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Underdale High School
Underdale High School is a medium-sized government secondary school, located in Underdale in the western suburbs of Adelaide.Home page Underdale High School, accessed 29 January 2018 School facilities and resources School facilities include music and drama suites, a library and an automotive centre. Sporting facilities include a gymnasium and weights room, two soccer pitches, eight tennis courts, and 2 basketball courts within the Gymnasium (1 full and 2 half courts). The school has a specialist Football (Soccer) Academy,Football (Soccer) AcademyUnderdale High School, accessed 29 January 2018 a Gifted Program, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Freeborn
Scott Freeborn (born 20 May 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). Freeborn was initially listed by Port Adelaide in the 1996 AFL draft for their entry to the league in 1997, as a zone selection. A left footer, he played in the SANFL for Woodville-West Torrens but could not break into the AFL until getting a second chance when he was rookie listed by Carlton. In 2000, Freeborn played 18 AFL games, three of them finals. He was again a regular member of the team in 2001, mostly as a defender, putting together 23 appearances and missing just one game all year. Freeborn, the brother of North Melbourne premiership player Glenn, suffered from an Achilles tendon injury and broken collar bone in 2002 which limited him to six games. He did not play at all in 2003 due to a foot injury and osteitis pubis Osteitis pubis is a noninfectious inflammation of the pubis symphysis (also known as the pubic symphysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Interest High Schools In South Australia
South Australian high schools that offer specialised courses and programs. Some schools have a selection process for entry into their special programs. *Aberfoyle Park High School, Ignite: Students with High Intellectual Potential *Adelaide Botanic High School, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) *Adelaide High School, Language, Cricket, Rowing and centre of hearing impaired *Australian Science and Mathematics School, Science/Maths *Blackwood High School, Netball *Brighton Secondary School, Music and Volleyball *Charles Campbell Secondary School, Dance/Drama/Music/Performing Arts *Glenunga International High School, Ignite: Students with High Intellectual Potential *Golden Grove High School, Dance/Drama * Grant High School, Baseball *Heathfield High School, Volleyball * Henley High School, Sport and Physical Education *Marryatville High School, Music and Tennis *Mount Gambier High School, athletics, cricket, Australian rules football and netball * Pasadena Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Toure (footballer, Born 2004)
Mohamed Toure (born 26 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 2 side Reims B. Toure was born in a refugee camp in Guinea to Liberian parents fleeing the Second Liberian Civil War. He was raised in Australia. Club career Adelaide United On 14 February 2020, Toure became the youngest ever goal scorer in the A-League at the age of 15 years and 326 days, scoring for Adelaide United in the 84th minute against Central Coast Mariners in a 2–0 win. In the next A-League season, Mohamed continued his run of scoring at a young age with goals in 5–3 defeat to Perth Glory and a winning goal in an Original Rivalry clash, he became the youngest person to ever score in the rivalry. Career statistics Personal life Toure was born in a refugee camp in Guinea to Liberian parents displaced by the Second Liberian Civil War. He migrated to Australia at five years old. He has an older brother, Al Hassan, and a younger brother, Musa Musa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hassan Toure
Al Hassan Toure (born 30 May 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Macarthur FC in the A-League. Toure is eligible to represent Australia, Guinea and Liberia at national level. Toure was called up to the Australia national under-23 soccer team squad on 11 November 2019 for a series of friendlies against U-23 teams in Chongqing, China later that month. Club career Adelaide United On 7 August 2019, Toure made his professional debut against Melbourne Knights in the 2019 FFA Cup, scoring the opening goal as Adelaide won the match 5–2. Soon afterwards, Toure penned a two-year scholarship contract with the club. He continued his scoring form in Adelaide's Round of 16 clash against Olympic FC, with a first-half brace helping Adelaide to a 3–2 win. He scored again in the quarter-finals, pouncing on a Glen Moss error to score his fourth in three games as they beat the Newcastle Jets 1–0. On 23 October 2019, Toure scored the opening goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Vidmar
Antony Vidmar (born 4 July 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach with the Australia national team. He was a member of the Australia national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and with 76 caps, is one of Australia's most capped players. His brother Aurelio Vidmar is also a former footballer. Club career Vidmar was born in Adelaide. His biggest impact in club football came whilst at Scottish side Rangers, for whom he played over 150 games and won the Scottish Premier League twice, the Scottish League Cup twice and the Scottish Cup three times. His goal against Italian side Parma in a UEFA Champions League qualifying round tie in 1999 cemented him a place in Rangers folklore. He left the club in 2002 and joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer. He then joined Welsh side Cardiff City on a free transfer in 2003, with manager Lennie Lawrence being quick to sign him after missing out the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar ( ; born 3 February 1967) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United. He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach of the Australia U23 national team. In recognition of decorated national team career, and his service to Adelaide United, the southern end of Hindmarsh Stadium is named the Vidmar End. His brother Tony Vidmar is also a former footballer. Club career Vidmar started his professional career with local Adelaide team Adelaide City before moving to Europe in the mid-1990s to Belgium, where he was the league's top scorer in the 1994–95 season. He also played in Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and in Japan before returning to Australia in 1999 to rejoin City. Vidmar signed with Adelaide United when they took Adelaide City's spot in the National Soccer League and was awarded the captaincy by then coach John Kosmina. Despite plans to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Troisi
James Troisi ( ; born 3 July 1988) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Western United. Early life Troisi was born in Rose Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, to Greek parents. His stepfather is Italian. He signed his first professional contract with Newcastle United on 10 January 2007, keeping him at the club until June 2008. He did not make a first team appearance during his time at Newcastle, although he did feature on the bench for the first team in both Premier League and UEFA Cup matches. Club career Newcastle United He was on the fringes of Newcastle's senior side for the 2007–08 Premier League season and showed promising signs in pre-season friendlies, including getting two assists against Hartlepool United. In January 2008, Troisi had a two match trial with Dutch Eredivisie club, Roda JC. Roda wanted to sign him on a permanent basis, but negotiations broke down as Troisi was a product of Newcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Stacey
Louise Stacey (born 10 January 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Biography Early career Stacey, who grew up in Adelaide, won the 1983 Australian 12-and-under Championships. In 1987, aged 15, she became the youngest ever winner of the Australian Hard Court Championships. She was a girls' singles finalist at the 1990 Australian Open, losing in three sets to Magdalena Maleeva. Professional tour Stacey competed in either the singles or doubles main draws at five editions of the Australian Open. She made it to the final round of the Wimbledon qualifiers in 1991 and reached her highest singles ranking of 222 that year, which also included winning three ITF singles titles. As a doubles player, Stacey had a best ranking of 113 in the world and won four ITF titles during her career. She reached two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, at Auckland and Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pyman
Robert Pyman (born 6 October 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne, Collingwood and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Career AFL A Woodville-West Torrens 'best and fairest' winner in 1992, Pyman was secured by North Melbourne with the sixth pick of that year's draft, which they received after trading Paul Spargo to Brisbane – although Pyman was later personally fined $10,000 when it emerged that he had contacted some of the league's struggling clubs and warned them that he would stay in South Australia if one of those clubs drafted him, which contravened the AFL's draft tampering rules. He nevertheless remained eligible to play for North Melbourne, and took part in the 1993 AFL finals series. However, he managed only five senior appearances over the following two seasons and instead spent the majority of his time in the reserves. In 1996 he crossed to Collingwood but again struggled to play senior foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Pesch
Nick Pesch (born 25 June 1974) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Pesch, who played in the 1993 Woodville-West Torrens SANFL premiership team, made his AFL debut late in the 1994 AFL season and put together regular games in 1995, appearing 15 times. During the 1995 season he kicked four goals in a match against Geelong. A rover, he was traded to Melbourne for Clay Sampson Clay Sampson (born 24 February 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Sampson debuted for South Adelaide in 1994 before being ... after struggling to have an impact in 1996. After one year at Melbourne, Pesch returned to Woodville-West Torrens and won their 'Best and Fairest' award in 1998. He is a member of the Woodville-West Torrens official 'Team of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Pantelis
Lucas Pantelis (born 12 March 1982) is a retired Greek Australian association football player who last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League in 2013. Early life Pantelis was born on 12 March 1982 in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Nick Pantelis, who migrated from the island of Kos, Greece, in 1964, played for West Adelaide SC in the NSL, and represented South Australia on 25 occasions between 1966 and 1971. He received an Award of Distinction from Football South Australia in 2003. Club career Pantelis signed for Adelaide United for the inaugural A-League season where he played 18 games scoring once. He missed almost the entire 2006–07 season with a serious knee injury, though returned to competitive action for United during their 2007 Asian Champions League campaign where he played in four games. After an excellent 2007–08 season at Adelaide, many rumours arose about a possible transfer to Melbourne Victory however, he quashed these rumours when he sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
