Ben Garuccio
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Benjamin Garuccio | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Western United | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Adelaide City | |||
2010 | |||
2010–2011 | Adelaide United | ||
2011–2012 | AIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2016 | Melbourne City[2] | 45 | (1) |
2016–2018 | Adelaide United | 50 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Heart of Midlothian | 21 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Melbourne City | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Western United | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2014 | Australia U20 | 17 | (0) |
2018 | Australia U23 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2018 |
Benjamin Garuccio (born 15 June 1995) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a left back for Western United in the A-league.
Born in Adelaide, Garuccio played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Melbourne Heart. In 2016, he moved back to Adelaide to play for Adelaide United. Garuccio signed for Scottish club Hearts in May 2018. He returned to Australia in October 2020 with Melbourne City.
Garuccio represented the Australian under-20 side on many occasions.
Career[]
Melbourne Heart[]
On 19 September 2012, Garuccio signed for A-League side Melbourne Heart,[3] who have since been rebranded as Melbourne City.[4]
Adelaide United[]
On 16 June 2016, Garuccio returned to his hometown, signing a 2-year contract with Adelaide United.[5]
Heart of Midlothian[]
Garuccio signed a pre-contract agreement with Scottish Premiership club Hearts in May 2018.[6] He scored his first goal for Hearts in a 5–0 win against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 29 July 2018, with a 25-yard free-kick.
Melbourne City[]
Garuccio returned to Australia in October 2020, signing for Melbourne City.[7]
Western United[]
In July 2021, Garuccio secured a mutual termination of contract with Melbourne City, so he could join rival Melbourne club Western United.[8][9]
Career statistics[]
- As of 24 May 2018
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Melbourne City | 2012–13 | A-League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2013–14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
Adelaide United | 2016–17 | A-League | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
2017–18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
Total | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 21 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
Career total | 116 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 3 |
Honours[]
Melbourne City
References[]
- ^ "B. Garuccio". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ The team was known as Melbourne Heart prior to 2014
- ^ "Heart sign Qantas Young Socceroo Garuccio". Football Federation Australia. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Reds snare former City defender". Football Federation Australia. 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Hearts sign Australian full-back Ben Garuccio". BBC Sport. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Garuccio returns to Melbourne in two-year deal with City". The World Game. SBS. 14 October 2020.
- ^ "City confirm departure of Ben Garuccio". Melbourne City. 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Western United bolster squad with Ben Garuccio signing". Western United. 18 July 2021.
External links[]
- Ben Garuccio on Facebook
- Ben Garuccio at WorldFootball.net
- Ben Garuccio at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Australian soccer players
- Association football defenders
- Australian Institute of Sport soccer players
- A-League Men players
- Melbourne City FC players
- Adelaide United FC players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Western United FC players
- Australia under-20 international soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Australian soccer defender stubs