Daniel Beltrame (born 28 December 1975 in

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, South Australia, Australia) is a former Australian

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Club career

His first senior semi-professional that he played for was

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in the

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until 1994. Beltrame then relocated to

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to play for Port Kembla in the

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league before joining

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club Wollongong Wolves in 1997. In four seasons with the Wolves, Beltrame made just 16 starting appearances, often finding himself behind Grant Barlow,

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and Les Pogliacomi for the number one jersey as Wollongong won both the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 NSL titles. The Wolves subsequently progressed to and won the

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. Beltrame was rotated with Barlow throughout the tournament, scoring a goal in Wollongong's 16–0 win over Lotoha'pai FC and starring in the 1–0 victory over

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which secured the title for Wollongong. Beltrame made the switch to

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at the end of the 2000–01 season, and was regular goalkeeper for the team in 2001–02 as they became the most successful Newcastle team ever by finishing second on the ladder whilst conceding the fewest goals of any team for the year. Beltrame was nominated for NSL Goalkeeper of the Year in 2002–03 despite missing several weeks due to a shoulder injury, before transferring to

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for 2003–04. However, he suffered a major injury prior to the start of the season, and was forced to sit out the year behind

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as Parramatta finished as runners-up. With the end of the NSL, Beltrame played the 2004 season with the Corrimal Rangers in the Illawarra Conference League, before rejoining Wollongong to play in the New South Wales Premier League. The launch of the

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gave Beltrame the opportunity to return to his home city, and he signed with

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for two seasons. In the 2005–06 season, Beltrame played 14 of Adelaide's 24 matches as the team went on to win the inaugural A-League premiership. In the preliminary final against Newcastle Jets at

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in February 2007 he saved 2 pens from

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and

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to give Adelaide the victory.

Career statistics

(''Correct as of 22 March 2011'') ¹ – includes

final series statistics
² – includes

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statistics;

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statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)

Honours

With Adelaide United: * A-League Premiership: 2005–06 With Wollongong Wolves: * NSL Championship: 1999–2000, 2000–2001

References

External links

Adelaide United profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beltrame, Daniel 1975 births Living people Soccer players from Adelaide Australian people of Italian descent Men's association football goalkeepers Australian men's soccer players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Adelaide United FC players Parramatta Power SC players Wollongong Wolves FC players