2010–11 Gold Coast United FC season

Gold Coast United FC

Company type	Football club
Industry	Professional football
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Gold Coast , Australia
Area served	Australia
Products	Football team
Website	www.goldcoastunited.com.au

The 2010–11 season for Gold Coast United represented the club's sophomore campaign in the A-League. They achieved a third-place finish during the regular season but were ultimately knocked out by Central Coast Mariners in the Preliminary Final stage.

Incoming

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Previous Club	Transfer Fee
16 June 2010	DF	Template:Country data ENGTemplate:Namespace detect showall	John Curtis	Northampton Town	Free transfer
19 July 2010	GK	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Glen Moss	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer
2 September 2010	FW	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Bruce Djite	Gençlerbirliği	Free transfer
10 January 2011	FW	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Shane Smeltz	Gençlerbirliği	Free transfer
16 January 2011	MF	Template:Country data KORTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Kim Sung-kil	Busan Transportation Corporation	Free transfer
	MF	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall	Anderson	Criciúma	Free transfer

Departures

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Destination Club	Transfer Fee
19 July 2010	GK	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Jess Vanstrattan	Central Coast Mariners	Undisclosed fee
29 July 2010	MF	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Richard Greer	—	—
24 August 2010	FW	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Shane Smeltz	Gençlerbirliği	Undisclosed fee

Loan Signings

Loan Start Date	Position	Nationality	Player Name	Loaned From	Loan Duration
22 December 2010	MF		Peter Perchtold	1. FC Nürnberg	10 matches

Trial Periods

Trial Start Date	Trial End Date	Position	Nationality	Player Name	Previous Club
14 May 2010	28 May 2010	DF	Template:Country data ENGTemplate:Namespace detect showall	John Curtis	Northampton Town

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	Previous Club	Departure Date
23 February 2011	MF	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	Jason Culina	Newcastle Jets	23 February 2011

Squad

, '32 ' , ' Steven Lustica ' , ' ' , ' MF ' , ' ' , ' Sydney FC Youth ' , ' ' , ' ' , ' ' , ' ' , '33 ' , ' Peter Perchtold ' , ' ' , ' MF ' , ' ' , ' loan from 1. FC Nürnberg ' , '2010 ' , '2010 ' , '10 ' , '0 ' , '34 ' , '[ [Kim Sung-kil] ] ' , '{{ flagicon |\ nKOR} } ' , 'Mf ' ,

Appearances and goals

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No.	Player Name	Nationality	Role	Birthdate (Age)	Acquired From	Year Joined	Contract Expiry	Appearances	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Glen Moss	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	GK		Melbourne Victory FC	2010	2012	30	0
20	Scott Higgins	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	GK		Wellington Phoenix FC	2009		12	0
30	Jerrad Tyson	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	GK		Brisbane Strikers FC	2010		1	0
Defenders
3	Michael Thwaite	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	DF		SK Brann	2009		56	0
4	Daniel Piorkowski	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	DF		'Newcastle Jets FC'	'2009'	'2011'	'2'	'0'
'6'	'Dino Djulbic'	'Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'		'Rot Weiss Ahlen'	'2010'		'40'	'4'
'13'	'Bas van den Brink'	'Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'	'Template:Birth date and age2'	'Almere City FC'	'2009'		'50'	'4'
'16'	'Kristian Rees'	'Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'		'Adelaide City FC'	'2009'	'2011'	'52'	'2'
'22'	'Adama Traoré (footballer, born 1990)'	'Template:Country data CIVTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'		'École de Football Yéo Martial'	'2009'		'42'	'2'
'24'	'John Curtis (footballer, born 1978)'	'Template:Country data ENGTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'	'Template:Birth date and age2'	'Northampton Town F.C.'	'2010'	'2011'	'19'	'1'
'29'	'Zac Anderson'	'Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	'DF'	'Template:Birth date and age2'	'Queensland Academy of Sport'	'2009'	""	"5"	"0"
""	"Ben Wearing"	"Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall"	"DF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"Musgrave"	"2009"	""	"1"	"0"
Midfielders |-											"2"	"Steve Pantelidis"	"Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall"	"MF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"Melbourne Victory FC"	"2009"	"2011"	"49"	"1"
"5"	"Robson Alves da Silva"	"Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall"	"MF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"Associação Desportiva Cabofriense"	"2009"	""	"30"	"2"
"7"	"Zenon Caravella"	"{{country data AUS|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall"	"MF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"Almere City FC"	"2009"	"2011"	"52"	"1"
"8"	"Anderson Alves da Silva"	"{{country data BRA|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall"	"MF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"Criciúma Esporte Clube"	"2010"	"2011"	"48"	"0"
"10"	"Jason Culina"	"{{country data AUS|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall"	"MF"	"Template:Birth date and age2"	"PSV Eindhoven"	2009	2012	44	8
17	Matthew Osman	{{country data AUS|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall	MF		Central Coast Mariners FC	2009	2011	15	0
18	James Brown (Australian footballer)	{{country data AUS|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall	MF		FFA Centre of Excellence	2009	2012	21	3
23	Steve Fitzsimmons	{{country data AUS|flag icon/core|variant=|size=}}Template:Namespace detect showall	MF		Logan Lightning FC	2009	2010	34	, '2'
, 26	, 'Ben Halloran'	, 'Template:Country data \nAUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall'	, 'MF'	, 'Template:Birth date and age2'	, 'Queensland Academy of Sport'	, '2010'	,	, '2'	, '0'
, 28	, 'Mitch Bevan'	,	, 'MF'	,	, 'Brisbane Roar FC'	, '2009'	,	, '1'	, '0'
, 31	, 'Joshua Brillante'	,	, 'Mf '	, ' '	, ' Queensland Academy of Sport ' , ' ' , ' ' , ' ' , ' '

Players who departed Gold Coast United during the season: |-

Goal scorers

Rank	Position	Country	Jersey Number	Player Name	A-League	A-League Finals	Overall Total
1	FW	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	11	Bruce Djite	9	1	10
2	FW	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	9	Shane Smeltz	7	2	9
3	MF	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	10	Jason Culina	5	0	5
4	DF	Template:Country data BIHTemplate:Namespace detect showall	6	Dino Djulbic	3	1	4
5	DF	Template:Country data NLDTemplate:Namespace detect showall	13	Bas van den Brink	3	0	3
6	DF	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	18	James Brown	2	0	2
	DF	Template:Country data CIVTemplate:Namespace detect showall	22	Adama Traoré	2	0	2
	FW	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	14	Joel Porter	2	0	2
	MF	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall	5	Robson	2	0	2
10	DF	Template:Country data ENGTemplate:Namespace detect showall	24	John Curtis	1	0	1
	MF	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	2	Steve Pantelidis	1	0	1
	FW	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	19	Andrew Barisic	1	0	1
	FW	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	27	Chris Harold	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
Total					40	4	44

Disciplinary record

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Position	Nationality	Number	Player	A-League		A-League Finals		Overall
				Template:Yel	Template:Sent off	Template:Yel	Template:Sent off	Template:Yel	Template:Sent off
1	Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall	GK	Glen Moss	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	MF	Steve Pantelidis	8	0	2	0	10	0
3	Template:Country data AUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall	DF	Michael Thwaite	5	0	0	0	5	0
5	Template:Country data BRATemplate:Namespace detect showall	MF	Robson	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	Template:Country data BIHTemplate:Namespace detect showall	DF	Dino Djulbic	5	0	0	0	5	0
Grand Total				55	3	5	0	60	3

External links

• Official website