{"id":28966,"date":"2026-06-11T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/28966\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:27:11","slug":"gun-forward-kucharski-pledges-long-term-future-to-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/28966\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun forward Kucharski pledges long-term future to Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perth Glory is delighted to announce that exciting forward Jaiden Kucharski has signed a new contract with the club which runs until 2029.<\/p>\n

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The 23-year-old headed to WA ahead of the 2025\/26 A-League campaign having previously made more than 60 appearances for Sydney FC with whom he also claimed an Australia Cup winner\u2019s medal in 2023.<\/p>\n

He duly marked his Glory debut by scoring against Wellington Phoenix in Round One and ended his first season in purple having made 19 appearances in which he added a further two goals and claimed three assists.<\/p>\n

One of those goals, a spectacular Round 15 strike against Auckland FC at HBF Park, earned Kucharski the club\u2019s Goal of the Season Award and was also short-listed for the A-League Men\u2019s Goal of the Year.<\/p>\n

Glory Football Director Stan Lazaridis is confident that the former Australia Under-17 international will continue to be a key attacking weapon for Glory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen from day one just how talented JK is,\u201d he said, \u201cand I believe that he is only going to get better.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has great pace and mobility which makes him very hard to defend against and on top of that, is a clinical finisher.<\/p>\n

\u201cJK really suits the way we want to play, he gets our Members and fans out of their seats and having him sign a long-term deal is a huge positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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