Jason Geria

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Jason Geria
File:Geria Victory Training May 2015.jpg
Geria with Melbourne Victory in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Jason Kato Geria
Date of birth (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Canberra, Australia
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Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 2
Youth career
Weston Creek SC
Woden Valley
2009–2011 AIS
2011–2012 Brisbane Roar
2012–2013 Melbourne Victory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Melbourne Victory 59 (0)
International career‡
2011–2013 Australia U20 20 (3)
2014– Australia U23 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2016

Jason Kato Geria (born 10 May 1993) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a defender for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. He has also been named for the Australia national team.

Born in Canberra, Geria played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport and Brisbane Roar youth before joining Melbourne Victory in 2012, where he made his professional debut.

Early life

Geria was born in Canberra to Ugandan parents who met while studying at Australian National University.[2]

Club career

Youth

Geria's first youth club was Weston Creek SC in Canberra.[3] He also played in Woden Valley's youth sides.[4] Geria was a member of the Australian Institute of Sport football program before joining Brisbane Roar's youth team in 2011.[5] He eventually became captain of the side in the National Youth League.[6]

Melbourne Victory

On 29 November 2012, Geria was signed for Melbourne Victory by ex-Roar coach Ange Postecoglou.[7] Despite often missing A-League games due to national youth team commitments, Geria became a regular first team player and was awarded the number 2 shirt, although it took him almost three years to score his first senior goal for the club, against Hume City in the 2015 FFA Cup Semi Final on 28 October 2015.[8]

International career

Geria played for Australia numerous times at youth level, including participating in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

Geria was first called up to the Socceroos by Ange Postecoglou in March 2016 for two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches that month against Tajikistan and Jordan, but he didn't play any match.[9]

Due to his Ugandan background, he is also eligible to play for Uganda national football team.

Career statistics

As of 25 May 2016[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Melbourne Victory 2012–13 A-League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2013–14 21 0 0 0 6 0 27 0
2014–15 16 0 2 0 0 0 18 0
2015–16 18 0 4 1 8 0 30 1
Total 59 0 6 1 14 0 79 1

Honours

Club

Melbourne Victory

References

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  8. ↑ Victory into FFA Cup final as brave Hume exit melbournevictory.com.au, John Greco, 28 October 2015
  9. ↑ Caltex Socceroos squad for March WC qualifiers Football Federation Australia, 9 March 2016
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