Jobe Wheelhouse (born 14 April 1985 in

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, Australia) is an Australian

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player who plays for

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Club career

Wheelhouse was unavailable for the majority of the 2006-07

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season and made his return against

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in Round 1 of the 2007–08 season. Since returning, the often unfairly maligned Wheelhouse has impressed for the Jets, one of the standouts in Newcastle's disastrous 2008-09 A-League campaign, where they plummeted from champions to wooden spooners in one season. Jobe scored one of the great

goals of all time in a Round 18 clash with

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in season 2009–10. The goal was described by Gold Coast manager

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as a "

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-style" goal. On 23 September 2011 he was appointed captain of the

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for the

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season. After playing quite an important role in his captaincy, Jobe Wheelhouse was again appointed the captain of the Newcastle United Jets for the 2012/ 2013 Hyundai A-League Season. On 31 January 2013 it was announced that Wheelhouse had quit the club and was taking the rest of the season off. The reason behind his departure was that his contract was not going to be renewed for the 2013/2014 season. He then moved on to playing for Northern NSW State League side Lambton Jaffas http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1461012/jobe-joins-lambton-to-put-fun-back-in-football/ In 2020, Wheelhouse made an appearance for the

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side Toronto Awaba Stags

International career

Youth

He represented Australia at the 2003

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Honours

With

: *

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: 2007-2008

References

External links

Newcastle Jets profile

1985 births Living people Australian soccer players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players Newcastle Jets FC players Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales National Premier Leagues players Association football midfielders {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub