Jason Geria
 Geria with Melbourne Victory in 2015. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Kato Geria | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Weston Creek SC | |||
| Woden Valley | |||
| 2009–2011 | AIS | ||
| 2011–2012 | Brisbane Roar | ||
| 2012–2013 | Melbourne Victory | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Melbourne Victory | 67 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Australia U20 | 20 | (3) |
| 2014– | Australia U23 | 8 | (0) |
| 2016– | Australia | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2016. | |||
Jason Kato Geria (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a defender for Melbourne Victory in the A-League and for the Australia national team.
Born in Canberra, Geria played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport and Brisbane Roar youth before joining Melbourne Victory in 2012, where he made his professional debut.
Early life
Geria was born in Canberra to Ugandan parents who met while studying at Australian National University.[2]
Club career
Youth
Geria's first youth club was Weston Creek SC in Canberra.[3] He also played in Woden Valley's youth sides.[4] Geria was a member of the Australian Institute of Sport football program before joining Brisbane Roar's youth team in 2011.[5] He eventually became captain of the side in the National Youth League.[6]
Melbourne Victory
On 29 November 2012, Geria was signed for Melbourne Victory by ex-Roar coach Ange Postecoglou.[7] Despite often missing A-League games due to national youth team commitments, Geria became a regular first team player and was awarded the number 2 shirt, although it took him almost three years to score his first senior goal for the club, against Hume City in the 2015 FFA Cup Semi Final on 28 October 2015.[8]
International career
Geria played for Australia numerous times at youth level, including participating in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Geria was first called up to the Socceroos by Ange Postecoglou (with whom he had played for at club level) in March 2016 for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches that month against Tajikistan and Jordan, but he didn't play any match.[9]
He was called up for the Socceroos for two home friendlies against Greece in June 2016, and started in the first match.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 2 September 2016[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Melbourne Victory | 2012–13 | A-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 59 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 80 | 1 | ||
Honours
Club
References
- ↑ "Jason Geria". melbournevictory.com.au. Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ David Polkinghorne (16 October 2014). "Melbourne defender Jason Geria hopes to inspire Canberrans like Carl Valeri". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Five minutes with Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ "WVSC Club History". Woden Weston FC. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Geria finds comfort in Brisbane". Brisbane Roar FC. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ↑ "Roar announce NYL squad". Brisbane Roar FC. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Jim Morton (29 November 2012). "Postecoglou swoops on Roar youngster". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Victory into FFA Cup final as brave Hume exit melbournevictory.com.au, John Greco, 28 October 2015
- ↑ "Caltex Socceroos squad for March WC qualifiers". Football Federation Australia. 9 March 2016.
- ↑ "Leckie's late goal wins it for Caltex Socceroos". Football Federation Australia. 4 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jason Geria". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
External links
- Jason Geria profile MelbourneVictory.com.au
- Jason Geria profile at Soccerway
- Jason Geria – FIFA competition record