Kaz Patafta

Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer

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Born: October 25, 1988
Age in 2026: 38
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1988

About Kaz Patafta

Kaz Phonesak Patafta is an Australian sports administrator and former professional footballer. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Brisbane Roar FC since July 2023. Prior to this, he worked as a lawyer specialising in corporate law. He also founded his own legal firm, McDonald Patafta & Associates Lawyers, with offices in Singapore, Laos and Belgium. Patafta featured in a pre-season friendly for the club's first-team against CF Estrela da Amadora on 15 August 2006. On 11 January 2008, Patafta scored his first A-League goal with a left-foot shot from a tight angle in the 88th minute of a 3–0 home victory against Wellington Phoenix. In October 2013, the Ontong Patafta Bernal Football Academy was nominated as a finalist and won the 2013 Canberra Business Point Award in the Micro-Enterprise Business category.

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Kaz Patafta timeline

2006Patafta featured in a pre-season friendly for the club's first-team against CF Estrela da Amadora on 15 August 2006.
2008On 11 January 2008, Patafta scored his first A-League goal with a left-foot shot from a tight angle in the 88th minute of a 3–0 home victory against Wellington Phoenix.
2013In October 2013, the Ontong Patafta Bernal Football Academy was nominated as a finalist and won the 2013 Canberra Business Point Award in the Micro-Enterprise Business category.

The world when Kaz Patafta was born

Kaz Patafta was born in 1988. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1988

#1 song"Faith" – George Michael
Top movieRain Man
Top TV showThe Cosby Show
Best-selling bookA Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBen Johnson stripped of Olympic 100m gold for doping
Top headlineGeorge H.W. Bush elected president
Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic fiber optic cable
Defining fadKoosh balls
Notable inventionFirst disposable contact lenses
World population5.11 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
U.S. population244.5M

1988 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Kaz Patafta's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1988	2026
Gas	$0.95	$3.45/gal
Average home	$89,300	$435,000
Average income	$32,191	$67,500
Minimum wage	$3.35	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$4.11	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.25	$0.73
Population	244.5M	341 million

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