Adam D'Apuzzo
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Adam D'Apuzzo is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n professional football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player. He currently plays as a left back for NSW Premier League club APIA Leichhardt Tigers.

Biography

He has previously played for the Marconi Stallions
Marconi Stallions
The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

 in the NSW Premier League
New South Wales Premier League
The New South Wales Premier League is the highest state-level men's soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is considered one grade lower than the A-League...

 competition. D'Apuzzo's brother is former Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners FC
Central Coast Mariners Football Club is a professional football club based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. They participate in the A-League and are one of three teams from the state of New South Wales playing in the competition...

 midfielder, David D'Apuzzo
David D'Apuzzo
David D'Apuzzo is a football player.Until December 2009, he was contracted as a left back for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners. David is also the brother of Newcastle Jets midfielder, Adam D'Apuzzo...

. D'Apuzzo attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill
Summer Hill, New South Wales
Summer Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Summer Hill is located 8 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Ashfield....

, Sydney, Australia with both his brother and former Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

 striker Ben Vidaic
Ben Vidaic
Benjamin Vidaic is an Australian football player. He currently plays with Sydney United FC in the NSW Premier League. He previously played for A-League side Sydney FC. He is of Croat origin, and attended the Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill where he was Captain of Soccer...

. He was the captain of the football team.

D'Apuzzo also studies commerce
Commerce
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, majoring in finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

 and accounting, at the University of NSW.

Newcastle Jets

He signed a contract with the Newcastle Jets in 2006. He made his debut for the first team squad on the 1st of September 2006 against the Queensland Roar at Energy Australia Stadium. In his first season he played 11 games and scored 1 goal. He has became a regular at left back. On the 18th of February it was announced the he would leave club and return back to his home town of Sydney. He played over 102 games for the Jets over 5 years with the club. He would later go on to trial with Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

.

APIA Leichhardt

On 20 June 2011, it was announced that he had signed for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League until the remainder of the 2011 season.

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 29 October 2010)
Club Season League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Newcastle United Jets
Newcastle United Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club is a professional football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The club competes in the A-League and plays its home games at Ausgrid Stadium . The Jets have won one A-League championship, defeating arch rivals the 1–0 in the 2007–08 Grand Final...

2006–07
A-League 2006-07
The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...

10 0 0
11 0 0
2007–08
A-League 2007-08
The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...

19 0 4
19 0 4
2008–09
A-League 2008-09
The 2008–09 A-League season was the fourth season of the Australasian A-League association football competition. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion...

20 0 1
20 0 1
2009–10 27 0 0
6 0 0 33 0 0
2010–11 26 0 0
23 0 0
Total 10205---600 10805

Honours

With Newcastle Jets: A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 Championship: 2007-2008
A-League 2007-08
The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...


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