Melbourne Victory have confirmed the departures of Roly Bonevacia and Matt Bozinovski ahead of the 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League campaign.
The duo leave AAMI Park following the conclusion of their contracts with last season’s Grand Finalists as new boss Patrick Kisnorbo continues to shape his squad.
Former Wellington Phoenix and Western Sydney Wanderers star Bonevacia departs having scored one goal in 11 appearances for Victory.
Bonevacia arrived in January amid plenty of hype following four years away from the competition, though the 32-year-old Ajax academy graduate started just three games as Victory – led by Tony Popovic at the time – progressed to the Grand Final.
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As for Bozinovski, the 23-year-old defender leaves after making five A-Leagues appearances for the club. He played two games for Wellington Phoenix while on loan in 2021-22.
Bozinovski did not make appearance last season.
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The pair join Jake Brimmer, Chris Ikonomidis, Stefan Nigro, Eli Adams, Salim Khelifi, Ahmad Taleb, Damien Da Silva, Connor Chapman and Paul Izzo in leaving Victory.
Victory, though, have signed Josh Rawlins, Alex Menelaou (academy graduate), Luka Kolić (academy graduate), Daniel Graskoski (academy graduate), Jing Reec, Reno Piscopo, Jack Duncan (Wellington Phoenix), Brendan Hamill, Mitch Langerak and Nikos Vergos while re-signing Jason Geria.
