Cameron Watson (born 31 May 1987) is a
Scottish Australian football (soccer)
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player who plays as a
defensive midfielder for
National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Vict ...
side
Moreland Zebras FC
Brunswick Juventus FC is an Australian soccer club based in the Melbourne municipality of Merri-bek. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 and is based at CB Smith Reserve in the suburb of Fawkner. The earliest ...
.
Club career
FC Porto and VVV-Venlo
Watson previously played in the youth and reserve teams of
Portuguese Liga club
FC Porto
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for one season before joining
Dutch club
VVV-Venlo
VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following ...
, where he made a handful of appearances.
[Promotion should be elementary for Watson]
/ref> From there he trained with both Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...
and Sydney FC
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in an intention to sign with either club before signing on with Melbourne Knights.[ Watson was linked to a move to ]Gold Coast United
Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...
after head coach, Miron Bleiberg, expressed his interest in signing him.[ Did not sign for Gold Coast United due to an injury. On 28 April 2010 he scored for Melbourne Heart in a team of trialists against the ]Whittlesea Zebras
Brunswick Juventus FC is an Australian soccer club based in the Melbourne municipality of Merri-bek. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 and is based at CB Smith Reserve in the suburb of Fawkner. The earliest ...
.
Adelaide United
Watson signed for Adelaide United in the A-League
A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
on an injury replacement loan
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for Fabian Barbiero
Fabian Giuseppe Barbiero (born 2 May 1984) is an Australian footballer who plays for MetroStars, as a central midfielder.
Biography
Club career
Before joining Adelaide United Barbiero played for the North Eastern MetroStars. Barbiero signed f ...
. He played his first match in round 1 of the 2010–2011 A-League season coming on as a substitute.
Watson signed a permanent 2-year undisclosed contract with Adelaide United in January 2011, taking him to the end of the 2012–2013 A-League season.
At the conclusion of the 2014–2015 A-League season, Watson's contract was not renewed.
Newcastle Jets
On 24 July 2015, Watson signed a 1-year deal with the Newcastle Jets.
Bengaluru FC
On 5 August 2016, Watson joined I-League
The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...
champions Bengaluru FC.
Mohun Bagan A.C
On 18 December 2017, Watson joined Mohun Bagan. He replaced his fellow countryman Diogo Ferreira who was released by the club recently.
Personal life
Cameron Watson's father, George Watson, previously played with Stirling Albion
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...
in the Scottish First Division before emigrating to Australia in the early 1980s.[
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References
External links
Adelaide United profile
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1987 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
Soccer players from Melbourne
Australian people of Scottish descent
Australian expatriate men's soccer players
FC Porto B players
Melbourne Knights FC players
VVV-Venlo players
Adelaide United FC players
Newcastle Jets FC players
Bengaluru FC players
Madura United F.C. players
Mohun Bagan AC players
Brunswick Juventus FC players
Eerste Divisie players
A-League Men players
I-League players
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
Victorian Institute of Sport alumni
Australia men's youth international soccer players
Australian men's soccer players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Australian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia