Matt Horsley (born 9 June 1972 in

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near w ...

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, Australia) is an Australian retired

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Club career

He last played as a

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for the Australian

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club

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in 2005, which he joined in 2001.Horsley quits Glory
/ref> Horsley had previously captained the

Wollongong Wolves Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wa ...

, with whom he played from 1990 to 2001. Horsley led the Wolves to victory over

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in the 2000 NSL Grand Final via a penalty shoot-out, despite missing his penalty shot. In

's 2001 Grand Final victory over

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he was awarded the

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for best onfield. After winning a league titled with Perth Glory in 2003 (their first), he was injured in the final NSL season and missed the 2004 NSL title victory. After leaving Perth Glory in 2005 he has focused on his career as a police officer and playing in the amateur league in Perth for Beechboro Cracovia. Matt Horsley left Cracovia in 2010 and has taken the role of club captain with a developing club Caversham Athletic Football Club in Lockridge, Western Australia..In 2012 Matt Horsley started playing and coaching amateur soccer in Kalgoorlie for the Hannans Celtic soccer club.

Honours

Club

;

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(2): 1999–2000, 2000–01 ;

(1): 2003–04

Individual

(1): 2001 Horsley earned his first and only test cap (446) playing for the Socceroos against Bulgaria in 2000. The cap was given to him during halftime of the World Cup qualifier in Perth between Australia and Bangladesh on 3 September 2015.

References

External links

Oz Football profile
1972 births Living people Soccer players from Wollongong Men's association football fullbacks Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Perth Glory FC players Wollongong Wolves FC players {{Australia-footy-defender-stub