Danny Moulis
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Moulis | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1960 | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1980 | Canberra City | 93 | (4) |
| 1981–1982 | Sydney Olympic | 28 | (1) |
| 1983–1984 | Canberra City Arrows | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 121 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 1980 | Australia | 4 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel (Danny) Moulis (born 25 July 1960) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a defender.
Moulis played for Canberra North SC as a junior.[1] He then graduated directly from U-16s into the Canberra City SC team that competed in the inaugural Philips Soccer League season (Australia's first national football league) in 1977.[2] His coach at that time was Australian soccer identity Johnny Warren.[3] He became the one of the first players to play 100 games for a PSL club in a Canberra City match against South Melbourne Hellas SC in 1980, having played 86 league matches, 11 NSL Cup games and 3 Prime Minister Cup fixtures.[4]
Moulis was transferred to Sydney Olympic SC, also in the National Soccer League, at the commencement of the 1981 season.[5] At Sydney Olympic his Head Coach was the mercurial Tommy Docherty.[6] In the first game of the 1982 season, in a match against Newcastle KB United at the International Sports Centre, Moulis suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, signalling the end of his professional football career.[7]
After a full knee reconstruction and partial recovery, Moulis played senior amateur football with Canberra City, Australian National University,[8] and Woden Valley SC.
International career
In 1978 Moulis was vice-captain of the Australian Schoolboys national team on its North American west coast tour (Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles).[9]
Later in the same year he was a member of the Australia Youth team which beat the New Zealand Youth team in the OFC U-20 Championship[10] to qualify for the South American playoff for the 1979 World Youth Cup in Tokyo. The Australia Youth team failed to qualify in the playoff, falling to Paraguay and drawing with Israel in matches played in the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion.[11]
In December 1978 Moulis played for a Philips Soccer League XI representative team, selected by well-known Australian coach Rale Rasic,[12] against the travelling Greek outfit Olympiakos at the Sydney Sports Ground.[13][14]
In 1980 Moulis became Socceroo #297, with his first cap coming against Papua New Guinea in the 1980 OFC Nations Cup.[15] He played four international matches for the Australian national team in that tournament, scoring three goals.
Moulis was a member of both the Canberra City Masters team that won Silver at the 2002 Melbourne World Masters Games (Mens Premier 40+),[16] and the OldaRoos team that won Silver at the 2009 Sydney World Masters Games (also Mens Premier 40+).[17]
