Kristian Rees
Kristian Rees (born 6 January 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender.
 Rees playing for Gold Coast United in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kristian Rees | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Salisbury United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Salisbury United | 21 | (5) |
| 1999 | Para Hills | 21 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Adelaide City Force | 40 | (0) |
| 2003 | Adelaide City | 15 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide United | 26 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Modbury Jets (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Adelaide United | 35 | (2) |
| 2007 | Whittlesea Zebras | 26 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Wellington Phoenix | 9 | (1) |
| 2008 | Adelaide City | 20 | (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Gold Coast United | 73 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Palm Beach | 37 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 September 2015 | |||
Club career
He made his NSL debut playing for Adelaide City. He was also a member of Adelaide United's minor-premiership winning squad of 2005/06 and of the team that came runnersup in 2006/07.
He played for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League for the first 2 seasons of the competition, including during their inaugural foray into the Asian Champions League.
He was released by the club to the surprise of many at the end of the 2006/07 season, and joined Whittlesea Zebras in the Victorian Premier League.[1][2] He made his debut for the Zebras against Green Gully on 3 June 2007 and has been one of the stand-out players in the league, leading the previously struggling Zebras to a spot in the Grand Final.[3][4] Such was his impact that despite joining the Zebras after the start of the season, he still won the Club Best & Fairest Award, and though the team could not manage to beat Preston Lions in the Grand Final, Rees capped off a magnificent season by scoring his team's goal in the final, and also hit the crossbar.[5] He was also selected for the Victorian State Team tour of China but unfortunately work commitments prevented him from taking up the spot.
On 13 November 2007 Rees signed for A-League club Wellington Phoenix until the end of the season where he joined up with former Adelaide United teammate and captain, Ross Aloisi.[6][7][8][9] At the end of the 2007-2008 A-league season, Rees and Phoenix could not agree terms to extend his contract in Wellington, and after turning down the opportunity to join Chinese Super League club, Liaoning FC, he returned to Adelaide City to link up with former teammate, Damian Mori.[10]
On 3 December 2008 he was signed to a two-year contract by Gold Coast United.[11][12]
Rees ended his playing career with Palm Beach after a successful run in the FFA Cup playing alongside former Wellington Phoenix teammate Karl Dodd. Rees wasn't retired for 6 months before being lured out of retirement by the Sharks.
Politics
In the 2013 Australian federal election, Rees ran as the Palmer United Party candidate for the Division of Grey, and in the 2016 Australian federal election, was the lead Palmer candidate for the Senate for South Australia.
Rees also ran in the 2015 Queensland election in the seat of Currumbin.[13]
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References
- Reds defence stretched
- Adelaide releases trio
- The Advertiser
- Honours shared in inaugural Northern Community Cup Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Zebras set for flag clash Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Rees looks set to join Kiwis
- Phoenix Sign Reds Reject Rees
- Phoenix signing settling in well Archived 4 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Rees gives it his all
- Ex-Reds Star Rees Off To China
- Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Rees grabs chance
- Lucy Ardern (20 January 2015). "LNP expected to lose some of its margin in "safe" Gold Coast seat of Currumbin". Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp. Retrieved 12 May 2016.