Matthew Trott (born 9 June 1985 in

Gosford Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extre ...

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

, Australia) is an Australian professional

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 ...

Career

After having 31 consecutive games on the bench listed as a substitute 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 ...

, Trott made his

debut for the

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

, appearing in the last game of the 2006–07 season. Since then, he has made infrequent appearances for the Mariners as a fill-in for regular goalkeeper

Danny Vukovic Daniel Vukovic ( ; born 27 March 1985) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League and the Australia national team. Vukovic is the holder of several A-League records: he has ...

. After he was released from the Mariners he went to England and signed with non-league club

Didcot Town F.C. Didcot Town Football Club are a association football, football club based in Didcot in Oxfordshire, England. The club is affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association They won the FA Vase in 2005 and are currently members of Division One C ...

Honours

With

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Premiership: 2007–08 With Didcot Town FC: *

Southern Football League Division One South & West The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foot ...

: 2008–09

External links

Central Coast Mariners profile
1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Gosford Australian men's soccer players A-League Men players Central Coast Mariners FC players Didcot Town F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Sportsmen from New South Wales Soccer players from New South Wales {{Australia-footybio-stub