Mark Brusasco (born 24 August 1960) is an Australian former

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player.

Early life and education

He is the son of

Ian Brusasco Ian Brusasco Order of Australia, AO, AM(4 October 1928 – 13 May 2021) was an Australian businessman who served as chairman and director for WorkCover Queensland, Queensland Investment Corporation, Gladstone Ports Corporation, Foodbank Qld, P ...

AO a former

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city councilor and later president of Soccer Australia (now Football Federation Australia). Between 1973 and 1977 Brusasco attended

Brisbane Grammar School , motto_translation = Nothing Without Labour , established = 1868 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender = Boys , denomination = Non-denominational , slogan = , key_people = , ci ...

Schoolboy rugby

Brusasco represented Queensland Schoolboys in

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

Soccer career

Club career

Brusasco played 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 ...

for Brisbane City.

International career

Brusasco made one full international appearance as a substitute in

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's defeat of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

in the

1980 OFC Nations Cup The 1980 OFC Nations Cup was held in Nouméa, New Caledonia. The eight participating teams were Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tahiti. Australia defeated Tahiti 4-2 in the fi ...

References

1960 births Living people Soccer players from Melbourne Australian men's soccer players Brisbane City FC players National Soccer League (Australia) players 1980 Oceania Cup players Australia men's international soccer players Men's association football forwards Australian people of Italian descent {{Australia-footy-forward-stub