Matt Acton

Matt Acton
Personal information
Full name Matthew Acton
Date of birth (1992-06-03) 3 June 1992
Place of birth Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Kaya F.C.
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2011 QAS
2007–2014 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Brisbane Roar 2 (0)
2014 Yangon United 14 (0)
2014–2015 Brisbane Roar 0 (0)
2015 Olympic FC 16 (0)
2015– Kaya 0 (0)
National team
2011 Australia U-20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2013

Matthew "Matt" Acton is an Australian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kaya F.C.. Acton was born to an English mother and English/Finnish father.

Club career

Acton played for Brisbane Roar. He became the first Australian goalkeeper to join the Myanmar National League when Yangon United signed him in. He was a starting player in all of his 14 caps for Yangon where in five games he managed to keep a clean sheet. He assisted Yangon in their second place finish. After his stint with Yangon he return Brisbane Roar then joined Olympic F.C.[2]

In December 2015, Kaya F.C. of the United Football League announced that they have signed Acton.[2][3]

Career statistics

As of 7 October 2014

Notes CS = Clean Sheets

Club Season Division League1 Cup International2 Total
Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS Apps CS
Brisbane Roar 2013–14[4] A-League 2121
2014–15[4] 000000
Total 2100 21
Yangon United 2014[5] Myanmar National League 145145
Total 1450000 145
Career Total 1660000 166

1 - includes A-League final series statistics
2 - AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing during group stages (i.e. ACL 2015 and A-League season 2014–15 etc.)

References

  1. "Matthew Acton". Brisbane Roar players. footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Kaya signs new foreign players". Kaya F.C. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. "Kaya FC signs former Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Matthew Acton". Football Channel Asia. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Matt Acton (Brisbane Roar)". Ultimate A-League.
  5. "Matt Acton returns to Brisbane Roar for the new A-League season". ESPN FC. 7 October 2014.

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