the season, to be denied clear penalties in the dying minutes of the final ACL group match, then unbelievably similarly in the semi-final in Brisbane against the eventual champions Roar. After the sad news that star defender Adama Traore was departing the A-League just weeks after obtaining citizenship and lighting up the Twittersphere with the hashtag #aussieadama, and days after winning the Victory Medal, Melbourne Victory released some positive news: Guilherme Finkler had signed a two-year contract, electing to stay at the Victory along with stalwarts Archie Thompson and Adrian Leijder, strikers Kosta Barbarouses, contracted for 2014/15, and new signing Besart Berisha, whose contract runs for the same amount of time as Finkler's – up until the end of the 2015/16 season. Season 2014–2015 On 9 May 2014 Melbourne Victory signed Guilherme Finkler for a further two years. The midfielder played injury-free, amassing 10 assists and 7 goals and helping his club win the A-league in Australia. On 24 March 2016, Finkler advised the Victory that he would leave them at the end of the season to join Wellington Phoenix FC. Honours Melbourne Victory A-League Premiers: 2014-15 A-League Championship: 2014-15 FFA Cup: 2015 Individual A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2014-15 A-League All Stars: 2014 References External links Melbourne Victory profile Ultimate A-league Statistics soFIFA Profile Living people 1985 births Brazilian footballers Brazilian people of German descent Association football midfielders Esporte Clube Juventude players ABC Futebol Clube players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Esporte Clube São José players Campinense Clube players Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players Ituano FC players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Royal Excel Mouscron players Melbourne Victory FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Australia A-League Men players Marquee players (A-League Men) Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Belgium Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand