012 – 2013 A-League season onwards after Gold Coast United folded at the end of the 2011–12 A-League season and was selected as part of the PFA team of the year. He also featured in the All Stars match verses Juventus after the 2013–14 A-League. He played every single minute of the 2014–15 A-League season.
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