Simon Colosimo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simon Colosimo | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Dandenong Thunder | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1997 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Carlton SC | 50 | (10) |
| 2000–2001 | South Melbourne | 18 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Manchester City | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Antwerp | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Perth Glory | 14 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Parramatta Power | 23 | (1) |
| 2004 | Pahang FA | 20 | (6) |
| 2005–2008 | Perth Glory | 50 | (2) |
| 2007 | → Sivasspor (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Sydney FC | 34 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Melbourne Heart | 63 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Dempo | 19 | (0) |
| 2014 | Goulburn Valley Suns | 11 | (1) |
| 2015 | Werribee City | 18 | (1) |
| 2016– | Dandenong Thunder | 24 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1999 | Australia U-20 | 16 | (5) |
| 1997–2000 | Australia U-23 | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–2010 | Australia | 26 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2016. |
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Simon Colosimo (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian international football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender for Dandenong Thunder in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2. He represented the Australia national team on 26 occasions.
Colosimo completed the Australian Institute of Sport football program in 1997 and signed with new National Soccer League club Carlton for their inaugural year. Interest had been shown from Bayern Munich and Panathinaikos to sign Colosimo, but a knee injury sustained in a horror tackle by Andrew Cole whilst on Socceroos duty kept him out of the game for most of the 1999/00 season, but made his return on 14 March 2000 to score against South Melbourne, who would eventually acquire the midfielder after the demise of the Carlton club.
After a year at Souths he sought a move to Europe and joined English side Manchester City for a season followed by a move to Belgium with Royal Antwerp. Unable to settle, he returned to Australia in 2002 to join Perth Glory in the NSL for a season, then moved to Parramatta Power until the demise of the league in 2004.
Along with a number of Australian players he made a move into Asia in the newly restructured Malaysia Super League at Pahang FA, helping them win the 2004 championship.
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