Usain Bolt Set To Join Australian Soccer Team

Eight-time Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt will trial for six weeks with the Central Coast Mariners from next month in a deal which could see him play for a season in Australian football’s A-League.

 

“The deal between the Mariners and Usain Bolt, in principle, has been agreed, subject to a couple of benchmarks, namely a trial and, of course, some marquee funds support from the FFA [Australian Football Federation],” Australian football agent Tony Rallis said in a radio interview. “They understand that he has to go through six weeks of a trial.”

 

Bolt has a long-held ambition to play professional football and, since his retirement from the track, has trialed with Germany’s Borussia Dortmund and Stromsgodset in Norway.