Michael Baird (soccer)
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| Full name | Michael William Baird | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Narangba Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Peninsula Power | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | North Pine United | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Narangba Eagles | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Australia U-20 | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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.