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Daniel Mullen 
Personal information Full name Daniel John Mullen Date of birth 26 October 1989 Place of birth Adelaide, Australia Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Centre back / Right back Club information Current club Adelaide United Number 5 Youth career 2005–2006 Para Hills 2006–2007 SASI 2007–2008 AIS Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2008– Adelaide United 43 (1) National team‡ 2007–2009 Australia U-20 15 (1) 2010– Australia U-23 2 (0) 2009– Australia 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)Daniel John Mullen (born 26 October 1989) is an Australian football (soccer) Defender who currently plays for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League. His natural position is at centre back but he plays regularly at right back at club level.
Daniel is the cousin of Matthew Mullen, son of former Socceroo Joe Mullen. In his first game for Australia he became the first Socceroo to wear a 3 digit number wearing 107 against Kuwait on 6 March 2009.
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Career
Adelaide United
Mullen playing for Adelaide United.
Mullen joined United for the A-League 2008-09 season. On 26 July 2008 he made his debut for Adelaide United in a 0-0 against Newcastle in the Pre-Season Cup. He has since gone on to win a place in the team in the league and also featured against Kashima Antlers in the AFC Champions League. He played in Adelaide's Champions league semi final's 1st leg 3-0 victory over Uzbekistan outfit Bunyodkor and was surely the best game in his short career.[1] In November 2008 Daniel signed a new two year deal with Adelaide keeping him at the club until the end of the 2010-11 season.[2] Mullen began to hold down a regular starting spot at Right Back for Adelaide including starting the inugral Club World Cup game for the South Australian team in which he scored the equalising goal against Waitakere United. Mullen scored his first league goal for Adelaide with a powerful header in the 3-2 victory over North Queensland Fury in Townsville in Round 4. He has had trouble cracking into the first team squad after Robert Cornthwaite and Iain Fyfe both regular at centre back. [3]
Honours
With Australia:
- International Cor Groenewegen Tournament (U-20): 2009
- Weifang Cup (U-18): 2007
References
- ^ "Barbiero and Mullen hold their own on big stage". Adelaide United. 9 October 2008. http://adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=24120. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ "Reds re-sign Mullen". A-League. 27 November 2008. http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=25109. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ "Mullen's season in doubt". A-League. 12 January 2008. http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26046. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
External links
• 2 Mullen • 3 DeVere • 4 McGowan • 5 Jurman • 6 Holland (c) • 7 Minniecon • 8 Mooy • 9 Hoffman • 10 Nichols • 11 Oar • 12 Elasi • 13 Herd • 14 Danning • 15 Munro • 16 Kantarovski • 17 Grant • 18 Bouzanis • 19 Rooney • 20 Gallagher • 21 Cisak • Coach: Jan Versleijen
Adelaide United FC – current squad 1 Galeković · 2 Malik · 3 Boogaard · 4 McKain · 5 Mullen · 6 Cássio · 7 Caravella · 8 Levchenko · 9 van Dijk · 10 Vidošić · 11 Djite · 12 Golec · 13 Ricardo · 14 Watson · 15 Melling · 16 Dilevski · 17 Ramsay · 18 Barbiero · 20 Birighitti · 21 Usúcar · 22 Susak · 23 Slory · 30 Izzo · Manager (Head Coach): Coolen
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian soccer players
- Adelaide United players
- People from Adelaide
- Australia international soccer players
- A-League players
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