Corey Gameiro (born 7 February 1993) is an Australian football player of Portuguese ancestry who most recently played as a forward for A-League club Central Coast Mariners.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Corey James Gameiro | ||
Date of birth | (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Port Kembla, Australia | ||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | Lake Heights | ||
2000–2010 | South Coast Wolves | ||
2008–2009 | Sydney FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | South Coast Wolves | 6 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Hayes & Yeading (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → FC Eindhoven (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Wellington Phoenix (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Sydney FC | 21 | (4) |
2015–2017 | Melbourne City | 5 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | St George City | 8 | (0) |
2021 | APIA Leichhardt | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Australia U20 | 11 | (6) |
2014 | Australia U23 | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2014 |
Gameiro signed a professional contract with Fulham in August 2009 and he signed a contract extension in May 2012 that saw him remain at Fulham until the summer 2013.[1]
He was one of 12 players released by Fulham at the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season.[2]
Gameiro was loaned out to Hayes & Yeading for one month on 24 November 2011[3]
The following season, he joined FC Eindhoven on a four-month loan on 31 August 2012.[4] The same day he made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie, in a match against FC Volendam, coming of the bench in the 64th minute.[5]
Gameiro joined Wellington Phoenix on a loan deal until the end of the 2012-13 A-League season on 9 February 2013.[6]
On 28 June 2013, Gameiro signed for A-League team Sydney FC on a two-year deal.[7]
On 3 January 2014, Gameiro scored his first goal for Sydney FC, scoring against Adelaide United with a header from a Nikola Petković free kick.[8]
Gameiro was released by Sydney FC following the 2014–15 A-League season. He rejected Sydney's contract in order to find another team.[9]
On 22 June 2015, Melbourne City announced they had recruited Gameiro on a 2-year deal despite injury concerns.[10]
On 1 May 2017, Melbourne City announced Gameiro would not be offered a new contract and effectively released him from the club.[11] Gameiro was injured for the bulk of his time at Melbourne City and played only a handful of games for the club.
On 4 July 2017, Gamerio joined Brisbane Roar.[12] and played his first game making his debut in a 2–0 preseason win over Sydney F.C. on 16 September 2017. Gameiro announced his delight at returning to football after 22 months saying “He [John Aloisi] was the one who put his hand out to me when I needed it. I really am so thankful and I won’t ever let him down because he didn’t let me down in my time of need".[13] On 3 May 2018, Gameiro had his contract terminated by mutual consent by Brisbane Roar.[14]
Following his release from Brisbane Roar, Gameiro signed a one-year deal with Central Coast Mariners on 8 May 2018.[15] He was released by the club on 22 May 2019 and did not feature in a competitive match for the Mariners.[16]
Gameiro scored a hat-trick during the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship match against Jordan, securing a place at the U20 World Cup to be held in Turkey in June 2013.[17]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sydney FC | 2013–14 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 |
2014–15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 3 | |
Total | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
Career total | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
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