Michael Petersen is a retired 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 soccer player. He is an inductee of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame.

Club career

Petersen played for Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...

, Brunswick

Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus is an Australian association football club from Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was a participant in the National Soccer League, where they were champions in 1985, and Victorian Premier League, in which they won eight titles...

 and South Melbourne

South Melbourne FC

South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...

 in Australia, as well as in the Netherlands with Roda JC and Ajax.

He played nine seasons with South Melbourne between 1989 and 1997, winning the NSL Championship in 1991.

International career

In all Petersen represented 50 times including 32 A International matches.

Player

Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus is an Australian association football club from Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was a participant in the National Soccer League, where they were champions in 1985, and Victorian Premier League, in which they won eight titles...

: NSL Championship: 1985

National Soccer League 1985

The National Soccer League 1985 season was the ninth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final...

South Melbourne

South Melbourne FC

South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...

: NSL Championship: 1990-91