{"id":67856,"date":"2026-08-08T19:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/67856\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:48","slug":"socceroos-winger-awer-mabil-signs-with-melbourne-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/67856\/","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos winger Awer Mabil signs with Melbourne City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Socceroos winger Awer Mabil is returning to the A-League to join Melbourne City after an 11-year stint in Europe.<\/p>\n

Mabil, who was a member of Australia\u2019s squad at the recent FIFA World Cup, has signed a three-year deal with City after parting ways with Spanish second division outfit CD Castellon.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old winger hasn\u2019t played in the A-League since making the final of his 52 appearances in all competitions for Adelaide United in May 2015.<\/p>\n

Two months later, Mabil parted ways with the Reds to join Danish club Midtjylland.<\/p>\n

The following year he was loaned out to another Danish team, Esbjerg, and had subsequent spells with Pacos de Ferreira (Portugal), Kas\u0131mpasa (Turkey), Cadiz (Spain), Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) and Grasshoppers (Switzerland) before his move to Castellon in February last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter spending more than a decade playing in Europe, I\u2019m really excited to be coming home<\/p>\n

to Australia and beginning this new journey with Melbourne City,\u201d Mabil said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing Australian football from afar in recent years, it\u2019s impossible not to be impressed<\/p>\n

by what Melbourne City has built. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambition, the standards and the success the club has achieved made this an opportunity I really wanted to be part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

City director of football Michael Petrillo said signing a player of Mabil\u2019s \u201ccalibre\u201d was a \u201csignificant moment\u201d for the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwer is one of Australia\u2019s most accomplished footballers and we\u2019re incredibly excited to<\/p>\n

welcome him to Melbourne City,\u201d Petrillo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwer\u2019s quality on the pitch speaks for itself, but just as importantly he\u2019s an outstanding<\/p>\n

person who has consistently made a positive impact away from football through his work in<\/p>\n

the community. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s exactly the type of person we want representing Melbourne City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mabil was named the 2023 Young Australian of the Year after co-founding the not-for-profit Barefoot to Boots, a charity that helps improve health, education and gender equality among refugees.<\/p>\n

He is expected to arrive in Melbourne next week, meaning he won\u2019t play in City\u2019s trial against Italian club Palermo on Friday night in Perth.<\/p>\n

Mabil also won\u2019t be available for City\u2019s round-of-16 Australia Cup clash against Lions FC in Brisbane on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Brisbane Roar has welcomed the return of former captain and veteran defender Tom Aldred to the club.<\/p>\n

Aldred, who turns 36 next month, has signed a one-season deal with the Roar following two years with Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the opportunity came up to return to the Roar, the decision was an easy one,\u201d said Aldred, who spent five years with Brisbane between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family loved living in Brisbane, and it was a privilege to wear the orange shirt for as long as I did.\u201d.<\/p>\n

In other transfer market news, Socceroos midfielder Jackson Irvine has left German second division club St. Pauli to join Japanese top-flight outfit Cerezo Osaka.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to be coming to the hottest football nation in the world and joining a new league and a club with huge potential,\u201d 33-year-old Irvine said.<\/p>\n

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