Andrew Durante
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| Full name | Andrew Durante | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2003 | Sydney Olympic | 53 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Parramatta Power | 5 | (0) |
| 2004 | Balestier Khalsa | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Newcastle Jets | 40 | (0) |
| 2008– | Wellington Phoenix | 102 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andrew Durante (born 3 May 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central defender and Captain for the New Zealand based A-League club Wellington Phoenix.
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Club career
Newcastle Jets
Durante won the A-League Grand Final with the Jets in 2008 and was awarded the Joe Marston Medal in a man-of-the-match performance.
Wellington Phoenix
Durante joined the Phoenix in as captain at the start of the 2008-09 season and made an instant impact helping them make the final of the Pre-Season cup against Melbourne Victory, only narrowly losing 7-8 on penalty kicks.
In October 2009 Durante extended his contract with Wellington Phoenix until the end of 2011-12 season. Durante played every minute of the 2009-10 season for the Phoenix and along with Ben Sigmund for most of the season and utility Jon McKain, helped Wellington to their best defensive season in their history, conceding just 29 goals in 27 league matches of the regular season.
Durante led the Phoenix to a first-ever A-League finals appearance at the conclusion of the 09-10 season after finishing in 4th place, earning them a home playoff match against 5th placed Perth Glory.
In March 2010, Durante scored his first ever A-league and Wellington Phoenix goal against Sydney FC in the preliminary final.
On 21 February 2011, Durante and the Phoenix announced that he would be loaned to Sydney FC for their Asian Champions League campaign.[1] He made 5 appearances for Sydney FC during the campaign.
In January 2012 Durante extended his contract with Wellington by a further two years keeping him at the club until at least 2015.[2]
International career
Durante was selected in Pim Verbeek's Socceroo squad in February 2010 for Australia's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Indonesia. In 2013 Durante will become eligible to play for the All Whites as he hasn't yet appeared for his country of birth. When asked if he would he said "It isn't something I would push for, but at the same time I would never say no if I've not made the Australian team."[2]
A-League Career Statistics
| Club | Season |  A-League |
Finals Series | Asia | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Newcastle Jets (A-League) |
2005–06 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Club Total | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Club | Season | A-League |
Finals Series | Asia | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Wellington Phoenix F.C. (A-League) |
2008–09 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Club Total | 70 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 1 | |||||
| Club | Season | A-League |
Finals Series | Asia | Total | ||||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Sydney FC (A-League) on loan from Wellington Phoenix |
2010–11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Club Total | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| Career totals | 106 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 1 | |||
| Last updated 5 July 2011 | |||||||||||
Honours
With Sydney Olympic:
- NSL Championship: 2001-2002
With Newcastle Jets:
Personal Honours:
- Joe Marston Medal: 2007-2008 with Newcastle Jets
- Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year: 2009-10
References
- ^ http://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39043
- ^ a b "Durante commits to Phoenix". footballaustralia.com.au. 6 January 2012. http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/durante-commits-to-phoenix/44158. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
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