Mark Birighitti was named in the A-League team of the season while playing for the Newcastle Jets

Swansea City have signed Australia international goalkeeper Mark Birighitti on a two-year contract.

The 25-year-old arrives at the Liberty Stadium on a free transfer after spending the last five years with the Newcastle Jets in Australia's A-League.

Birighitti, who has one Australia cap, was named in the league's team of the year in 2015-16 and he becomes the fourth senior goalkeeper on Swansea's books.

Lukasz Fabianski, Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Gerhard Tremmel are also competing for Swansea's No 1 jersey.

His only club experience outside Australia came in 2015 when he spent a six-month loan spell in Italy with Serie B side Varese.

While with Varese, Birighitti worked alongside Swansea coach Gabriele Ambrosetti, of whom he said: "He's a fantastic person and I'm looking forward to working closely with him again.

"Before coming here I knew there would be strong competition at the club.

"But my plan is to take each training session as they come and try to be better than them. I have to make sure when the opportunity comes that I take the opportunity with both hands and don't look back."