Jonas Salley
{{Short description|Ivorian-Australian soccer player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jonas Salley
| image = Jonas Salley.jpg
| image_size = 215
| caption = Salley with Adelaide United in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|3|16}}
| birth_place = Ouragahio, Ivory Coast
| position = Central midfielder
| currentclub = White City (assistant)
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 1999–2001
| years2 = 2001–2004
| years3 = 2004–2005
| years4 = 2006
| years5 = 2006–2007
| years6 = 2007
| years7 = 2007
| years8 = 2007–2009
| years9 = 2009–2010
| years10 = 2011
| years11 = 2011–2012
| years12 = 2012
| years13 = 2013–2014
| years14 = 2015–2016
| clubs1 = Sirocco FC
| clubs2 = Séwé Sport
| clubs3 = Africa Sports National
| clubs4 = South Melbourne
| clubs5 = New Zealand Knights
| clubs6 = Sydney FC
| clubs7 = Sunshine George Cross
| clubs8 = Adelaide United
| clubs9 = Shaanxi Chanba
| clubs10 = Chengdu Blades
| clubs11 = Gold Coast United
| clubs12 = Shanghai Shenxin
| clubs13 = Guizhou Renhe
| clubs14 = Nei Mongol Zhongyou
| caps1 =
| caps2 =
| caps3 =
| caps4 = 9
| caps5 = 15
| caps6 = 1
| caps7 = 9
| caps8 = 31
| caps9 = 56
| caps10 = 25
| caps11 = 12
| caps12 = 28
| caps13 = 58
| caps14 = 35
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| goals3 =
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 1
| goals10 = 0
| goals11 = 0
| goals12 = 3
| goals13 = 0
| goals14 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2019–2020
| managerclubs1 = Qingdao Red Lions (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2020–
| managerclubs2 = White City (assistant)
| pcupdate = 22 October 2016
| ntupdate =
}}
Gyawe Jonas Salley (born 16 March 1982 in Ivory Coast) is a former Ivorian-Australian footballer, who last played for Nei Mongol Zhongyou in China League One. He is currently an assistant coach for White City.
Early life
Salley moved to Australia to escape from the civil and government problems of his home country in 2006.
Club career
He first played at Mill Park Soccer Club, where his outstanding performances were noticed within a very short time. He was eventually signed up to play with Victorian Premier League side South Melbourne.
He was then signed by A-League club New Zealand Knights in 2006. Salley was a fan favourite at the Knights for his high work rate and quality passes. Despite being injured for a large part of the season, he made a huge impact for the team on his return with his strength and fitness.
As the Knights folded at the end of the A-League 2006-07 season, Salley signed with Sydney FC on a short-term contract as cover for their finals campaign. He made one appearance for Sydney FC before they were eliminated. He chose not to stay at the club after his short-term contract, and then played briefly for Sunshine George Cross FC.
On 13 March 2007, it was announced that Salley was signing for Adelaide United on a 2-year deal.[http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=84832 Adelaide United Transfer – TWG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317162557/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=84832 |date=17 March 2007 }}[http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=82462 Jonas Salley article – TWG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011083939/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=82462 |date=11 October 2007 }} Despite being an Australian citizen, Salley was ruled to be a foreign player under new FIFA amendments stating that a player must reside in country for a minimum of five years before local status is obtained. This meant he was ineligible to play in the 2008 AFC Champions League as Adelaide listed Brazilians Cássio, Cristiano and Diego as their three foreign players.{{Cite web|url=http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23658|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412195930/http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=23658 |url-status=dead |title=Salley out of ACL Knockout Stage|archive-date=12 April 2011}}
He stated that he was ready to leave the club because of the lack of game time at Adelaide, during the 2008/2009 season:
"For me I need to move on," Salley told the Adelaide Advertiser. "I've already made up my mind. I don't know what's going on. I was looking forward to playing here but it doesn't look like it's going to happen and that's the way it is. I'm here just training, training, I don't know what I'm here for. I haven't spoken to anyone about it. For me it's not the best way, if you're not going to use someone tell him why he's not playing."{{Cite web |url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/91345,salley-what-am-i-here-for.aspx |title=Salley: What Am I Here For? - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate football Website |access-date=19 January 2009 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210004419/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/91345,salley-what-am-i-here-for.aspx |url-status=dead }}
After many weeks of speculation the Ivorian born Salley, was released by the club on 20 January 2009. In March 2009, Salley signed with Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chanba on a free transfer.{{cite web |url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/salley-signs-chinese-club-shaanxi-chanba-231998/ |title=Salley signs with Chinese club Shaanxi Chanba | Australia/Asia News |… |website=www.tribalfootball.com |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204193725/http://www.tribalfootball.com/salley-signs-chinese-club-shaanxi-chanba-231998/ |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Returning to Australia, Salley signed an emergency injury replacement deal on loan with A-League club Gold Coast United. The Queensland club will be looking to sign him on a permanent deal when they find room within the salary cap.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/soccer/studs-up-november-14/story-e6frfg8x-1226200856901|title=Salley primed to face Victory|last=Davutovic|first=David|author2=Bernard, Grantley|date=22 November 2011|publisher=Herald Sun|access-date=22 November 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/223682,jonas-salley-signs-for-gold-coast-united.aspx|title=Jonas Salley Signs For Gold Coast United|date=22 November 2011|publisher=FourFourTwoAustralia|access-date=25 February 2012|archive-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125135230/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/223682,jonas-salley-signs-for-gold-coast-united.aspx|url-status=dead}}
As Gold Coast struggled with injuries leading up to their game against Melbourne Heart in February 2012 it was revealed Salley had defected, signing a lucrative contract with a Chinese Super League team.{{cite news|url=http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/02/14/390591_gold-coast-soccer.html|title=Youth answer United's crisis call|date=14 February 2012|publisher=goldcoast.co.au|access-date=25 February 2012}}
In January 2013, Salley signed with Chinese Super League club Guizhou Renhe on a free transfer.
In January 2015, Salley signed with China League One club Nei Mongol Zhongyou.[http://sports.sohu.com/20150105/n407548765.shtml 中甲新军宣布落户呼和浩特 人和外援萨利将加盟] at sports.sohu.com 2015-01-05 Retrieved 2015-01-05
On 18 February 2017 Salley was forced into retirement due to a knee injury.{{cite web|last1=Migliaccio|first1=Val|title=Adelaide United fan favourite Gyawe Jonas Salley forced into retirement through injury|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/adelaide-united-fan-favourite-gyawe-jonas-salley-forced-into-retirement-through-injury/news-story/123415159bc1e21f527e2c45e7e3edd4|website=The Advertiser|date=18 February 2017|publisher=News Corporation|access-date=21 February 2017}}
Coaching career
On 1 May 2019 Salley was announced as an assistant coach to Adelaide United's sister club Qingdao Red Lions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fa-league%2Fteams%2Fadelaide%2Fgyawe-jonas-salley-wins-coaching-job-with-qingdao-red-lions-in-china%2Fnews-story%2F29b95f35fa6b4c84ed73661a3dfa56ec&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=be77b29d4888b8c69c341159a22ed4b4-1557883174|title=Adelaidenow.com.au {{!}} Subscribe to The Advertiser for exclusive stories|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|access-date=2019-05-15}}
Personal life
Career statistics
(Correct as 22 October 2016)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" style="width:80px;"|Season ! colspan="2" style="width:105px;"|League1 ! colspan="2" style="width:105px;"|Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:105px;"|International2 ! colspan="2" style="width:105px;"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||
| |South Melbourne
|2006 |9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| |New Zealand Knights
|10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| |Sydney FC
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|Adelaide United
|17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2008–09
|14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|Shaanxi Chanba
|2009 |29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2010
|27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| |Chengdu Blades
|2011 |25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| |Gold Coast United
|12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| |Shanghai Shenxin
|2012 |28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| rowspan="2"|Guizhou Renhe
|2013 |28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2014
|30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|Nei Mongol Zhongyou
|2015 |27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 2016
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
! | !302 | 6 |
1 – includes A-League final series statistics
2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)
Honours
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720122222/http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=aufc_playerprofile_item&pid=749 Adelaide United profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531215657/http://chanba.hsw.cn/system/2009/03/29/050117675.shtml Shaanxi Chanba profile] {{in lang|zh}}
- [http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/goldcoastunited/players/Jonas-Salley/246 Gold Coast United Profile]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Ivorian men's footballers
Category:South Melbourne FC players
Category:New Zealand Knights FC players
Category:Adelaide United FC players
Category:Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in China
Category:Ivorian emigrants to Australia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China
Category:Caroline Springs George Cross FC players
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in China
Category:Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players
Category:Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players
Category:Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:China League One players
Category:Australian people of Ivorian descent
Category:Sportspeople of Ivorian descent
Category:Naturalised soccer players of Australia
Category:Men's association football midfielders