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Trent Buhagiar
Australian professional footballer
Trent Buhagiar (born 27 February 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
 Buhagiar playing for Central Coast Mariners in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Trent Buhagiar | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Newcastle Jets | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Umina Eagles | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | CCM Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | CCM Academy | 49 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Central Coast Mariners | 50 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Sydney FC | 54 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Newcastle Jets | 44 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Australia U23 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Gosford,[1] Buhagiar moved to and grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales, playing junior football for the Umina Eagles.[2] He attended the International Football School at Kariong.[3]
Central Coast Mariners
Buhagiar signed a professional deal with the Central Coast Mariners in early 2016.[2] He first came into the matchday squad for a game against Melbourne City in February 2016.[1] He scored his maiden goal on 28 December 2016 against Melbourne Victory.[4] On 4 May 2018, Buhagiar left the Central Coast Mariners.[5]
Sydney FC
The week after leaving Central Coast Mariners, Buhagiar joined Sydney FC on 10 May 2018.[6]
Buhagiar was born in Australia and is of Maltese descent.[7] Buhagiar was called up to the Australian under-20 side for a training camp in July 2016.[8]
- As of 4 August 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Central Coast Mariners | 2015–16 | A-League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| Total | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
| Sydney FC | 2018–19 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 8 | ||
| Total | 54 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 21 | ||
| Career total | 104 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 123 | 25 | ||
Sydney
- Smithies, Tom (20 February 2016). "Central Coast Mariners aim to use pace to exploit weakness in Melbourne City backline". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Herd, Emma (8 January 2016). "Winger signs first-team contract". Central Coast Express Advocate Wyong. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Gibbs, Meredith (28 September 2016). "Trent Buhagiar kicking goals on and off the field". NBN Television. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Tito, Clement (28 December 2016). "Bes denied strike crown in runaway Victory". FourFourTwo.
- Adno, Carly (10 May 2018). "Sydney FC sign Trent Buhagiar from Central Coast Mariners with Matt Simon going the other way". news.com.au.
- "News: Buhagiar and Rose rewarded with Young Socceroos selections". Central Coast Mariners FC. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- "Sydney FC set new Australian record with Grand Final success". Football Federation Australia. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- Trent Buhagiar at Soccerway