Michael Baird (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael William Baird | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Peninsula Power | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987– | Newmarket SFC | ||
| Pine Hills | |||
| The Gap | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Brisbane Lions | 17 | (7) |
| 2001–2002 | Brisbane Strikers | 14 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | South Melbourne | 18 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Sydney Olympic | 11 | (4) |
| 2004 | → Queensland Lions | 7 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 13 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | (6) |
| 2006–2009 | Universitatea Craiova | 67 | (18) |
| 2010–2011 | Perth Glory | 13 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Sabah FA | 8 | (4) |
| 2013 | Peninsula Power | 19 | (15) |
| 2013 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | PSM Makassar | 11 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Rochedale Rovers | 28 | (12) |
| 2017– | Peninsula Power | 6 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | Australia U-20 | 10 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2016 |
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Michael William Baird (born 1 August 1983 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian soccer player striker. Michael has played in both the National Soccer League (NSL) and the A-League, spending time at clubs in New South Wales and Queensland. The young striker then moved overseas to play with Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian top flight, however due to a contract dispute, he moved back to Australia to compete in the A-League for Perth Glory missing out on the first 3 rounds of the 2010/2011 season due to his lack of provisional clearance by FIFA.
Michael Baird was born in Newmarket, Brisbane and began playing football at the age of five, with his local club, Newmarket SFC. In 2000, he began his professional career, with the Brisbane Lions Soccer Club (now known as Queensland Lions FC) in the Brisbane Premier League. Baird stayed with them in 2001, and scored 7 goals from 17 games during the season. In 2001–02, Baird was promoted to the National Soccer League, signing with the Brisbane Strikers, with whom he scored 4 goals from 15 appearances. The club finished fourth on the league table, but at the end of the season Baird signed with the team who had defeated the Strikers in the elimination final, South Melbourne FC for 2002–03. Meanwhile, Baird made 18 appearances for South Melbourne in the 2002–03 NSL season, scoring 4 goals as they finished 7th, one point shy of the finals.
Upon returning to Australia, Baird completed the 2003–04 season with Sydney Olympic, picking up 2 goals in his 11 appearances. Baird returned briefly to the Queensland Lions for the 2004 QPL season, helping the team to the premiership before transferring to the Bonnyrigg White Eagles in the New South Wales Premier League.
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