20 Facts About Jess Vanstrattan

Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan was born on 19 July 1982 and is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Jess Vanstrattan played the majority of his career in Italy before returning to Australia to play in the A-League for Gold Coast United, Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets.

Jess Vanstrattan started his career for Central Coast and then Northern Spirit in Sydney.

At Verona, aged 19, Jess Vanstrattan was a regular on the bench for the Serie A side and played 54 games in 2 years for the reserve team.

However, in the first game of that season Jess Vanstrattan suffered a serious knee injury rupturing his right knee ACL and missed the remainder of the season.

In January 2004, his loan was ended and Jess Vanstrattan returned to Verona where he signed a 4-year contract extension.

Jess Vanstrattan was involved in a controversial transfer saga in the summer of 2007.

Jess Vanstrattan played pre-season games for the Old Lady, becoming the first Australian to turn out for the club.

Jess Vanstrattan needed to return to Verona officially under contract again, although only for four days, within which time the courts found Verona guilty.

Jess Vanstrattan played for Juventus in China, Hong Kong and Australia in friendly matches.

In June 2008, Jess Vanstrattan did not agree to a three-year contract extension with Juventus and was released by both Verona and Juve.

On 7 October 2008, Jess Vanstrattan became the first signing for Gold Coast United after being released by Juventus in June.

Jess Vanstrattan was sidelined for several weeks but recovered to play the rest of the season, and after a slow start was able to put in several man of the match performances.

Unfortunately, 3 games after signing with the club, Jess Vanstrattan suffered a second ACL rupture and missed the duration of the season.

On 14 April 2011 Jess Vanstrattan was released by the Mariners.

Jess Vanstrattan played a number of games for the Australia U-17 team in 1999.

In 2001, Jess Vanstrattan played in the Australia U-20 side which won the 2001 OFC U-20 Championship, and went on to participate in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Jess Vanstrattan went on to represent Australia U-23 in two friendlies against club sides in Germany.

In 2014, Jess Vanstrattan became the goalkeeping coach for Central Coast Mariners Academy.

In 2015, Jess Vanstrattan became the goalkeeping coach for Newcastle Jets.