James Meyer (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a

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for National Premier Leagues Queensland club Brisbane City.

Career

Early career

Born in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Meyer started his youth career with

Brisbane City FC Brisbane City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1952, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 1986 season where they were relegated back to Sta ...

in 2005. The following year Meyer went to Europe and signed on as a youth player for

Bohemian F.C. Bohemian Football Club ( ga, an Cumann Peile Bóihéamach), more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland, and are the ...

of Ireland and then

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of Germany the next year. He then returned to Australia in 2008 to play for

Olympic FC Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was founded in 1967 and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, with home matches played at Goodwin Park. The club has grow ...

of the Queensland State League before joining

Eastern Suburbs F.C. Eastern Suburbs Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in East Brisbane, Queensland. The club is the most centrally located of all the semi-professional clubs in Brisbane, situated approximately from the city centre. Eas ...

of the

Brisbane Premier League Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

Brisbane Roar

On 30 June 2010, after being spotted in the

by future

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coach

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, Meyer was handed a trial with the

Brisbane Roar FC Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record ...

of the

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– the top tier soccer league in Australia. After the trial Meyer was handed a one-year deal with the Roar with Postecoglou saying "I watched James a couple of times ... he can play a number of positions for us, he's quick and he's good technically". Meyer then made his professional debut for the Roar on 12 January 2011 against the

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at Central Coast Stadium. He came off the bench for the Roar in the 75th minute for Erik Paartalu and eventually scored the equalizing goal for the Roar which led to them drawing the match 3–3 in the 78th minute, three minutes after coming on. Meyer then scored his first brace in his next match against the

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

on 26 January 2011. He came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for

Mitch Nichols Mitchell Ian "Mitch" Nichols (born 1 May 1989) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gold Coast United FC in the National Premier Leagues Queensland. Club career Brisbane Roar He signed a two-year deal on 11 M ...

and then went on to score in the 83rd and 89th minutes of the game to grant the Roar a late 2–0 victory. He then scored his fourth goal of his career and that very month on 29 January 2011 against the Melbourne Heart in which he found the net in the 62nd minute to hand the Roar a 2–1 win. The next season Meyer scored his one and only goal on 19 November 2011 against the Newcastle Jets. He came off the bench in the 79th minute for Henrique and then found the net five minutes later in the 84th minute to lead the Brisbane Roar to a 2–1 victory. Meyer then made his club international debut in the

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on 6 March 2012 against

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of the

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in Japan when he came off the bench in the 79th minute for Henrique. The Roar eventually went on to lose that match 2–0. Meyer scored his final goal for the Brisbane Roar on 26 January 2013 against

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at nib Stadium. He started this match and scored the goal in the 16th minute which would turn out to be the only goal in that match as the Roar won 1–0. His final match for the Roar came in the AFC Champions League play-off match against

Buriram United Buriram United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลบุรีรัมย์ ยูไนเต็ด) is a professional football club based in Buriram, Thailand. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the ...

at the

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on 13 February 2013. He came on as a 116th-minute substitute for

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and then missed from the penalty spot in the penalty shoot-out which saw Buriram United advance to the group stages of Asia's top competition as 3–0 winners. After the conclusion of the

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season Meyer was released from the Brisbane Roar, along with

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and Matthew Jurman.

Pune

On 13 August 2013 it was announced that Meyer had signed with

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of the

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in India as the club's fourth foreigner for the

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season. He then made his debut for the Indian side on 21 September 2013 against

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at the Salt Lake Stadium. He started this match and played the full 90 minutes and even scored his first goal for the club in the 52nd minute to help Pune to an opening day 3–1 victory. His second goal for the club came on 10 October 2013 against

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at the Balewadi Sports Complex in which his 79th-minute strike helped Pune to a 2–0 victory. Meyer then scored his third goal for the club on 6 November 2013 against Bengaluru FC in which his 71st minute proved to be the deciding goal in a 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Honours

Brisbane Roar *

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, 2011–12,

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, 2011–12 Yadanarbon *

Myanmar National League The MPT Myanmar National League ( my, မြန်မာ နေရှင်နယ် လိဂ်; abbreviated MNL) is the premier national professional football league of Myanmar. In 2009, the league replaced the Myanmar Premier League, which co ...

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Eastern * Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16

References

External links

Pune Football Club Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, James 1986 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney Brisbane Roar FC players Pune FC players Men's association football midfielders A-League Men players I-League players National Premier Leagues players Expatriate men's footballers in India Eastern Sports Club footballers Australian men's soccer players Eastern Suburbs FC players