David D'Apuzzo (born 5 September 1988) is an Australian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Career

Until December 2009, he was contracted as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for the

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

club

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 ...

. D'Apuzzo left his contract with the

to focus on studying for a law degree. He re-signed with

APIA Leichhardt 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 ...

for the 2010

NSW Premier League The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, one of the two organising bodies in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Lea ...

season.

Personal life

D'Apuzzo is also the brother of former

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from the Australi ...

midfielder

Adam D'Apuzzo Adam Leonard D'Apuzzo (born 20 October 1986) is a retired Australian association football player who played as a left-back. He retired from professional football following his release from Western Sydney Wanderers. Biography He has previously pl ...

. He formerly attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia with both his brother and former

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...

striker

Ben Vidaic Benjamin Vidaic (born 29 January 1988 in Sydney) is a retired Australian association football, footballer of Croatian origin. Early life He is of Croats, Croat origin, and attended the Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales), Trinity Grammar ...

References

External links

Central Coast Mariners profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Apuzzo, David 1988 births Australia men's youth international soccer players Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent A-League Men players Central Coast Mariners FC players People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) Soccer players from Sydney Living people Men's association football wingers National Premier Leagues players Men's association football fullbacks Australian men's soccer players 21st-century Australian sportsmen