Brad Porter

Bradley "Brad" Porter (born 19 February 1987 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia) is a retired footballer he now coaches at CCSC.

Brad Porter
Porter playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2008
Personal information
Full name Bradley Stephen Porter
Date of birth (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987
Place of birth Gosford, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Kanwal Warnervale
Killarney District SC
2004–2005 AIS /Table Tennis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Central Coast Mariners 74 (0)
2007–2008 → Central Coast Lightning (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2006 Australia U-20 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Club career

Porter first came to the Mariners late in the 2005-06 A-League season for a four-week stay as cover for the crippling injury toll that the team experienced, but had a season-ending injury himself days prior to debuting.

Signed again for the 2006-07 campaign, the youngster did not get more than a handful of substitute appearances in the first 2/3 of the season as the Mariners defense was having another great year. However, as the season wound down, the Mariners lost key players at crucial times and scorers lost form. Brad received several starts at the latter end of the season, against quality opposition such as Melbourne Victory FC and Adelaide United FC, because of this and impressed many of the other players with his versatility, strength and skill. For the 2007-08 A-league season, Mariners' coach Lawrie McKinna made it clear the Mariners would hold onto this quality talent, and that he would be a major part of the campaign, hopefully filling the place vacated by Noel Spencer. In 2010/11, a serious knee injury kept Porter sidelined for the whole season.

On 14 October 2007 Porter was sent off after receiving a red card for a sliding tackle.[1] Porter played with the Mariners feeder club and NSW Super League side Central Coast Lightning. On 11 July 2012, Porter announced his retirement due to his inability to overcome long term injury problems.[2]

Post-football career

In 2013, Porter joined the coaching staff at the International Football School in Kariong, New South Wales [3] and took on a First Grade coaching role for Central Coast Premier League team Kanwal Warnervale Rovers [4]

Honours

With Central Coast Mariners:

  • A-League Premiership: 2007-2008, 2011-2012

References
  1. Cockerill, Michael (15 October 2007). "Coast see red as Roar rule". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.internationalfootballschool.com/about-us/staff/
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.