page_title: Aaron Mooy
section_title: Western Sydney Wanderers
hierarchical_section_title: Aaron Mooy / Club career / Western Sydney Wanderers
caption_attribution_description: English: The three signings for Western Sydney Wanderers in a photo taken at Parramatta Stadium on behalf of WestSydneyFootball.Com
context_page_description: Aaron Frank Mooy is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for
  Shanghai SIPG. He is a regular for the Australian national team.
  Born in Sydney, Mooy played youth football for the New South Wales Institute of Sport and Bolton Wanderers before making his professional debut with St Mirren. He returned to Sydney to play for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2012, and moved to Melbourne City two years later. Signing for Manchester City in 2016, Mooy was immediately loaned to Huddersfield Town and helped the club gain promotion to the Premier League. He signed with Huddersfield permanently in June 2017. In January 2020, Mooy was signed permanently by Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Shanghai SIPG in China during August 2020.
  Mooy has been capped by the national team on 42 occasions since his debut in 2012, netting a total of six goals. He also played in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
context_section_description: After leaving St Mirren on a free transfer, Mooy returned to Australia and was announced as one of the three inaugural signings for new A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers on 25 June. He made his debut in the opening game of the season in a 0–0 draw against Central Coast Mariners and on 23 February 2013, he scored his first goal, in a 1–0 win over Perth Glory. He made 23 appearances and scored one goal in his first season with the Wanderers, who won the Premiership and made the grand final in their inaugural season. Mooy took part in his second successive A-League grand final the following season, as the Wanderers were named runners-up to the Championship for the second time in a row.
caption: Mooy (left) at the Western Sydney Wanderers launch, along with Tarek Elrich and Kwabena Appiah
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