Adam Leonard D'Apuzzo (born 20 October 1986) is a retired Australian

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player who played as a

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. He retired from professional football following his release from

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Biography

He has previously played for the

Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marc ...

in the

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competition. D'Apuzzo's brother is former

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

midfielder David D'Apuzzo. D'Apuzzo attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia with his brother and former

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striker

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. He was the captain of the football team. D'Apuzzo also studies commerce, majoring in finance and accounting, at the

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Newcastle Jets

He signed a contract with the

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in 2006. He made his debut for the first team squad on 1 September 2006 against the

Queensland Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional Association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's Australian soccer league system ...

at Energy Australia Stadium. In his first season, he played 11 games and scored 1 goal. He became a regular at left back. On 18 February 2011 it was announced that he would leave the club and return to his home town of Sydney. He played over 102 games for the Jets over 5 years with the club. He trialed with

on his return to Sydney.

APIA Leichhardt

On 20 June 2011, it was announced that he had signed for

APIA Leichhardt Tigers APIA Leichhardt Football Club, also known simply as APIA (Associazione Poli-sportiva Italo Australiana), is a semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. The club was forme ...

in the

until the remainder of the 2011 season.

Western Sydney Wanderers

D'Apuzzo had effectively retired from professional football, deciding to concentrate on his accounting career, when Tony Popovic offered D'Apuzzo a contract with the newly formed Western Sydney Wanderers. D'Apuzzo earned the starting left fullback position and established himself in the starting 11. In 2014, he left the Wanderers after not agreeing to terms in a new contractual offer made by the Wanderers in December 2014. Within his two seasons at the club, he made a total of 49 appearances.

A-League career statistics

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statistics are included in season ending during group stages (i.e. ACL 2009 and A-League season 2008–2009 etc.)

Honours

With

: *

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: 2007–2008

References

External links

Western Sydney Wanderers profile

FFA – Olyroos profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Apuzzo, Adam 1986 births Australian men's soccer players Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent A-League Men players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Marconi Stallions FC players People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Living people Men's association football fullbacks Soccer players from Sydney 21st-century Australian sportsmen