A-League player movements

A-League player movements

Adelaide United

Re-signed: Daniel Beltrame (1 year), Fabian Barbiero (1 year), Angelo Costanzo (1 year), Eugene Galekovic (2 years), Lucas Pantelis (2 years), Kristian Sarkies (2 years), Michael Valkanis (1 year).

In: Alemao (CA Juventus , Brazil - 2 years), Mark Birighitti (Australian Institute of Sport - 2 years), Cristiano (Willem II, Netherlands - 2 years), Daniel Mullen (AIS - 1 year), Sasa Ognenovski (Queensland Roar - 2 years) , Paul Reid (Brighton & Hove Albion - 2 years), Robbie Younis (APIA Leichhardt Tigers - 2 years)

Out: Richie Alagich (retired), Robert Bajic (released), Nathan Burns (AEK Athens), Bruce Djite (Genclerbirligi, Turkey), Dez Giraldi (released), Shaun Ontong (Newcastle Jets), Bobby Petta (released) and Milan Susak (released).

Central Coast Mariners

Re-signed: Nigel Boogaard (2 years), Andrew Clark (1 year), Andre Gumprecht (1 year), John Hutchinson (2 years), Mile Jedinak (2 years), Nik Mrdja (1 year), Matt Osman (1 year), Brad Porter (2 years), Matt Simon (2 years).

In: Pedj Bojic (Sutherland Sharks - 1 year), Adrian Caceres (Melbourne Victory - 2 years), David D’Apuzzo (APIA Leichhardt - 1 year), Ahmad Elrich (Wellington Phoenix - 2 years), Dylan Macallister (FC Lyn, Norway - 2 years)

Out: John Aloisi (end of contract), Damien Brown (retired), Adam Kwasnik (Wellington Phoenix), Ian McAndrew (released), Tom Pondeljak (Melbourne Victory), Matthew Trott (released) and Tony Vidmar (retired)

Melbourne Victory

Re-signed: Steven Pace (2 years), Daniel Vasilevski (2 years), Nick Ward (1 year - Under 23 Marquee player)

In: Billy Celeski (Perth Glory - 1 year), Nathan Elasi (Marconi Stallions - 2 years), Jose Luis Lopez (Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica - 2 year loan), Ney Fabiano (Chonburi FC, Thailand - 2 years), Tom Pondeljak (Central Coast Mariners - 2 years),Michael Thwaite (SK Brann, Norway - 1 year loan)

Out: Adrian Caceres (Central Coast Mariners), Joseph Keenan (released), Leandro Love (end of loan from Vissel Kobe, Japan), Ljubo Milicevic (released), Kaz Patafta (Newcastle Jets), Daniel Piorkowski (released).

Newcastle Jets

Re-signed: Adam D’Apuzzo (2 years), Tarek Elrich (2 years), Ben Kennedy (2 years)

In: Antun Kovacic (Richmond - 2 years), Jason Naidovski (AIS - 2 years), Shaun Ontong (Adelaide United - 2 years), Kaz Patafta (Melbourne Victory - 1 year), Jesper Hakansson (Lyngby BK - 2 years).

Out: Mark Bridge (Sydney FC), Denni (released), Jorge Drovandi (released), Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix), Steve Eagleton (retired), Troy Hearfield (Wellington Phoenix), Mario Jardel (released), Paul Kohler (released), Stuart Musialik (Sydney FC), Scott Tunbridge (released).

Perth Glory

Re-signed: Jamie Coyne (2 years), Jimmy Downey (2 years), Jamie Harnwell (2 years), Jason Petkovic (1 year), James Robinson (1 year), Naum Sekulovski (1 year), David Tarka (1 year).

In: Amaral (Grêmio Barueri, Brazil - 1 year), Scott Bulloch (Sorrento, WA), Eugene Dadi (Hapoel Acre, Israel - 1 year), Hayden Doyle (Niki Volou FC, Greece - 1 year), Frank Juric (Hannover 96, Germany - 2 years), Mark Lee (ECU Joondalup, WA - 1 year), Josip Magdic (Floreat Athena, WA - 1 year), Adriano Pellegrino (Metro Stars, Adelaide - 1 year), Adrian Trinidad (KL PLUS FC, Malaysia - 1 year)

Out: Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix), Billy Celeski (Melbourne Victory), Simon Colosimo (Sydney FC), Stan Lazaridis (released), Mitchell Prentice (Sydney FC)

Queensland Roar

Re-signed: Josh McCloughan (2 years), Griffin McMaster (2 years), Liam Reddy (3 years).

In: Luke DeVere (Australian Institute of Sport - 2 years), David Dodd (Palm Beach,QLD - 2 years), Charlie Miller (Lierse SK, Belgium - 2 years), Tommy Oar (Queensland Academy of Sport - 3 years), Reinaldo (Busan I’Park, Korea Republic - 3 years), Tim Smits (Rochedale Rovers, QLD - 2 years), Sergio van Dijk (FC Emmen, Netherlands - 2 years).

Out: Matt Ham (released), Simon Lynch (released), Marcinho (released), Sasa Ognenovski (Adelaide United).

Sydney FC

In: John Aloisi (Central Coast Mariners - 2 years), Mark Bridge (Newcastle Jets - 3 years), Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory - 2 years), Stuart Musialik (Newcastle Jets - 2 years), Chris Payne (Manly United - 2 years), Mitchell Prentice (Perth Glory - 2 years).

Out: Mark Milligan (released), Patrick (released), Mark Rudan (Avispa Fukuoka, Japan), Ufuk Talay (Avispa Fukuoka, Japan), Ben Vidaic (released), Ruben Zadkovich (Derby County, England), David Zdrilic (released).

Wellington Phoenix

Re-signed: Vince Lia (2 years)

In: Leo Bertos (Perth Glory - 2 years), Andrew Durante (Newcastle Jets - 2 years), Leilei Gao (MyPa, Finland - 1 year), Troy Hearfield (Newcastle Jets - 2 years), Adam Kwasnik (Central Coast Mariners - 1 year), Jon McKain (Politechnica Timisoara, Romania - 2 years), David Mulligan (Port Vale, England - 2 years), Ben Sigmund (Auckland City, NZ - 1 year).

Out: Ross Aloisi (retired), Royce Brownlie (released), Cleberson (released), Ahmad Elrich (Central Coast Mariners), Felipe (released), Steven O’Dor (released), Steven Old (Macarthur Rams, NSW Premier League), George Paladini (released), Kristian Rees (short-term player, released), Jacob Spoonley (released).

Written by
Ben Willing