Jason Geria

Jason Geria

Geria with Melbourne Victory in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Jason Kato Geria
Date of birth (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 2
Youth career
Weston Creek SC
Woden Valley
2009–2011 AIS
2011–2012 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012– Melbourne Victory 59 (0)
National team‡
2011–2013 Australia U20 20 (3)
2014– Australia U23 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 March 2016

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

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.

Early life

Geria was born in Canberra to Ugandan parents who met while studying at Australian National University.[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]

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 in March 2016 for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches that month against Tajikistan and Jordan, but he didn't play any match.[9]

Due to his Ugandan background, he is also eligible to play for Uganda national football team.

Career statistics

As of 7 April 2016[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne Victory 2012–13 A-League 40000040
2013–14 2100060270
2014–15 1602000180
2015–16 1604140241
Total57061100731

Honours

Club

Melbourne Victory

References

  1. ↑ "Jason Geria". melbournevictory.com.au. Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ↑ David Polkinghorne (16 October 2014). "Melbourne defender Jason Geria hopes to inspire Canberrans like Carl Valeri". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Five minutes with Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "WVSC Club History". Woden Weston FC. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Geria finds comfort in Brisbane". Brisbane Roar FC. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Roar announce NYL squad". Brisbane Roar FC. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Jim Morton (29 November 2012). "Postecoglou swoops on Roar youngster". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Victory into FFA Cup final as brave Hume exit melbournevictory.com.au, John Greco, 28 October 2015
  9. ↑ Caltex Socceroos squad for March WC qualifiers Football Federation Australia, 9 March 2016
  10. ↑ "Jason Geria". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

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