The 25-year-old joins the Mariners after an injury-plagued few years and a dry-patch of goalscoring form threw him out of contention at Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar.

The formerly highly-rated striker previously played for Fulham and FC Eindhoven. In a personal best A-League season in terms of appearances, Gameiro appeared for Brisbane 18 times throughout 2017/18, failing to score.

“To get through last season and feel good – to finish hard sessions and games and feel strong is something that I am really looking forward to building on,” Gameiro said.

“I haven’t started a pre-season in four years so to start a pre-season and get some minutes into the legs is something I am really looking forward to.

“The opportunity to come to the Central Coast Mariners and rebuild, is something that excites me. As an individual, I’ve been through adversity – I think the club has gone through that as well in recent years. It’s time for the club to come out of that and it’s something I really want to be a part of.

“I’m itching for pre-season, I can’t wait to get started. I know a handful of the boys from when I was captain of the Australian under 23’s, they know what sort of person I am and how hungry I am to succeed so I will be there from day one of pre-season to drive that as much as I can.

“Getting the right people here at the Mariners is so important because they are the people you are going to go to war with, go to battle with. You need people next to you, that you’re going to look across at and know that he wants it just as much as I do."

Gameiro boosts the Mariners' current depleted forward line alongside Andrew Hoole and Connor Pain. Coach Mike Mulvey said Gameiro will be the first of several attacking additions.

“Corey is exactly the type of personality we need at the Mariners,” Mulvey said. “He is hardworking, motivated and a player that will take this opportunity with both hands.

“We are working hard to add more attacking weapons to our front third this season and Corey is the first, of several new players we will bring in to the strengthen that area of our game.”