Steven Pace (born 6 March 1983) 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 ...

who plays for

Heidelberg United FC Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Heidelberg West, Victoria (stat ...

Club career

Earlier in his career, Pace played for various Victorian teams, including South Melbourne, Essendon Royals and the Preston Lions. He has been described as a "utility" player, having played as a midfielder as well as a central defender. He played in the latter position for the Preston Lions in their successful 2007 campaign, when they won the Victorian Premier League Championship. When the Melbourne Victory signed Pace in October 2007, coach Ernie Merrick said about him:

"Steven reads the game well, has excellent speed, good distribution and possesses great maturity"

He made his first appearance for the Melbourne Victory against the Central Coast Mariners on 4 November 2007.Rd 11. Mariners v Victory : 2–1, MVFC Blog
Accessed 12 November 2007 Pace departed the Victory in 2010, making 8 league appearances in his time there. After leaving Victory, Pace joined

Hume City FC Hume City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Broadmeadows, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established by the local Turkish Australian community, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. ...

and spent the following four and a half years with the Broadmeadows-based club. In 2015, Pace joined

Honours

With

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

: * A-League Championship: 2008-2009 * A-League Premiership: 2008-2009 *

National Premier Leagues Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria or NPL VIC) is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer league syst ...

2007 With

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Premiers

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

Dockerty Cup The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the fo ...

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile

1983 births Living people Australian people of Maltese descent Australian men's soccer players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Melbourne Victory FC players South Melbourne FC players Hume City FC players Preston Lions FC players Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Men's association football defenders Soccer players from Melbourne 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footybio-stub