Jordan Swibel

Jordan Swibel
Personal information
Full name	Jordan Swibel
Date of birth	13 April 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	Australia
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Western Sydney Wanderers
Number	21
Youth career
2015–2017	Hakoah Sydney City East
2018–2021	Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Hakoah Sydney City East
2018–2021	Sydney FC NPL
2020–2021	Sydney FC
2021–	Western Sydney Wanderers
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2019

Jordan "Jordi" Swibel (born 13 April 1999) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Western Sydney Wanderers.

Club career[]

Sydney FC[]

Swibel was part of the 2019-20 Y-League championship winning Sydney FC Youth team. He played the full game and scored the opening goal as the Sky Blues beat Melbourne Victory Youth 5–1 in the 2020 Y-League Grand Final on 31 January 2020.^[1]

On 4 January 2020, Swibel made his professional debut in a Round 13 clash against Adelaide United, replacing Kosta Barbarouses in the 87th minute as they ran out 2–1 winners. He also came off the bench against Newcastle Jets in Round 14 replacing Adam Le Fondre in a 2–1 win and against Western Sydney Wanderers in Round 18 replacing Alexander Baumjohann in a 1–0 loss.

Swibel was also selected in the clubs Asian Champions League squads for the 2019 and 2020 campaigns. While not featuring in 2019 due to injury he was in the match day squad for the away fixture in Japan against Yokohama F.Marinos which Sydney FC lost 4–0 and the home match against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors FC which ended in a 2–2 draw.

Swibel traveled to Doha Qatar for the rebooted Asian Champions League hub for the remaining four fixtures being in the match day squad for all games. He made his Asian Champions League debut against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC coming on for Paulo Retre in the 83rd minute of a 1–0 loss. He also played against Yokohama F. Marinos when he came on as a substitute for Trent Buhagiar in the 73rd minute of a 1–1 draw.

In July 2021, Swibel was released by Sydney FC.^[2]

Western Sydney Wanderers[]

In October 2021, Swibel signed a one-year scholarship contract with A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers after scoring a goal for them while on trial in a pre-season friendly against Central Coast Mariners.^[3]

Personal life[]

While Swibel was in the A-League, he was the only Jewish player in the league.^[4] Tomer Hemed became the second, and the two now play together at the Wanderers.