Nicholas D'Agostino (soccer)

Nicholas D'Agostino (born 25 February 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Perth Glory.

Nick D'Agostino
Personal information
Full name Nicholas D'Agostino
Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 18
Youth career
Runaway Bay
QAS
Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 FFA COE 4 (2)
2015–2018 Brisbane Roar NPL 22 (17)
2015–2019 Brisbane Roar 35 (3)
2019– Perth Glory 17 (7)
National team‡
2013 Australia U-17 2 (3)
2019– Australia U-23 9 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2020

Club career

Brisbane Roar

D'Agostino signed a two-year contract with Brisbane Roar on 5 August 2016.[1]

Perth Glory

In June 2019, following new coach Robbie Fowler's changes in squads, D'Agostino left Brisbane Roar and joined Perth Glory.[2] On 7 August 2019, D’Agostino made his competitive debut for Perth Glory, in a FFA Cup fixture against Western Sydney Wanderers.

International career

He's eligible to represent Australia, and also for Italy and Malta due to his origin; he also holds Maltese citizenship. In 2019, the Maltese F.A. were keen on verifying D'Agostino's eligibility to represent Malta at first team level, due to having Maltese grandparents, but he rejected in order to persuade career with Australia.

He was selected by Graham Arnold for the Under 23 team in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers which took place in Cambodia.[3] After being goalless in his first two matches, he scored a double in the final group match against South Korea to help Australia advance through to the finals which is going to be held in Thailand.[4]

In the main tournament, D'Agostino became the hero for Australia, having scored only three goals, but mostly important one which guaranteed his team a victory over Thailand at the group stage, and especially, the only goal against Uzbekistan in the third-place encounter which clinched Australia a place for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics
Club Season Division League1 Cup2 Continental3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brisbane Roar FC 2015–16 A-League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2016–17 8 2 0 0 6 0 14 2
2017–18 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
2018–19 17 1 0 0 0 0 17 1
Perth Glory 2019–20 12 3 1 0 2 0 15 3
Career Total 4762080 576

1 – includes A-League final series statistics
 2 – includes FFA Cup statistics
3 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. ACL and A-League seasons etc.)

References
  1. "Transfer news: Roar sign teenager to senior deal". A-League. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Lewis, Dave (24 June 2019). "Glory snap up Olyroos marksman D'Agostino". The World Game. SBS.
  3. "Graham Arnold announces squad for 2020 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers in Cambodia". Football Federation Australia. 6 March 2019.
  4. "Olyroos draw with Korea, likely to qualify for AFC U-23 Championship". 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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