Angus Thurgate
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angus Charles Thurgate | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Macquarie, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Western United | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Football Mid North Coast | ||
| 2015–2018 | Newcastle Jets | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Newcastle Jets NPL | 34 | (4) |
| 2018–2023 | Newcastle Jets | 116 | (11) |
| 2023– | Western United | 27 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Australia U20 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 October 2018 | |||
Angus Thurgate (born 8 February 2000) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Western United in the A-League Men. He has previously played for Newcastle Jets and the Australia under-20 teams.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Newcastle Jets
[edit]After playing for the Newcastle Jets Reserves since 2016, Thurgate was called up to the first team in January 2018 in their round 14 away match against Sydney FC, Thurgate was an unused substitute as the match finished 2–2. He than made his professional debut 2 rounds later at home against Brisbane Roar coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for striker Andrew Nabbout.
In the 2018–19 A-League, Thurgate scored 1 goal out of his 9 appearances. His goal came against Western Sydney Wanderers on 4 June 2019.
In November 2019, Thurgate scored in two consecutive matches against Western United and Wanderers respectively.[3][4]
At the conclusion of the 2022–23 A-League season, Thurgate departed Newcastle after 125 appearances and 11 goals in all competitions.[5]
Western United
[edit]In May 2023, Thurgate signed a three-year contract with Western United.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Angus Thurgate - Player Statistics". SportsTG. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Angus Thurgate". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "A-League: Thurgate enjoying his positional flexibility". Newcastle Jets. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "A-League: Newcastle Jets vs Western Sydney Wanderers, news, score, video, Angus Thurgate, Dimi Petratos". Fox Sports. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle Jets Confirm A-League Men departures". Newcastle Jets FC. 7 May 2023.
- ^ Hughes, Nick (17 May 2023). "Star midfielder Angus Thurgate joins Western United". Western United.
- ^ Gardiner, James (2 June 2022). "What a star: Newcastle Jets midfielder Angus Thurgate named A-League's young player of the year". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "A-League All Stars Men lock in final 21-player squad to take on Newcastle United this Friday". A-League Men. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Angus Thurgate at Soccerway
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Western United FC players
- A-League Men players
- A-League Men All-Stars
- National Premier Leagues players
- People from the Mid North Coast
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Soccer players from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian soccer midfielder stubs