Rising star Andrew Nabbout has signed a deal with Melbourne Victory that will keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2014/15 Hyundai A-League season.
Rising star Andrew Nabbout has signed a deal with Melbourne Victory that will keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2014/15 Hyundai A-League season.
After an explosive start to his Victory career, the 19-year-old has formalised his arrangement with the club after initially only signing a National Youth League contract.
Victory coach Ange Postecoglou admits he has been surprised by how quickly the former Moreland Zebra-s youngster has adapted to life in the Hyundai A-League.
“We identified Andrew as the type of young player that would fit well into our systems, but the impact he-s had in such a short period of time has been a very pleasant surprise,” Postecoglou said.
“He-s an excellent young man and has worked really hard to get to where he is and thoroughly deserves his first senior contract.
“Goal-scorers are hard to come by and he-s already netted three for us, including those two extremely important ones against Sydney FC a few weeks back, so formalising the agreement obviously became a priority for us,” Postecoglou added.
Nabbout, who has very quickly became a cult hero among the Melbourne Victory faithful, is excited by what lies ahead, “It-s been an incredible ride so far and to be rewarded with my first professional contract is the realisation of a boyhood dream,” he said.
“Everyone has been great to me since I arrived and started training with the squad, so hopefully I can continue to repay the faith they-ve shown in me.”
“It was only a few months ago that I was playing in the VPL (Victorian Premier League), so it-s all happened really quickly for me,” Nabbout added.
