​Coaching Information:
​Emerging Jets U/15's Head Coach
Hunter Sports High- Targeted Sports Program Football Coach
International Football School Head Coach
Personal Information:
Full name: Daniel James McBreen
Date of birth: 23 April 1977
Place of birth:Burnely, England
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position: Striker
Coaching Program(s):
Born in England, McBreen moved to Australia with his family when he was six weeks old and started his career in local football with Toronto Awaba Stags and Edgeworth Eagles. He earned a professional contract with National SocceLeague side Newcastle United in 2000, where he played for two seasons before joining Universitatea Craiova of the Romanian Divizia A. He left them amid a dispute over wages in 2004, when he joined Falkirk, where he won the Scottish First Division title and the Scottish Challenge Cup in his first season. McBreen spent one season with them in the Scottish Premier League before being released, when he joined English League One club Scunthorpe United in 2006. He played sporadically in their 2006–07 League One title-winning season, and was loaned to Conference Premier side York City in 2007 before having a short spell with St Johnstone in the Scottish First Division. McBreen rejoined York permanently in 2008 and played one season for them, with his last match in Europe coming in their defeat in the 2009 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.
He returned to Australia to play in the A-League for North Queensland Fury, but mid-season agreed to join division rivals Central Coast Mariners for the next two seasons. McBreen completed 2009–10 with another A-League side, Perth Glory, and his good form with them resulted in a call-up to the Australia national team. He was part of the Mariners side that finished in second place in the 2010–11 A-League but was beaten in the 2011 A-League Grand Final. The Mariners were the Australian Premiers in 2011–12, but were knocked out of the finals series in the preliminary final. McBreen scored one of the Mariners' goals in the 2013 A-League Grand Final as they were crowned A-League Champions, and for his performance he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal. He had already won A-League Golden Boot as the division's top scorer with seventeen goals. He then went on loan with Shanghai East Asia, before joining them permanently for the 2014 Chinese Super League and having a spell with South China for the remainder of the 2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League.
Club information
Current team
Edgeworth Eagles
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
0000–1999
Toronto Awaba Stags
1999–2000
Edgeworth Eagles
2000–2002
Newcastle United
36
(9)
2002–2004
Universitatea Craiova
33
(3)
2004–2006
Falkirk
55
(19)
2006–2008
Scunthorpe United
7
(0)
2007
York City (loan)
5
(2)
2008
St Johnstone
6
(0)
2008–2009
York City
38
(5)
2009–2010
North Queensland Fury
21
(3)
2010
Perth Glory
7
(5)
2010–2014
Central Coast Mariners
95
(28)
2013
Shanghai East Asia(loan)
13
(3)
2014
Shanghai East Asia
28
(5)
2015
South China
4
(0)
2016–
Edgeworth Eagles
0
(0)
Total
348
(82)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)
