Matthew Michael Acton is an Australian

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 ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

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 ...

. Acton was born to an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

mother and half Finnish/half English father.

Club career

Acton played for Brisbane Roar. He became the first Australian goalkeeper to join the

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 ...

when

Yangon United Yangon United Football Club ( my, ရန်ကုန် ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း ) is a Burmese football club, based at Yangon United Sports Complex, in Yangon, Myanmar. Owned by Tay Za, a prominent Burme ...

signed him in. He was a starting player in all of his 14 caps for Yangon where in five games he managed to keep a clean sheet. He assisted Yangon in their second-place finish. After his stint with Yangon he return Brisbane Roar then joined Olympic F.C. In December 2015, Kaya F.C. of the United Football League announced that they had signed Acton. On 25 November 2016,

signed Acton as an injury replacement for Alastair Bray, after both had trialled with Melbourne Victory pre-season. After Lawrence Thomas was ruled out with injury, Acton made his debut for Melbourne Victory on 26 November 2016, in a 2–0 victory over the Newcastle Jets. On 24 September 2020,

Re-signed Acton for extend three year deal.

Career statistics

Notes ''CS = Clean Sheets'' ¹ - includes

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 ...

final series statistics
² -

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

statistics are included in season commencing during group stages (i.e. ACL 2015 and A-League season 2014–15 etc.)

Honours

Club

;Brisbane Roar *

A-League Championship A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professionalism in association football, professional men's association football, soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Austral ...

: 2013–14 * A-League Premiership: 2013–14 ;Melbourne Victory *

: 2017–18 * FFA Cup:

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

References

External links

FFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acton, Matt 1992 births Australian soccer players Australian people of English descent Australian people of Finnish descent Association football goalkeepers Brisbane Roar FC players Yangon United F.C. players Kaya F.C. players Melbourne Victory FC players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players Living people Australian expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar Expatriate footballers in Myanmar Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Expatriate footballers in the Philippines Sportspeople from Townsville Soccer players from Queensland