Mark Bridge

Mark Bridge

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Newcastle Jets

Bridge joined Newcastle from Parramatta Power in 2005 during the inaugural A-League season. Although it took some time for Bridge to find his feet he was the Jets best player during his second season (2006/07) at the club scoring 8 goals during the season. Although his third season with the Jets only yielded four goals, his last for the Jets was the most decisive, being the only goal in the 2008 A-League Grand Final.

Sydney FC

As his contract had expired at the Jets, Bridge subsequently left the team and was unveiled as a Sydney FC player on 3 March 2008 alongside Simon Colosimo and John Aloisi. He scored his first goal for Sydney in their 5–2 demolition of Perth Glory at the Sydney Football Stadium. On 11 February 2009, Bridge arrived Kunming, Yunnan province, China, meet with Tianjin TEDA. He signed a four-month loan deal for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda during the offseason with Sydney FC. However, Tianjin's failure to qualify from the group stage of the AFC Champions League meant that he had made the last appearance for the club and would return to Sydney FC at the end of May. He became the first player to score in two A-League Grand finals with his headed goal against Melbourne Victory in the 09-10 edition, which Sydney went on to win on penalties Bridge scored the third goal in the 3–2 victory of Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua, during the 2011 AFC Champions League keeping Sydney's chances of progressing through…

Life after professional career

Blacktown Premier Spurs and Camden Tigers

Mark Bridge, Retired from Semi-Professional NPL football in 2020, in 2021 he started playing local football in the Blacktown & District Soccer Football Association. In 2024 he signed with Camden Tigers and is currently playing in The Macarthur District Soccer Football Association.

International career

Mark Bridge has played for the Australian U-20 Squad where he made 9 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is currently a member of Australia U-23 national team. He was also called up to Australia senior squad for their Asian Cup qualifiers, in a match against Kuwait on 16 August. He was hoping to be included in the Australia senior squad for the Asian Cup games against Qatar, China and Iraq, but was not selected. Bridge made his senior international debut against Singapore in a friendly match in March 2008. Bridge was selected for the 2008 Australian Olympic squad.

Club
Sydney FC (2008–2009)
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Newcastle Jets FC (2005–2008)
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC (2012–2016)
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Parramatta Power (2003–2004)
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Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. (2009–2009)
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Australia men's national under-20 soccer team (2004–2005)
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Australia national under-23 soccer team (2006–2008)
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Australia men's national soccer team (2008–2008)
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Sydney FC (2010–2012)
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Chiangrai United F.C. (2016–2017)
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Western Sydney Wanderers FC (2017–)

Legacy

Honours

Newcastle Jets:

A-League Championship: 2007–08 Sydney FC:

A-League Premiership: 2009–10 A-League Championship: 2009–10 Western Sydney Wanderers:

A-League Premiership: 2012–13 AFC Champions League: 2014 Australia U20

OFC U-20 Championship: 2005 Individual

Western Sydney Wanderers Player of the Year: 2012–13, 2015–16 A-League All Star: 2013

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Australian soccer player

Position

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Extract from Wikipedia

Mark Robert Bridge is a retired Australian professional football (soccer) player.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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