Scott Tunbridge is an Australian professional soccer player. He can play either as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 or a right wing.

Career

Tunbridge began his career at Adelaide City where he scored 11 goals in 28 games in his first professional season. He also received the young player of the year for his first season and then went on to score 16 goals in the next two years for Adelaide City, receiving top goalscorer for each year. After three years, he moved on to South Melbourne before signing for Hamilton Academical in Scotland, where he spent three seasons, scoring 13 goals in 67 games before injuring his knee.

For 2007–08, fit and ready, he returned to Australia where he joined the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. However, after just one season in which he made just 5 appearances (including 2 as a substitute) and 1 goal he was released on 1 April 2008.

Upon returning to Adelaide, he joined FFSA Super League outfit North Eastern MetroStars. With the MetroStars, he kick-started their 2008–09 season. Playing for MetroStars, he helped them finish second in the Super League on 34 points, 3 behind leaders City, scoring 20 goals in 21 games. While playing for MetroStars in 2008–09, they made it to the 2008 Devine Homes Final 5 Series Super League Final but went down to Adelaide City, 2–0. Tunbridge was selected for this final and played.

He was also selected for the South Australian State Team for their only game against W.A. which they won 3–0. He played the full game.

External links

• Newcastle Jets profile
• Oz Football profile