mack Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Matthew Spiranovic Date Of Birth: 06/28/1988 Nation: Australia Birthplace: Geelong, Australia Squad Number: 13 Position: Central Defender Secondary Positions: Defensive Midfield Joined Wanderers: 10/02/2013 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 Wanderers A-League Appearances: 31 Wanderers A-League Goals: 1 Wanderers ACL Appearances: 12 Wanderers ACL Goals: 0 Wanderers FFA Cup Appearances: 0 Wanderers FFA Cup Goals: 0 Wanderers Club World Cup Appearances: 1 Wanderers Club World Cup Goals: 0 Wanderers Total Appearances: 44 Wanderers Total Goals: 1 Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2013/14: 23 (1), 2014/15: 21 (0) International Team: Australia International Caps: 26 International Goals: 0 Club Exit Date: 01/01/1970 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. View full record Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Holy crap and a half, I still can't believe it. What an addition. Congrats and thanks to all the movers and shakers at WSW. HungHuynh, DontCallMeJacko, Kizza and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Torcida Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Great signing. Welcome brother Link to comment
theguyyouwishyouwere Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 inb4wandererssalarycapscandal Link to comment
Norvz Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Born same day as me... Legend On a serious note... Welcome 102megan 1 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Drago mi je Spira...may the spirit of Dino guide you and may your pre-and post game Cevaps always have enough avjar. theguyyouwishyouwere and Lmc 2 Link to comment
mack Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 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. DontCallMeJacko and Kizza 2 Link to comment
GunnerWanderer Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 according to wiki he played one game for Melb Victory before leaving for Germany? Link to comment
wswnick Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 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. Link to comment
Drone Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Welcome Spira! Has anyone heard anything regarding how long this contract will be for? More than one season would be great. Link to comment
Johnno Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 inb4wandererssalarycapscandal ESFC will claim that they done salary cap scandals first theguyyouwishyouwere, wswnick, Sime11 and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Stevo99 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 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 Link to comment
Guest ZipGunBop Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 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. Link to comment
Shogun Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 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! Link to comment
Carns Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 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... Drone 1 Link to comment
theguyyouwishyouwere Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 1st start of the season. congrats to tha big fella Link to comment
Kizza Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Did well apart from that 1 backpass/pass to NTS. Has a good engine and put in some great effort in covering ground. Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Was okay but much prefer Beauchamp...I get the feeling the commentators had a cracked fat for Spira just coz he was playing. wanderersfanatic 1 Link to comment
Jukes01 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 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. Link to comment
GunnerWanderer Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Spira sound display. Very composed on the ball. Strong in the air. Got a sniff will make him work harder. Link to comment
Lmc Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Loved the tucked shirt tonight! Overall good performance. Only worry was the backpass, but it was probably just nerves or something. Link to comment
TehSmileyBandit Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 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." Link to comment
Malone Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Spira was one of if not our best tonight.Spira in next week. Link to comment
Prydzopolis Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 http://m.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/sydney-fc-is-hunting-wanderers-centreback-matthew-spiranovic-as-its-australian-marquee-player/story-e6frf4gl-1226788392585?from=public_rss&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed Farina wants spira as Australian marquee next year, though he seems like he is interested in playing under popa. Interesting one, don't know who this one comes from, probably someone close to him. Link to comment
wanderersfanatic Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Fist Hersi, now Spira... Link to comment
Davo Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Fist Hersi, now Spira... Hey what you do in your own time is your business... Carns, Erai, ManfredSchaefer and 2 others 5 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 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... Link to comment
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