Adam Biddle (born 27 July 1988 in

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who played for

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and Bankstown City.

Biography

Biddle was educated at

Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, conducted in the Jesuit tradition, located in Riverview, a small suburb located on the Lane Cove River on the ...

Club career

When part of the Parramatta-Melita Eagles, he was awarded the chance to trial with

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. He has also had spells with a number of NSW State squads over the years. Biddle later joined

Blacktown City Demons Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Blacktown City ...

at the age of 17, and was part of the 2006 squad that won the

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Cup and the 2007

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Impressive form for

side

earned him much praise, and after trialling amongst several other players, was signed on a 2-year deal by manager

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as one of three Under-20 players required by each

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club. Biddle made his debut for Sydney FC against the

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in the opening game of the season on 24 August 2007; but was given few opportunities under Culina. Under new manager

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, Biddle played his first full game for the club in the

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exhibition match at

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on 27 November, and shot to fame for retaliating, when he was stomped on by Galaxy defender

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. Only weeks later, playing the club he debuted against, Biddle showed moments of brilliance and scored his first ever goal for Sydney FC to level the scores 3–3, on the way to the famous 5–4 victory over the Central Coast Mariners at

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in Gosford. In his debut season (2007/08) with the club, Biddle started two games, appeared as a substitute on ten more occasions, featured in other trial and exhibition matches, as well as the inaugural Pan-Pacific Championships in

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and won the Sydney FC Young Player of the Year award.

opted to release Biddle after the 2008/2009 season, and in February 2009 he joined

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.Sydney Olympic Profile
/ref> In April 2009, Biddle accepted an offer at

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, but the move was blocked at the last hour by the Sydney Olympic board. Biddle suffered from injury throughout the 2010 and 2011 seasons. He took long leave in an effort to fully rest the injury problems, and later signed with Northern Tigers FC for the 2012 season. He signed with Central Coast Mariners Academy in 2013 and after a string of injuries and surgeries he took time off from football, focusing on establishing hi
landscaping company
in Noosa, QLD with his partner Hannah Erken. In 2018 Biddle signed wit
Noosa Lions FC
and again for the 2020 season.

References

External links

Sydney FC profilewww.instylehabitats.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biddle, Adam 1988 births Living people People educated at Epping Boys High School Australian soccer players A-League Men players Blacktown City FC players Sydney FC players Sydney Olympic FC players Parramatta FC players Central Coast Mariners Academy players National Premier Leagues players Association football wingers