Shane Stefanutto

Football player infobox
playername = Shane Stefanutto
fullname = Shane Peter Stefanutto


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|1|12
cityofbirth = Cairns
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.77
currentclub = FC Lyn Oslo
position = Left Back
youthyears =
1997–1998
youthclubs = Edge Hill SC
QAS
years = 1998–2004
2004–2007
2008–
clubs = Brisbane Strikers
Lillestrøm SK
FC Lyn Oslo
caps(goals) = 124 (1)
078 (1)
000 (0)
nationalyears = 2007
nationalteam = Australia
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0)
pcupdate = 31 December 2007
ntupdate = 17 September 2008

Shane Stefanutto (born January 12, 1980) is an Australian football (soccer) defender who plays for FC Lyn Oslo in the Norwegian Premier League.

Club career

Stefanutto trained at the Queensland Academy of Sport before playing for the Brisbane Strikers in the now defunct National Soccer League from 1998-2004, before transferring Lillestrøm S.K. in Norway.

On August 26 2007, Stefanutto scored his first-ever goal for LSK in his 112th match, against Aalesund. The goal came from a long-range free kick.

His current contract with the Norwegian outfit expires at the end of the 2007 season, and from 2008 he will play for Lyn Oslo.

International career

On November 2, 2006 he received his first call-up to the Australian national team for an international friendly against Ghana, in London but did not play. On March 24, 2007 Stefanutto won his first international cap in a friendly match against China.

Personal life

Stefanutto is also an Italian citizen, and his family originates from the town of Latisana, in the region of Udine.

Honours

flagicon|Norway Norway

Lillestrøm SK (2004-2007)
*Norwegian Cup: 2007

External links

*no icon [http://www.lsk.no/default.aspx?did=9065124 Lillestrøm SK profile]
*no icon [http://www.lyn.no/index.aspx?type=spillerfakta&mid=-1&id=981123 Lyn Oslo profile]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/ST.html Oz Football profile]