Mikey Ghossaini
{{short description|Australian soccer player (born 2007)}}
{{Notability|1=Sports|date=March 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mikey Ghossaini
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Michael Ghossaini
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|08|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Melbourne City
| clubnumber = 50
| youthyears1 = 2017–2022
| youthclubs1 = Football Technique School
| youthyears2 = 2020–2022
| youthclubs2 = Glen Eira
| youthyears3 = 2023–
| youthclubs3 = Melbourne City
| years1 = 2024–
| clubs1 = Melbourne City Youth
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Melbourne City
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 0
| club-update = 23:25, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
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Michael Ghossaini (born 25 August 2007) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Australian club Melbourne City.
Club career
= Youth =
Ghossaini began his youth career at Football Technique School (FTS), a private academy linked to Glen Eira, joining at age 10 in late 2017.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title=Mikey Ghossaini (2007) - Signing Melbourne City U18s |url=https://www.footballtechniqueschool.com.au/players/mikey-ghossaini-2007/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Football Technique School |language=en-US}} Between 2020 and 2022, he scored 93 goals in 59 National Premier Leagues matches for Glen Eira's U13, U14, and U15 teams. [https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=207177596 Michael Ghossaini] at GameDay
Ahead of the 2023 season, Ghossaini transferred from Glen Eira to Melbourne City's youth academy.{{Cite web |last=sachapisani |date=2024-08-19 |title=55-goal teen sensation wins Golden Boot as another A-Leagues academy claims title: Wonderkid Watch |url=https://aleagues.com.au/news/a-league-npl-wrap-latest-western-united-mikey-ghossaini-melb-city-who-is-he-goals-highlights-adelaide-brisbane-roar-brownlie-bulls-macarthur-gerrard-liverpool/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=A-Leagues |language=en-AU}} During the 2024 season, he finished top scorer in the U23 competition, scoring 22 goals in 17 matches. Over the course of 2023 and 2024, Ghossaini scored a combined 55 goals in various youth competitions for Melbourne City. He began training regularly with the first team during the 2024 season.
= Melbourne City =
Ghossaini made his first-team debut for Melbourne City in the A-League on 31 December 2024, appearing as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against the Central Coast Mariners.{{Cite web |last=jackkovacic |date=2024-12-31 |title=ALM REPORT: Central Coast 1-1 City |url=https://melbournecityfc.com.au/news/241231-alm-report/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Melbourne City |language=en-AU}} Three days later, on 3 January 2025, Ghossaini provided a backheel assist for Nathaniel Atkinson's goal against Wellington Phoenix,{{Cite Instagram |postid=DEdpOsChz3Y |user=aleagues |title=A few years ago, Mikey Ghossaini was just a kid waiting for a photo with Nathaniel Atkinson. On Saturday, that same kid set him up with a backheel assist |date=6 January 2025}} which was later awarded the A-League Assist of the Month for January 2025.{{Cite web |title=Michael Ghossaini {{!}} eToro Assist of the Month {{!}} January {{!}} Isuzu UTE A-League 2024-25 |url=https://aleagues.com.au/videos/id/michael-ghossaini-etoro-assist-of-the-month-january-isuzu-ute-a-league-2024-25/6368576140112/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=A-Leagues |language=en-AU}}
International career
Born in Australia, Ghossaini is of Lebanese descent and is eligible to play for both Australia and Lebanon at the international level.
In 2022, he was named as a shadow-squad player for the Australia national under-16 team in preparation of the 2022 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in Indonesia. In 2024, Ghossaini received a call-up to the Lebanon national under-20 team, scoring in a 2–1 friendly win against an All-Stars Lebanese team.{{Cite web |title="كأس سليم ابو شبكة" فوز منتخب لبنان تحت ال20 سنة على نجوم الأندية |url=https://www.timeoutsupersport.com/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%8420-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Time Out Super Sport |language=ar}}{{Cite web |title=الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام - كأس سليم ابو شبكة الاولى احرز منتخب تحت 20 سنة في كرة القدم |url=https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9/698758?utm_campaign=nabdapp.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=nabdapp.com&ocid=Nabd_App |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=الوكالة الوطنية للإعلام |language=ar}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 7 March 2025}}{{Soccerway|1017080|access-date=7 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Australia Cup ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" |Melbourne City
|8 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=207177596 Michael Ghossaini] at GameDay
- {{GSA player|michael-ghossaini/7983286|name=Michael Ghossaini}}
{{Melbourne City FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghossaini, Michael}}
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Australian people of Lebanese descent
Category:Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Melbourne City FC players