Matthew Jurman
{{Short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matthew Jurman
| image = Matthew Jurman-2010.jpg
| caption = Jurman training with Sydney FC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
| height = 1.90 m{{cite web|title=M. Jurman|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/matthew-jurman/61225/|publisher=Soccerway}}
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Macarthur FC
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Wollongong Wolves
| youthyears2 = 2005–2006
| youthclubs2 = Parramatta Eagles
| youthyears3 = 2006–2007
| youthclubs3 = AIS
| youthyears4 = 2008–2011
| youthclubs4 = Sydney FC
| years1 = 2007
| clubs1 = AIS
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2007–2008
| clubs2 = Sydney Olympic
| caps2 = 26
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2008–2011
| clubs3 = Sydney FC
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs4 = Brisbane Roar
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2017
| clubs5 = Sydney FC
| caps5 = 74
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2017–2018
| clubs6 = Suwon Samsung Bluewings
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2018–2019
| clubs7 = Al-Ittihad
| caps7 = 11
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2019–2020
| clubs8 = Western Sydney Wanderers
| caps8 = 24
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2020–2021
| clubs9 = Xanthi
| caps9 = 25
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2021–2023
| clubs10 = Newcastle Jets
| caps10 = 42
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2023–
| clubs11 = Macarthur FC
| caps11 = 21
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2009
| nationalteam1 = Australia U20
| nationalcaps1 = 26
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2012
| nationalteam2 = Australia U23
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2019
| nationalteam3 = Australia
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 5 February 2025
| nationalteam-update = 7 June 2019
}}
Matthew John Jurman ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ɜːr|m|ə|n}} {{respell|YUR|mən}};{{Citation|last=Sydney FC|title=Matthew Jurman's Triple Awards Night {{!}} Player Interviews {{!}} Sydney FC|date=10 May 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZlJYyqsTls&t=10s|access-date=17 November 2017}} {{IPA|hr|jûrman|lang}}) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for A-League club Macarthur FC.
Club career
=Youth career=
After graduating from Westfields Sports High School in 2007, Jurman furthered his football development at the AIS before signing for the Sydney FC youth team in 2008. In his first year at the club, Jurman helped Sydney FC to their first youth championship in the competition's inaugural campaign and later earned himself a senior deal at the club under then manager, John Kosmina.
=Sydney FC=
Jurman made his senior debut for Sydney FC off the bench on 9 September 2007 against Perth Glory. Throughout his time at Sydney, he went on to make 22 appearances in the league as well as a number of appearances for the club in the 2011 Asian Champions League. He scored his only goal for Sydney in a 2–1 away loss to Kashima Antlers.
Along with a strong finish to the season where he became a first team regular, Jurman is remembered for an incident that occurred during the 2010–11 season after Sydney FC striker Juho Mäkelä scored a crucial goal to put Sydney FC 2–0 ahead over Gold Coast United. Mäkelä jumped the fence to celebrate with the club's fans followed by the rest of the squad. During the jubilant celebrations, the fence collapsed and pinned Jurman's causing fears that he may have broken his leg. Jurman eventually played on and confirmed after the game that there was moderate swelling and bruising but no significant damage sustained.{{cite web | url = http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/01/11/jurman-okay-after-fence-collapse/ | title = Jurman okay after fence collapse | publisher = Sports News First | access-date = 11 January 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110114230453/http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/01/11/jurman-okay-after-fence-collapse/ | archive-date = 14 January 2011 | df = dmy-all }}
=Brisbane Roar=
On 10 February 2011, it was confirmed Jurman had signed for A-League club Brisbane Roar on a two-year contract. He would be available for the beginning of the 2011–12 season.{{Cite web |url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/News/195994,jurman-does-sign-for-roar.aspx |title=Jurman does sign for Brisbane |access-date=10 February 2011 |archive-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228025203/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/195994%2Cjurman-does-sign-for-roar.aspx |url-status=dead }} He won another league championship the first season and left after the second season to re join Sydney FC.
=Return to Sydney FC=
On 2 May 2013, Sydney FC announced that Jurman would be returning to the club for a second stint after signing a 1-year deal to join the Sky Blues.{{cite web | url = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/sydneyfc/news-display/Sydney-FC-Signs-Defender-Matt-Jurman/66436 | title = Sydney FC Signs Defender Matt Jurman | publisher = Sydney FC | access-date = 2 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055341/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/sydneyfc/news-display/Sydney-FC-Signs-Defender-Matt-Jurman/66436 | archive-date = 21 September 2013 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }} Jurman made his first appearance in the 2013–14 season for Sydney away to Melbourne Heart as a 64th-minute substitute for Brett Emerton in a game that Sydney FC won 2–0. On 8 March 2014 Jurman scored his first ever A-League goal with a 59th-minute header to level the Sydney Derby at 1–1 after Shinji Ono's opening goal. Sydney FC would go on to win the game 3–1, their first ever home derby win.
=Suwon Samsung Bluewings=
On 3 January 2017, Sydney FC confirmed that Jurman had been released, allowing him to join South Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings.{{cite web|title=Sydney FC confirm Jurman's exit|url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/01/03/sydney-fc-confirm-jurmans-exit|website=The World Game|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|access-date=3 January 2017}}
During Jurmans time with the Suwons he received the K-League Newcomer of the Year Award after a fantastic season with the team.{{cite web| url = https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/jurman-claims-top-k-league-award-478519| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180814071615/https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/jurman-claims-top-k-league-award-478519| archive-date = 2018-08-14| title = Jurman claims top K-League award - Australian FourFourTwo}}
=Al-Ittihad=
On 9 July 2018, the Saudi Arabia Professional League team Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) announced Jurman would be joining them in Jeddah for the 2018–19 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/caltex-socceroos-defender-seals-move-saudi-arabia|title=Former Hyundai A-League defender Jurman joins new club|date=9 July 2018}}
International career
Jurman was first called up to the Australian squad in August 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/former-sydney-fc-defender-matt-jurman-in-provisional-squad-for-socceroos-world-cup-showdown/news-story/f751e1f1537141738a9a6b04f9f78d34|title=World Cup qualifier: Defensive uncertainty hands Matt Jurman great chance to play in Japan|author=Smithies, Tom|work=News.com.au|date=15 August 2017|access-date=14 October 2017}} He made his senior international debut on 5 October 2017 against Syria in a 2018 World Cup qualifier which finished in a 1–1 draw.{{cite news|url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4971303/jurman-plays-vital-role-for-socceroos/|author=Cohen, Mitch|date=6 October 2017|newspaper=Illawarra Mercury|access-date=14 October 2017|title=Jurman plays vital role for Socceroos}} In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.{{cite web| url = https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb| title = Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists {{!}} Goal.com}}
Career statistics
{{updated|29 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://aus.worldfootball.net/player_summary/matthew-jurman/2/|title=Matt Jurman Player Summary|work=worldfootball.net|date=26 February 2014 |access-date=12 December 2018}}{{cite web|title=Jurman Analysis by Team|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/31108/Analysis/team/|work=football-lineups.com|access-date=8 September 2015}}
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!rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League1 !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental2 !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5"|Sydney FC
|rowspan="4"|A-League |1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09
|6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10
|7 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11
|8 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 14 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!22 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 28 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Brisbane Roar
|rowspan="2"|A-League |19 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13
|15 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 15 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!34 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 37 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="5"|Sydney FC
|rowspan="4"|A-League |21 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15
|17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
|25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 34 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 16 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!74 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 90 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|Suwon Samsung Bluewings
|2017 |rowspan="2"|K League 1 |25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 28 | 2 | |
| 2018
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 33 | 2 | |
| Al-Ittihad | Saudi Pro League
|11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | A-League
|24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | |
| Xanthi
|23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Newcastle Jets
|rowspan="2"|A-League Men |22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 22 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 45 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!259 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 300 | 6 |
1 – includes A-League final series statistics
2 – AFC Champions League statistics are included in season ending during group stages (i.e. ACL 2007 and A-League season 2006–07 etc.); also includes 2005 OFC Club Championship statistics
Honours
References
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External links
- {{K League player|20170017}}
- [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/31108/ Football-lineups profile]
{{Macarthur FC squad}}
{{Sydney FC Player of the Year}}
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Category:Soccer players from Wollongong
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Australian men's soccer players
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Category:Australian people of Croatian descent
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
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Category:Sydney Olympic FC players
Category:Brisbane Roar FC players
Category:Parramatta FC players
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Category:2018 FIFA World Cup players
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