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Bruce José Djité (French pronunciation: ) (born 25 March 1987) is an Australian association football (soccer) player who plays for A-League club Adelaide United as a striker or second Striker. Djite is known for his speed, strength and good height with ball heading skills and previously played in Turkey for professional football team, Gençlerbirliği S.K. of the Spor Toto Süper Lig.〔 Djite plays internationally for the Australia national team, debuting in 2008, and played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification followed by the 2011 AFC Cup qualification as Australia qualified for their third FIFA World Cup and second consecutive AFC Cup. Djite was named Australia League Young Footballer of the Year for 2008, scoring 10 goals in 22 matches. Djite made a name for himself playing in the AFC Champions League, reaching the 2008 AFC Champions League final. Djite is the Gold Coast United all-time second highest goal scorer and Adelaide United all-time third highest goal scorer. Djite scored an important equalizer for Süper Lig club and 2008 Turkish Cup finalist Gençlerbirliği S.K. in the 90th minute of the match against Denizlispor which ended in a 2–2 draw, and assisted an important goal in the 90th minute of the match against Kocaelispor in a 1–1 draw during the 2008–09 season.〔〔 Djite was bought by business magnate and Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer from Turkish Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği to re-play in the A-League in 2010–11 season, Djite had scored 10 goals and registered three assists in 23 matches for Clive Palmer's Gold Coast United.〔 During the 2012 AFC Champions League, Djite scored an important headed goal and last-gasp winner in the 90th minute of the match for Adelaide United against the South Korea K-League three-time AFC Champions League title holder Pohang Steelers, which ended in a 1–0 victory sending Adelaide United to the top of the 2012 AFC Champions League Group E and into the last round of 16 of the 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Djite helped Adelaide United defeat Japan J. League club Nagoya Grampus 1–0 to advance to the quarter-final of the AFC Champions League.〔 ==Early life and career== Djite was born in Washington, D.C., United States and moved to Sydney, Australia with his parents when he was three years old.〔 Djite's father, Paulin Djite is a renowned Professor at the University of Western Sydney.〔(Djite strikes out on his own and kicks career goal – Bruce Djite is a Young Socceroo with a difference, as Ray Gatt explain ). The Australian, ''theaustralian.com.au''.〕 Djite's father was born in Ivory Coast and his mother was born in Togo and has two brothers.〔 Djite is a multilingual and often speaks French. Djite joined the Marconi Stallions in 2004 at the age of 16, after the demise of Northern Spirit FC whom Djite signed for in 2002–03 National Soccer League season and continued to play with Marconi Stallions until the end of the 2005–06 season (August 2006).〔 Djite had also trained at the NSW Institute of Sport in Sydney. In 2006, Djite attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra on a football scholarship with Nikita Rukavytsya.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Djite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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