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Matthew Spiranovic

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    • Date Of Birth: 27/06/88
    Nation: Australia
    Birthplace: Geelong, Australia
    Squad Number: 13
    Position: Central Defender
    Secondary Positions: Defensive Midfield
    Joined Wanderers: 01/10/13
    Contract Details: 1 Year initial contract. Signed 2 year extension as Australian Marquee on 17/5/2014.
    Contract Finish: 2015/16
    Previous Club: Al-Arabi
    Wanderers Debut: 8th November 2013 vs Melbourne Heart
    A-League Appearances: 31
    A-League Goals: 1
    ACL Appearances: 12
    ACL Goals: 0
    FFA Cup Appearances: 0
    FFA Cup Goals: 0
    Club World Cup Appearances: 1
    Club World Cup Goals: 0
    Total Appearances: 44
    Total Goals: 1
    Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2013/14: 23 (1), 2014/15: 21 (0)
    Individual Awards: PFA Team Of The Year (2013/14), WestSydneyFootball.com Player of the Year (2013/14)
    Team Honours: Asian Champions League Winner (2014), Asian Cup Winner (2015 for Australia).
    Highlight: Scored his first ever goal for the Wanderers against Brisbane Roar in the A-League Grand Final 2013/14 on 4/5/2014.
    Highlight: Spiranovic was named in Australia's 23 man World Cup 2014 squad as a result of his work in the A-League & AFC Champions League. He played in several leadup games as well as all three Group Stage matches.
    Highlight: Played an integral part of the Australian national team campaign to win the Asian Cup in 2015.
    Description: Spiranovic moved back to Australia to revitalise his career, turning in a superb 2013/14 season as arguably the best central defender in the league. His second season was curtailed by international commitments and injuries, his disjointed schedule not helping his side. After a stellar Asian Cup performance, he was the subject of a 7 figure transfer offer from China, which saw him leave the Wanderers 17 July 2015.
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mack

Could have signed him as Australian marquee anyway. Maybe that's what we've done. He's a socceroo after all.

 

I think he might be played at left back. D'Apuzzo was solid in year 1, but clearly Spira is a better defender. D'Apuzzo was given a very limited role, like an 'anchor' fullback (while Polenz on the right stormed down the right), so Spira can probably handle that role easy.

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wswnick

according to wiki he played one game for Melb Victory before leaving for Germany? 

 

Yeah, I think he was 16 at the time and Merrick said he was too good for the A-League.

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Drone

Welcome Spira! Has anyone heard anything regarding how long this contract will be for? More than one season would be great.

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Stevo99

according to wiki he played one game for Melb Victory before leaving for Germany? 

 

Apparently that was a friendly before A-League had started, so never technically played an A-League game

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Signing of the off-season. He will be an absolute gun with the help he will have around him. Most defenders dream of going INTO a rock solid setup because most of the time the only time defenders get a decent pay day it's to "bolster" someone elses faulting setup.

 

Looking forward to plenty of cleen sheets. the best dead ball defending side in A-League history just got better.

 

Got some serious height in this team now adding Matty with Juric, Hyphen. Opposition defences should be worried of corners.

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Shogun

This has to be up there as best signing of the season along with Troisi for the Victory. Our defensive stocks are now even better!

Welcome to the Wanderers!

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Carns

Welcome Spira! Has anyone heard anything regarding how long this contract will be for? More than one season would be great.

It's only 1 year. He's already stated that he wants to use it to get back in the national team and potentially back to Europe.

 

A guy of his quality won't hang around if he is performing well. It would've been great to see a longer deal if for nothing else than the potential transfer fee.

 

But he has to perform to his potential first...

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Kizza

Did well apart from that 1 backpass/pass to NTS. Has a good engine and put in some great effort in covering ground.

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Jukes01

I thought Spiranovic had a good game. I was surprised in that I thought they would more likely go with Spira and Beauchamp. At least we know all 3 are quality players and can get called up and do the job well. We are going to need all 3 especially when we are heading to the ACL next year.

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Lmc

Loved the tucked shirt tonight!

Overall good performance. Only worry was the backpass, but it was probably just nerves or something.

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TehSmileyBandit

Anyone else notice Popa's sly dig at Heartless in the post-match interview? Something along the lines of "we targetted this match for Matt's return... He hasn't played in 7 months so we had to ease him in."

 

I heard, "this 3 points was a given, we could have started Trifiro in goals and Tyson as our only field player and still won."

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ManfredSchaefer

 

Fist Hersi, now Spira...

 

 

Hey what you do in your own time is your business...

But it does explain the rather large and expressive eyes that Youssouf has...

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West13

Farina is interested in everyone. I heard the name Carrusca thrown around too. Just wants more potential drinking buddies.

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