Personal information | |||
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Full name | Peter Sharne | ||
Date of birth | 22 March 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Marconi | |||
Liverpool City | |||
Southern Districts | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1982 | Marconi | 142 | (56) |
1981-1982 | → Eastern AA (loan) | 26 | (13) |
1982-1983 | Eastern AA | 19 | (5) |
1983 | APIA Leichhardt | 11 | (1) |
1984–1988 | Marconi | 35 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
1977–1981 | Australia | 23 | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 July 2010 |
Peter Sharne (born 22 March 1956 in Sydney) is an Australian former footballer who played as a winger. Sharne attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.
He spent his entire career with NSL club Marconi. He started in 1977 until 1988. He made a total of 186 national league appearances. He also played on loan in Hong Kong for Eastern AA in the early 1980s for about two seasons. He was a star in the Hong Kong league where he was selected to be on the League Best XI.[1]
He was a member of Australian national team during the 1978 World Cup qualifying campaign. He made his debut as a substitute against Iran in August 1977 in Melbourne. He also played in the 1982 World Cup campaign. He earned 40 caps for Australia with 23 of them A internationals. He scored 10 goals (eight A-international goals). He won the Award of Distinction from Australian Football Hall of Fame.