Michael Gibson (born 1 March 1963) is an Australian

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player who represented the Australia national soccer team on 7 (1 A-International and 6 B-Internationals) occasions.

Club career

Over the course of his career Gibson turned out for

St George Saints St George FC, commonly called Saints or Budapest, is a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in the St George district in the south of Sydney. The club was founded by Hungarian immigrants in 1957 as Budapest Club and by 1965 was renam ...

Blacktown City Demons Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Landen Stadium in ...

, Newcastle Breakers,

Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states o ...

Bonnyrigg White Eagles Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, Bonnyrigg, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 ...

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 ...

, Sydney United, Penrith City SC, Parramatta Power, Schofields Scorpions and

Canterbury-Marrickville The Canterbury Bankstown Football Club is a soccer club based in Bankstown, New South Wales. It competes in the NSW League One after gaining promotion at the end of the 2022 season. The club was formed in 1886 and was an original member of the F ...

. Overall, he played 288 times in the Australian

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(NSL).

International career

Gibson represented his nation on 7 occasions between 1985 and 1989 (1 A-International and 6 B-Internationals). His sole A International appearance for Australia was on 9 March 1988 in an Olympic Games qualification match against

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Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium (also known as Coopers Brewery, Coopers Stadium under naming rights) is a multi-purpose stadium in Hindmarsh, South Australia, Hindmarsh, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian ...

in Adela*

Premiership: 1996-97ide. Australia won the match 3–2.

Honours

Blacktown City Demons * NSW Division One Championship: 1991 Sydney United *

Premiership: 1998-99

References

External links

* * http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/G/GI.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Michael Blacktown City FC players Sydney Olympic FC players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Marconi Stallions FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Parramatta Power SC players Australia men's international soccer players Australia men's B international soccer players Australian men's soccer players Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia 1963 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Men's association football goalkeepers Newcastle Breakers FC players 20th-century Australian sportsmen