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Jason Kato Geria (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Melbourne Victory in the A-League and for the Australia national team.

Jason Geria

Geria with Melbourne Victory in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Jason Kato Geria
Date of birth	(1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth	Canberra, Australia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Melbourne Victory
Number	2
Youth career
	Weston Creek SC
	Woden Valley
2009–2011	AIS
2011–2012	Brisbane Roar
2012–2013	Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2018	Melbourne Victory	107	(1)
2018–2020	JEF United Chiba	57	(2)
2021	Perth Glory	13	(0)
2021–	Melbourne Victory	27	(2)
National team‡
2011–2013	Australia U20	20	(3)
2014–2015	Australia U23	8	(0)
2016–	Australia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2016

Born in Canberra, Geria played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport and Brisbane Roar youth before joining Melbourne Victory in 2012, where he made his professional debut and played for five years. He then joined Japanese club JEF United Chiba in 2018.

Early life

Geria was born in Canberra to Ugandan parents.[2]

Club career

Youth

Geria's first youth club was Weston Creek SC in Canberra.[3] He also played in Woden Valley's youth sides.[4] Geria was a member of the Australian Institute of Sport football program before joining Brisbane Roar's youth team in 2011.[5] He eventually became captain of the side in the National Youth League.[6]

Melbourne Victory

On 29 November 2012, Geria was signed for Melbourne Victory by ex-Roar coach Ange Postecoglou.[7] Despite often missing A-League games due to national youth team commitments, Geria became a regular first team player and was awarded the number 2 shirt, although it took him almost three years to score his first senior goal for the club, against Hume City in the 2015 FFA Cup Semi Final on 28 October 2015.[8]

JEF United Chiba

In March 2018, Geria left Melbourne Victory and transferred to J2 League club JEF United Chiba for a $800,000 transfer fee.[9]

Perth Glory

In March 2021, 3 months after leaving JEF United Chiba, Geria returned to Australia, joining A-League club Perth Glory on a contract for the remainder of the 2020–21 A-League season.[10] In June 2021, he left Perth Glory at the conclusion of his contract.[11]

Return to Melbourne Victory

In July 2021, Geria re-joined Melbourne Victory, ahead of the 2021–22 A-League season.[12]

International career

Geria played for Australia numerous times at youth level, including participating in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

Geria was first called up to the Socceroos by Ange Postecoglou (with whom he had played for at club level) in March 2016 for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches that month against Tajikistan and Jordan, but he didn't play any match.[13]

He was called up for the Socceroos for two home friendlies against Greece in June 2016, and started in the first match.[14] As he only represented Australia in friendlies, he is still eligible to represent Uganda.

Career statistics

As of 17 March 2022[15]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Melbourne Victory	2012–13	A-League	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2013–14		21	0	0	0	6	0	27	0
	2014–15		16	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
	2015–16		18	0	4	1	8	0	30	1
	2016–17		27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
	2017–18		21	0	2	0	2	0	25	0
	Total		107	0	12	1	16	0	135	1
JEF United Chiba	2018	J2 League	14	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
	2019		21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
	2020		22	2	0	0	0	0	22	2
	Total		57	2	2	0	0	0	59	2
Perth Glory	2020–21	A-League	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Melbourne Victory	2021–22		13	1	2	0	1	0	16	1
Total			190	3	16	1	17	0	223	4

Honours

Melbourne Victory

• A-League Championship: 2014–2015
• A-League Premiership: 2014–2015
• FFA Cup: 2015, 2021[16]

Individual

• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2021–22[17]

References

External links

• Jason Geria profile MelbourneVictory.com.au
• Jason Geria at Soccerway
• Jason Geria – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Jason Geria at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jason Geria at J.League (in Japanese)

На других языках

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[de] Jason Geria

Jason Geria (* 10. Mai 1993 in Canberra) ist ein australischer Fußballspieler.

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- [en] Jason Geria

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[fr] Jason Geria

Jason Kato Geria, abrégé Jason Geria, né le 10 mai 1993 à Canberra, est un footballeur international australien, possédant également la nationalité ougandaise. Il évolue au poste de défenseur droit au Melbourne Victory.

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[it] Jason Geria

Jason Kato Geria (Canberra, 10 maggio 1993) è un calciatore australiano, difensore del Melbourne Victory.

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