nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate nationalteam clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
13 13 9 25 march 1987 adelaide united 2 november 2014 2003 -- 2011 -- 2004 2005 2006 2004 -- 2006 2011 2003 -- 2004 2005 2006 2004 -- 2006 20 33 9 23 87 13 6 6 0 10 18 4 250px 2006 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- brucedjite.jpg bruce djite bruce djite with the australia national football team bruce josé djité 26 september 2010 australia u-20 australia olympic australia 11 5 2 0 northern spirit nswis ais marconi stallions northern jiangsu sainty -lrb- loan -rrb- spirit nswis ais marconi stallions adelaide united → forward bruce djite

bruce djite

bruce josé djité -lrb- french pronunciation : -rrb- -lrb- born 25 march 1987 -rrb- is an australian association football -lrb- soccer -rrb- player who plays for a-league club adelaide united as a striker or second striker .
djite is known for his speed , strength and good height with ball heading skills and previously played in turkey for professional football team , gençlerbirliği s.k. of the spor toto süper lig .
djite plays internationally for the australia national team , debuting in 2008 , and played in the 2010 fifa world cup qualification followed by the 2011 afc cup qualification as australia qualified for their third fifa world cup and second consecutive afc cup .
djite was named australia league young footballer of the year for 2008 , scoring 10 goals in 22 matches .
djite made a name for himself playing in the afc champions league , reaching the 2008 afc champions league final .
djite is the gold coast united all-time second highest goal scorer and adelaide united all-time third highest goal scorer .
djite scored an important equalizer for süper lig club and 2008 turkish cup finalist gençlerbirliği s.k. in the 90th minute of the match against denizlispor which ended in a 2 -- 2 draw , and assisted an important goal in the 90th minute of the match against kocaelispor in a 1 -- 1 draw during the 2008 -- 09 season .
djite was bought by business magnate and gold coast united owner clive palmer from turkish süper lig club gençlerbirliği to re-play in the a-league in 2010 -- 11 season , djite had scored 10 goals and registered three assists in 23 matches for clive palmer 's gold coast united .
during the 2012 afc champions league , djite scored an important headed goal and last-gasp winner in the 90th minute of the match for adelaide united against the south korea k-league three-time afc champions league title holder pohang steelers , which ended in a 1 -- 0 victory sending adelaide united to the top of the 2012 afc champions league group e and into the last round of 16 of the 2012 afc champions league knockout stage , djite helped adelaide united defeat japan j. league club nagoya grampus 1 -- 0 to advance to the quarter-final of the afc champions league .
