Former Australia and English Premier League goalkeeper Mark Bosnich will begin a two-week trial with the Central Coast Mariners in Australian football's A-League, six years after being dropped by Chelsea for failing a doping test.
Mariners head coach Lawrie McKinna said Wednesday he hopes the former Aston Villa goalkeeper _ who also had brief stints with Manchester United and Chelsea _ will be able to fill in during the early part of the upcoming season when regular goalkeeper Danny Vukovic will serve a five-match suspension.
Bosnich, 36, played 227 matches for Aston Villa from 1992-99 and played 17 internationals for Australia. He transferred to Manchester United in 1999 and was initially first-choice keeper before falling out of favor and moved to Chelsea.
Bosnich failed a drug test with Chelsea in 2002 and later admitted to a cocaine addiction.
"He wants to come back as a footballer and to do that he needs to be on the straight and narrow," McKinna said.
"We would expect Mark to come in here as a model professional and hopefully show people how good he was and how good he possibly could be."
The A-League season begins on August 15, with a pre-season cup competition to begin Saturday.
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