Signing news: Mariners defender inks new two-year deal

Jack Clisby has signed a two-year contract extension with Central Coast Mariners, the Hyundai A-League club confirmed today.

The deal will keep the 27-year-old Perth-born defender at the Mariners until at least the end of the 2020/21 campaign.

Formerly of Perth Glory, Melbourne City and Western Sydney Wanderers, Clisby has featured 19 times for the Mariners this season after originally signing for the Gosford club in May 2018.

“I’m buzzing to be here on the Central Coast for the next two seasons,” Clisby told the club’s official website.



“I love it up here, I love the club and it’s moving in the right direction after a tough season, the future is looking bright.

“The area itself is fantastic, there are a lot of positive things happening around the club and we get to play at my favourite stadium in the league [Central Coast Stadium] almost every second week, to be here for another two years is fantastic and I just really want to grow as a player.

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Clisby has made 116 Hyundai A-League appearances in total

“The fans have been great since I’ve arrived – it’s easy for them to turn on you when times are tough but week in week out they still support us, no matter what.

"After every game, win, lose or draw they are there after every game to shake our hands as we walk around the stadium, they’ve been very welcoming to me.



“Over the next two years I want to improve as a player, I didn’t quite excel like I’d hoped this season so I want to really push forward and help push this club higher up the ladder.

"I really enjoy playing under Alen [Stajcic] who has brought in a lot of good ideas, structure, tactics – I feel like I work well with him.

“My partner and I are expecting our first child in August during pre-season so now we’re looking to move into a bigger home, we love it up here and it’s the perfect place for us to raise a newborn.”