Zura faced the media today after arriving in Australia and is expected to begin training with the Jets on Monday.

Zura boasts a goalscoring record of 23 goals in 52 games for his former club, Sporting Club Imbabura.

Club CEO, John Tsatsimas, today spoke on behalf of the club in welcoming the player to Australia and expressed the club’s delight at having a player of Zura’s ilk in its midst.

He said: "Not only the goalscoring exploits, but the flair that will be exhibited by the player is something unique and hopefully we’ll be able to see that from the first game.

“Edmundo is a current international, a player in the prime of his career, he’s 24, and hopefully he will contribute significantly and greatly to the history of this club.”

The softly spoken Zura was a portrait of humility in front of the media and conveyed his desire to further his promising career with the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League. Zura spoke through translator, Oscar Omegna.

He said: “I have hope and faith that I am going to do the best job that I can do here. I am going to deliver on all the expectations that everybody has for me.

“I have heard very good things about the Australian League and Australia in general. I want to succeed here and work hard every day.”

Zura is perhaps as well known for his outrageous goals as he is for his flamboyant goalscoring celebrations. One of his trademark antics is to don a wrestling mask after scoring and he explained that the seemingly jovial act is in fact a tribute to a former teammate. Otilino Tenorio was a former Ecuadorian International player who passed away tragically in 2005, and it is his career that Zura now honours.

He said: “I admired him very much as a person and as a player so I am trying to do the same thing that he did. So I am trying to score a lot of goals and dedicate it to him and to his memory.

“I am very relaxed because the team is eleven players. For eleven players to score one goal every one of them has to work for the same objective,” he stated.

The unveiling of Edmundo Zura came ahead of the Jets Pre-Season Cup clash against Melbourne Victory in Port Macquarie on Saturday.

Gary van Egmond’s men are buoyed by the return from injury of Joel Griffiths and new signing Jesper Hakansson, but will be without the services of Jobe Wheelhouse who is unavailable through suspension.