Matt Acton

Matthew Michael Acton is an Australian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory. Acton was born to an English mother and English/Finnish father.

Matt Acton
Personal information
Full name Matthew Michael Acton
Date of birth (1992-06-03) 3 June 1992
Place of birth Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2011 QAS
2007–2014 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Brisbane Roar 2 (0)
2014 Yangon United 14 (0)
2014–2015 Brisbane Roar 0 (0)
2015 Olympic FC 16 (0)
2015–2016 Kaya 26 (0)
2016– Melbourne Victory 14 (0)
National team‡
2011 Australia U-20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2013

Club career

Acton played for Brisbane Roar. He became the first Australian goalkeeper to join the Myanmar National League when Yangon United signed him in. He was a starting player in all of his 14 caps for Yangon where in five games he managed to keep a clean sheet. He assisted Yangon in their second-place finish. After his stint with Yangon he return Brisbane Roar then joined Olympic F.C.[2]

In December 2015, Kaya F.C. of the United Football League announced that they had signed Acton.[2][3]

On 25 November 2016, Melbourne Victory signed Acton as an injury replacement for Alastair Bray, after both had trialled with Melbourne Victory pre-season.[4]

After Lawrence Thomas was ruled out with injury, Acton made his debut for Melbourne Victory on 26 November 2016, in a 2–0 victory over the Newcastle Jets.

Career statistics
As of 7 October 2014

Notes CS = Clean Sheets

Club Season Division League1 Cup International2 Total
Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS
Brisbane Roar 2013–14[5] A-League 21––––21
2014–15[5] 00––0000
Total 21––00 21
Yangon United 2014[6] Myanmar National League 145––––145
Total 1450000 145
Career Total 1660000 166

1 - includes A-League final series statistics
 2 - AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing during group stages (i.e. ACL 2015 and A-League season 2014–15 etc.)

Honours

Club
Melbourne Victory

References
  1. "Matt Acton". melbournevictory.com.au. Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. "Kaya signs new foreign players". Kaya F.C. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. "Kaya FC signs former Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Matthew Acton". Football Channel Asia. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. Huguenin, Michael (25 November 2016). "Victory draft in Acton for injured Bray". Goal.com.
  5. "Matt Acton (Brisbane Roar)". Ultimate A-League.
  6. "Matt Acton returns to Brisbane Roar for the new A-League season". ESPN FC. 7 October 2014.

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