Gençlerbirliği SK
Which team did the player Nick Carle belong to from 2007 to 2008?
Nick Carle Nicholas Alberto Carle ( born 23 November 1981 in Sydney , Australia ) is an Australian retired football ( soccer ) attacking midfielder who played for Sydney Olympic , Troyes AC , Marconi Stallions , Newcastle Jets , Gençlerbirliği , Bristol City , Crystal Palace , Baniyas and Sydney FC . Club career . Carle is of Uruguayan and Chilean descent . As a junior , Carle won five national futsal titles . During his days as a teenage schoolboy , he played football for his high school , Patrician Brothers College , Fairfield . He helped his school win the Bill Turner Cup competition in 1996 . Sydney Olympic . Carle began his career as a 15-year-old at Sydney Olympic in the NSL , making his NSL debut on 5 October 1997 . After coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute , he scored an injury time winner against Marconi Stallions . He had a brief stint at French club Troyes before returning to Australia with Marconi Stallions and Ryde City Gunners . Newcastle Jets . When the A-League was formed in 2005 Carle joined the Newcastle Jets . He played for the Jets in the first two seasons of the A-League and was popular with the Jets fans . Carle played as an attacking midfielder during his time at the Newcastle Jets . In February 2007 Carle won the prestigious Johnny Warren Medal for the players player of the year for his performance throughout the A-League 2006–07 season , beating Melbourne Victorys Daniel Allsopp , Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat . Carle also won the goal of the year award for his 70-metre run followed by a strike from 20 metres with the outside of his left boot , which proved to be the winning goal in the Round 10 clash against Adelaide United ( Adelaide had only seconds earlier missed a penalty to win the match ) and was arguably the catalyst for turning around the Jets poor season up until that point . Gençlerbirliği SK . At the end of the 2006–07 season Carle expressed his concern that the A-League season was not long enough . He felt that playing more games would improve his chances of selection for the national team and said that offers from Europe would be tempting . Despite being initially linked with Fenerbahçe in the media , Carle eventually signed with Gençlerbirliği . The Turkcell Super League club paid a transfer fee of about $650,000 for Carle , with the Newcastle Jets also receiving a percentage of any further transfer fees should Carle be sold by the Turkish club . The Newcastle Jets received a total of $800,000 for Carle after his transfer to Bristol City . Bristol City F.C. . In early January 2008 Carle transferred to Football League Championship side Bristol City for an undisclosed fee after impressing against Nigeria in an international friendly . He signed a contract for three and a half years , helping the Robins to the play-offs where they were beaten in the final at Wembley Stadium . Carle made the move because he was unhappy at Gençlerbirliği , especially because he was not able to see his family enough . Crystal Palace . Carles stay at Ashton Gate was short-lived however , moving to Crystal Palace for £1m less than six months later . Carle was unable to command a regular first team place under either Neil Warnock or Paul Hart and in May 2010 , Palace released him with two years remaining on his contract . Sydney FC . Carle signed with Sydney FC in May 2010 for a reported A$1.95m over three years . In his first season , Nick struggled with form and injuries in a season to forget , as Sydney slumped to 3rd last on the table . Carle scored a goal against Adelaide United to seal a win for Sydney , their first of the season , on 22 October 2011 . Loan to the UAE . Only weeks before the start of the 2012–13 A-League season , it was announced that Sydney FC had agreed to loan Carle out for an undisclosed fee to UAE club Baniyas SC for 1-year . He will return to see out the remainder of his contract at Sydney FC during the 2013–14 season . Return to Sydney FC . On 16 May 2013 it was announced that Carle would return to Sydney FC for the 2013–14 season for the final year of his original contract . Additionally , it was announced that Carle had signed a one-year extension , keeping him at the club until the close of the 2014–15 season . I’m really happy to be coming back to Sydney FC , Carle said . I enjoyed my experience in Abu Dhabi with Bani Yas but Sydney is home and I want to finish my career with Sydney FC . On 3 June 2015 , Carle was released from Sydney . In July 2016 Carle announced his retirement from professional football following his knee not healing properly after an anterior cruciate ligament injury . He accepted a job to work with the Sydney FC academy . International career . Carle began his international career playing for Australia at under-17 level before representing Australia at the under-20s 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship . He also later played for the under-23s but missed out on selection for the 2004 Olympics in Athens . He earned his first senior cap against Venezuela in 2004 coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute replacing David Zdrilic . However it was his only appearance for the senior national team for three years . Carle regularly missed selection under Frank Farina and did not feature at all under Guus Hiddink . Carles form for Jets in the 2006–07 A-League season saw calls for new coach Graham Arnold to bring him back into the national team . Carle ended three years in exile from the national squad by coming on as a substitute in a friendly against China in March 2007 , and also made an appearance against Uruguay in June , where in the dying stages of the game he attempted a rabona cross and completely missed , to the ire of commentators and spectators . Graham Arnold selected Carle in the Australian squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup . He made an appearance as a substitute during Australias match against Japan , scoring in the penalty shoot out . Carle made his first starting appearance for the Socceroos against Nigeria at Craven Cottage , London on 18 November 2007 . He put in a strong performance along with fellow former A-League player David Carney . Under national coach Pim Verbeek , Carles opportunities were limited and although he made the initial 30-man squad for the finals tournament in South Africa , he was subsequently omitted from the touring party . Honours . Personal honours : - Johnny Warren Medal : 2006–2007 with Newcastle Jets - A-League Goal of the Year : 2006–2007 with Newcastle Jets External links . - Sydney FC profile - FFA – Socceroo profile - Oz Football profile