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Paul Agostino
Personal information
Full name	Paul Agostino
Date of birth	June 9, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	187cm
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-present	West Adelaide Young Boys Yverdon-Sport FC Bristol City 1860 Munich	17 (6) 26 (3) 15 (6) 84 (19) 187 (46)
National team2
1996-2005	Australia	20 (9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 January 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Agostino (born 9 June 1975 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) striker. Agostino plays for TSV 1860 München in Germany's 2. Bundesliga. He signed for Australia's Adelaide United, where he will play from July 2007.

Contents 1 NSL Years 2 Playing in Europe 3 Coming Home 4 Games 5 Goals 6 Trivia 7 External links

Agostino was a regular member of Socceroos squads during the 1990s and he played for Australia twenty (20) times at senior international level. Having started his club career at Salisbury United, the South Australian striker burst on to the national scene in 1991 in his first season at senior level with West Adelaide in the old and now defunct NSL. It was at this time that "Aga" was picked in the Australian World Youth Championships squad - a squad that has since been labeled as one of Australia's 'Golden Generations' - which made the semi-finals of that competition. The squad contained the likes of Paul Okon and Mark Bosnich.

Agostino left for Europe in 1992 and headed for Switzerland, where he signed with Young Boys. Agostino stayed in Bern for two seasons, time which was invaluable for him to adapt to life and football in Europe. It was in Switzerland that he learnt to speak German, which would later help in his move to Germany in 1997. He then had a short stint with Yverdon before making the move to England. Agostino signed with Bristol City in 1995 and it was in his first season with City that he began to score more regularly, bagging 10 goals in the old Division 1 (the second-tier of English club football).

After two productive seasons in Bristol, Agostino's growing reputation caught the eye of German Bundesliga side 1860 München. He was signed by the club in 1997 at the age of 22. Agostino stayed with the Munich club for a full decade, enduring spells both in and out of the side. However, Agostino played at the highest level while in Munich, representing 1860 in both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. He enjoyed his best form for 1860 in the 2000/01 season, scoring 12 goals for the light blues, and the period from 1999-2002 saw Agostino regularly in the first team. He fell down the pecking order at 1860 after this and typically played only a handful of games each season, until he left the club amicably late in 2006.

Agostino is set to be out for six weeks after suffering a metatarsal injury at the training on 5. April 2007. He was only one week in training after 4 months of rehabilitation [1].

It was announced in February 2007 that Adelaide United had agreed on a two-year contract with Agostino which will see the striker return to his home city and play and live in Australia for the first time in 15 years, although now in the new A-League. Which would enter its third season.

Although never prolific in his goal-scoring, Agostino maintained around a one-goal-every-four-games ratio throughout his career. The obvious exception is his national-team record, where he averaged almost a goal every other game.

• 20 games for the Australian national team
• 121 games in the German Bundesliga
• 45 games in the 2. Bundesliga

• 9 goals for Australia
• 30 goals in the Bundesliga
• 11 goals in the 2. Bundesliga

• Agostino attended Findon High School in his hometown of Adelaide.

• Paul Agostino is married with two children.

• Profile at tsv1860.de (German)