Bradley Swancott (born 23 July 1979), is an Australian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

Club career

Born in

Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, w ...

, Swancott represented local side

Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Breakers FC are a defunct Australian football (soccer) club. Formed out of elements of the Newcastle Austral club, they participated in the National Soccer League from season 1991/1992, until their dissolution in 1999/2000. The club fare ...

in the

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ...

, making his debut aged just 16. However, he spent most of his time there as understudy to Bob Catlin, and totaled only 21 matches in 5 years. When the breakers dissolved in 2000, Swancott joined the newly formed Newcastle Jets, where he made 4 appearances. After his release by the Jets, Swancott spent time with

NSW Premier League The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, the organising body in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier Leagues Northern ...

teams, including

Bankstown City The City of Bankstown was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the South-western Sydney, south-west region of Sydney, Australia, centred on the suburb of Bankstown, from 1895 to 2016. The last Mayor of the City of Bankstown ...

Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Football Club, commonly known as Parramatta Melita Eagles or just Melita, are a semi-professional Australian soccer club based in South Granville, New South Wales. The club was established by Maltese migrants in 1956 and played sever ...

and

APIA Leichhardt APIA Leichhardt Football Club, also known simply as APIA (Associazione Poli-sportiva Italo Australiana), is a semi-professional soccer club based in the suburb of Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1954 as APIA Leichhardt, ...

. He then returned to Newcastle to play for local sides Lake Macquarie City, Hamilton Olympic and Lambton Jaffas.

Personal life

Swancott still lives and works in Newcastle. Currently working in his own business that supplies Workwear & Safety equipment to Newcastle and the

Hunter Region The Hunter Region, also commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney. It contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and so ...

. He also has business interests in mining and strategic procurement projects.

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* 1979 births Living people Soccer players from Newcastle, New South Wales Men's association football goalkeepers National Soccer League (Australia) players National Premier Leagues players Newcastle Jets FC players Australian men's soccer players Newcastle Breakers FC players Sportsmen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales {{Australia-footy-goalkeeper-stub