Matthew Foschini 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 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 currently playing for Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

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Club career

On 18 August 2009, he was signed to a contract with the Melbourne Victory senior squad on a two-year deal. On December 27, 2009 he made his starting debut for Victory against North Queensland Fury in a 1-0 loss.

In the 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...

 Round 5 match between Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

 in 2011, Foschini, along with fellow Victory goalkeeper Ante Čović

Ante Covic

Ante Čović is an Australian football player. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League...

, were controversially sent off by referee Ben Williams

Ben Williams (referee)

Benjamin Jon Williams , better known as Ben Williams, is an Australian football referee. He is also a physical education teacher at Belconnen High School in Hawker, Canberra....

 for challenges against Roar defenders, reducing the Victory to playing with nine men throughout the match.

Personal life

He is the son of former AFL/VFL player Silvio Foschini

Silvio Foschini

Silvio Foschini is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League .-Career:...

. He attended Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...

, where he captained the First XI Team.

External links

• Melbourne Victory profile