Matthew Mayora (born 10 March 1986 in

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) is an Australian

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who plays for Mounties Wanderers in the

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Club career

He was crowned the 2009 NSWPL Golden Boot winner with a haul of 15 goals in 20 matches by

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On 13 August 2009 Mayora signed a six-week injury cover contract with

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

after impressing in a trial. On 16 August 2009 he made his

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debut for Glory against

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, coming on in the 88th minute. It was reported he would sign with

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club

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesia, Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2 (Indonesia), Liga 2 ...

on 15 September, cutting short his loan to Perth Glory. On 27 October it was decided by the Indonesian club, that he was surplus to requirements and was dropped from his 1-Year contract. He failed to impress several clubs in some trial sessions during pre-season of

2009/2010 with

who he played a full game for in a cup match. On 11 February 2010 announced his return to his former club

. After returning to Olympic, Mayora went to

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and trialled for an unnamed club, who offered him a contract, however for personal reasons he declined. According to the

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ian local news Mayora signed for

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club

Lautoka F.C. Lautoka Football Association, also known as Lautoka FC, is a Fijian professional association football, football club based in Lautoka that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. Their home stadium is Churchill Pa ...

Mayora made his debut for the club in the 2010-11 OFC Champions League matchday one game against Koloale FC Honiara and scored both goals in their 2–1 victory. Returning from Fiji, Mayora signed on with

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outfit

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 ...

for the

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After a cautious start to the 2011 season, Mayora was sent off in the 0–0 draw with Bonnyrigg in Round 5. Mayora left Marconi halfway through the 2011 NSW Premier League season, and once more went abroad in the hope of securing a professional contract. It was announced that he had signed a contract with

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club

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for the 2012 I-League 2nd Division. On 20 January Mayora signed for I-League side

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for the 2011–12 I League season. On 24 May Mayora made another return to

for the 2012 season. Mayora moved out of Belmore for a third time at the end of the 2012 season, where he signed for

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. After a disappointing

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single season at

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 ...

, Mayora dropped a division, and signed for

club Mounties Wanderers for the

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season.

International career

He has expressed interest in playing in Uruguay, reflecting his cultural heritage.

Personal life

Mayora was born to

an Immigrants. Mayora is married to Kathleen Kalithas with 3 young children Aleirah Mayora, Brooklyn Mayora and Cleo Mayora.

Honours

Individual

With:

2009 NSW Premier League season The 2009 TeleChoice Premier League season was the ninth season of the revamped National Premier Leagues NSW. This season also marked the addition of the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club, promoted from the Super League. The 2009 regular sea ...

Golden Boot – 15 GoalsISL Duo Faces One Dull Month

References

External links

Perth Glory profile

Sydney Olympic photo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayora, Matthew 1986 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Soccer players from Sydney A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players I-League players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Sydney Olympic FC players Perth Glory FC players Persipura Jayapura players Lautoka F.C. players Marconi Stallions FC players Southern Samity players Shillong Lajong FC players Blacktown City FC players APIA Leichhardt FC players Mounties Wanderers FC players Rydalmere Lions FC players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Fiji Expatriate men's footballers in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Fiji Australian expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Australian sportsmen