Mark Birighitti

Mark Romano Birighitti (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian professional footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Scottish side Dundee United.

Born in Perth, Birighitti played youth football at the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Adelaide United.

[2] Aurelio Vidmar praised the young goalkeeper after the match saying "I think Birighitti played well he's got a really good future, he had big shoes to fill and I think he did an outstanding job tonight.

"[3] His second successive A-League start came against Perth Glory at Hindmarsh Stadium after Adelaide's number one goalkeeper, 28-year-old Eugene Galekovic, was injured during the Asian Champions League match against FC Bunyodkor.

[5] With Galekovic again ruled out with injury Birighitti started the second leg of the 2008 AFC Champions League Final against Gamba Osaka on 12 November 2008; Adelaide lost the match 2–0.

[7] On 17 January 2012 it was announced he had signed a two-year contract with A-League club Newcastle Jets starting post the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.

[23] Birighitti made his European debut in a 1–0 win against AZ Alkmaar,[24] however, the second leg of the tie ended in a 7–0 Dundee United loss, knocking them out the competition.