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Henry Eaton Bickerstaff is an Australian citizen (born October 19 2001) who plays football for semi professional football club Hakoah Sydney City East FC in the Football New South Wales National Premier League 1. Henry plays at under 16 and under 18 level, his preferred foot is right but he is comfortable on left, his preferred playing position is central attacking midfielder (number 10) however he can also play centre defensive midfield, striker or on the wing, Henry is a very versatile attacking player.

Henry started playing football at Queens park where he played for 5 years (under 6’s to under 11’s) he then moved to Mr Soccer academy where he played for Redfern Raiders (u12 but played u13’s), after one season there, Henry then moved to Sydney University, Henry then spent two years there (u13’s and u14’s) then moved on to Hakoah Sydney City East, he has spent two seasons here so far (u15 and u16) and there will be more to come. Henry also plays Futsal where he also plays for Hakoah, he has played 4 seasons of futsal there winning the league twice.



Henry has had many footballing achievements, when Henry was 10 he went to the Liverpool academy, in 2016 Henry was selected to represent metropolitan east at the state titles competition in Griffith, from there and his good performances during the season he was scouted and asked to trial for the New South Wales team, after 7 trials he was selected and went to the national’s tournament in December of 2016. Also in 2016 Henry won players player and Most Valuable Player for Hakoah under 15’s. In 2017 Henry was selected in the CIS team (combined independent schools) to go to the all schools state tournament. Henry was also scouted and went to train with Melbourne victory.

Early life

Henry was born and raised in Australia, Both Henry’s parents are born in England, Henry has two younger brothers and a younger sister. Henry attended St Margret Mary’s school from kindergarten to year 2 and now attends Cranbrook school where he has been since year 3.