Gungahlin United Football Club’s Miguel Goncalves Heads to Sydney FC

Gungahlin United Football Club’s Miguel Goncalves is taking the next step in his footballing career, earning himself a place in the U18s Sydney FC junior academy side.

From phone calls, emails, to club trials and then an official offer, the 16-year-old forward was told the good news three weeks ago and will join the club next year.

“I’ve always had a goal to be somewhere other than Canberra by the age of 17, like Melbourne or Sydney or even overseas so that’s something I have always looked forward to,” Miguel said.

“It will open up a lot of doors but I’m just hoping to be training with older boys and try and get in the NY1 squad for next year as well.”

Under the guidance of Gungahlin NPL1 Head Coach Marcial Munoz, Miguel attributed a lot of his growth to the 2021 season.

“This year was the year that I learnt the most, especially with Marcial as the Head Coach and in that first-grade environment that I got to experience.”

Marcial Munoz said at Gungahlin United, they place huge focus on creating player pathways.

“We put him Miguel in the environment where he was able to grow that little bit extra but it was his hard work and his commitment and sacrifice to wanting to get there in the end that we need to acknowledge first and foremost,” Marcial said.

“As a club, this is exactly the platform we want to give all our players whether they’re a little bit younger or older and have dreams of stepping outside of the amateur world if you will, so when things like this occur, we need to celebrate them.

“This is not the first nor the last so we need to continue to drive that pathway”.




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