Matthew Ian Nash (born 3 April 1981) is a former Australian

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

and current goalkeeping coach for

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

in the

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

Club career

Nash played for Port Kembla FC in the Illawarra League, before moving to

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, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Northern ...

side

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 in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1954 as APIA Leichhardt, ...

in 2007. After winning the 2007 Johnny Warren Cup, APIA missed out on a finals place, finishing fifth. After trialling with

in the 2007 pre-season, Nash was offered a short-term contract for the

2007–08 A-League The 2007–08 A-League was the 31st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the third season of the A-League competition since its establishment in 2004. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seas ...

season as cover for injured reserve keeper

Ivan Necevski Ivan Necevski ( mk, Иван Нечевски, ''Ivan Nečevski''), (born 25 February 1980) is an Australian professional goalkeeper who plays for APIA Leichhardt. Club career He has previously played for the Blacktown, Illawarra Lions, Canterb ...

. On 9 September 2007, he made his A-League debut in place of

Clint Bolton Clint Brian Bolton (born 22 August 1975) is an Australian former goalkeeper. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League. He played over 300 games for Brisbane Strik ...

who was on international duty. His strong performance impressed, with Nash keeping a clean-sheet. His short-term contract finished on 10 October 2007, on Necevski's return from injury. Nash was loaned to Adelaide United for four weeks to cover for the injured

Mark Birighitti Mark Romano Birighitti (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Dundee United. Born in Perth, Birighitti played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport be ...

. He signed for

in the

. Nash signed with the Newcastle Jets to cover for injured keeper

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay ...

after the exit of the current replacement keeper

Paul Henderson Paul Garnet Henderson, (born January 28, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flam ...

to rivals

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 Ma ...

. Nash made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over

North Queensland Fury Northern Fury Football Club was an Australian professional soccer club based in Townsville, Queensland. The club was founded in 2008 and competed in the A-League under the name North Queensland Fury. On 1 March 2011, the club was removed from t ...

. On 31 October 2012, Nash joined the Newcastle Jets for a second stint, providing injury cover for Ben Kennedy who underwent knee surgery, and

who fractured his cheekbone. This left only Nash and youth player Jack Duncan as Newcastle's goalkeepers. Nash joined

as an injury cover for

. On 28 July 2014 the

confirmed that Nash would be joining the team on a two-year contract at the conclusion of the 2014 NPL NSW Men's 1 season. On 7 July 2015 it was announced that Nash would retire as a goalkeeper and become the club's goalkeeping coach following the departure of previous goalkeeping coach John Crawley. Nash joined

as a full-time goalkeeping coach after the departure of John Crawley on the 13th of June 2019.

References

External links

Central Coast Mariners profileNewcastle Jets profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, Matthew 1981 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney A-League Men players Adelaide United FC players Newcastle Jets FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players Sydney FC players Association football goalkeepers Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players National Premier Leagues players Australian soccer players Association football goalkeeping coaches