Kristian Rees

Kristian Rees
Kristian Rees
	Rees playing for Gold Coast United in 2010
Born	Kristian Rees; 6 January 1980 (age 44); Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Political party	United Australia
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Youth career
	Salisbury United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998	Salisbury United
1999	Para Hills
2000–2003	Adelaide City Force
2003	Adelaide City
2003–2004	Adelaide United
2004	→ Modbury Jets (loan)
2005–2007	Adelaide United
2007	Whittlesea Zebras
2007–2008	Wellington Phoenix
2008	Adelaide City
2009–2012	Gold Coast United
2014–2015	Palm Beach
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2015

Kristian Rees (born 6 January 1980 in

central defender

.

Club career

He made his

Adelaide United

's minor-premiership winning squad of 2005/06 and of the team that came runners-up in 2006/07.

He played for

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

Victorian State Team tour of China

but unfortunately work commitments prevented him from taking up the spot.

On 13 November 2007 Rees signed for

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

Wellington Phoenix teammate Karl Dodd

. Rees wasn't retired for 6 months before being lured out of retirement by the Sharks.

Political career

Rees is a member of the

In the

Rees also ran in the 2015 Queensland state election as the party's candidate for Currumbin.^[13]

Rees again contested the Senate for South Australia as the party's lead candidate in 2019. He was also appointed to the party's frontbench as the Shadow Minister for Community Services.^[14]

Honours

With

Adelaide United

:

2005-2006

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.
^ https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/kristian-rees-appointed-united-australia-partys-shadow-minister-for-community-services/

External links

[1] Reds defence stretched

[2] Adelaide releases trio

[3] The Advertiser

[4] Honours shared in inaugural Northern Community Cup Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Zebras set for flag clash Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Rees looks set to join Kiwis

[7] Phoenix Sign Reds Reject Rees

[8] Phoenix signing settling in well Archived 4 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Rees gives it his all

[10] Ex-Reds Star Rees Off To China

[11] Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[12] Rees grabs chance

[13] 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.

[14] ttps://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/kristian-rees-appointed-united-australia-partys-shadow-minister-for-community-services/

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