List of Australia international soccer players with over 50 caps
- This article is about male Australia national soccer team players with at least 50 appearances.
- For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see the Australia international soccer players category. For the current men's national team squad, see current squad.
The Australia national soccer team represents Australia in international soccer (association football). It is fielded by Football Federation Australia (FFA), the governing body of soccer in Australia, and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation, having previously been a part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
Despite the first Australia international game taking place on 17 June 1922, the first player to reach 50 caps for the side was Peter Wilson, who played his 50th game against Israel on 3 November 1976. His final match, and 65th cap, was the 1–0 loss to New Zealand on 13 June 1979. Wilson's record stood for over a decade, until Paul Wade overtook his tally when he appeared for Australia against Tahiti on 20 September 1992. Wade eventually retired having amassed 84 caps, his last on 1 November 1996 also against Tahiti. Wade's record was soon broken by Alex Tobin on 2 October 1998, once again in a match against Tahiti. Tobin would only add two further appearances for Australia, the last of these coming in a friendly against United States on 6 November 1998.
Mark Schwarzer broke Tobin's record, his 88th cap coming in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final against Japan on 29 January 2011. Schwarzer went on to make a total of 109 appearances before retiring from international football in 2014, the last of these coming on 7 September 2013. He is currently the only Australian man to have made over 100 international appearances.
Players
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, Oceania Nations Cup, and AFC Asian Cup matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by official cap number. Statistics correct as of 15 November 2016.
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
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MF | Midfielder | ||
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Bold | Still playing competitive football |
Cap no. | Name | Position | Caps | Goals | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last match |
Final match against |
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191 | Abonyi, AttilaAttila Abonyi | FW | 61 | 25 | 4 June 1967 | Scotland | 25 November 1977 | Iran |
216 | Wilson, PeterPeter Wilson | DF | 65 | 3 | 4 November 1970 | Iran | 13 June 1979 | New Zealand |
223 | Rooney, JimmyJimmy Rooney | MF | 57 | 3 | 11 November 1971 | Israel | 18 June 1980 | Northern Ireland |
259 | Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina | FW | 60 | 25 | 18 August 1976 | Hong Kong | 22 September 1988 | Nigeria |
292 | Davidson, AlanAlan Davidson | DF | 51 | 2 | 9 February 1980 | Czechoslovakia | 6 February 1991 | Czechoslovakia |
334 | Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold | FW | 54 | 19 | 23 October 1985 | Chinese Taipei | 29 November 1997 | Iran |
337 | Wade, PaulPaul Wade | MF | 84 | 10 | 3 August 1986 | Czechoslovakia | 1 November 1996 | Tahiti |
351 | Tobin, AlexAlex Tobin | DF | 87 | 2 | 9 March 1988 | Chinese Taipei | 6 November 1998 | United States |
372 | Ivanovic, MilanMilan Ivanović | DF | 59 | 0 | 30 January 1991 | Czechoslovakia | 15 February 1998 | Japan |
376 | Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar | DF | 76 | 3 | 6 February 1991 | Czechoslovakia | 7 October 2006 | Paraguay |
386 | Kalac, ZeljkoZeljko Kalac | GK | 54 | 0 | 11 August 1992 | Malaysia | 7 October 2006 | Paraguay |
394 | Lazaridis, StanStan Lazaridis | MF | 60 | 0 | 15 April 1993 | Kuwait | 7 October 2006 | Paraguay |
397 | Schwarzer, MarkMark Schwarzer | GK | 109 | 0 | 31 July 1993 | Canada | 7 September 2013 | Brazil |
407 | Popovic, TonyTony Popovic | DF | 58 | 8 | 8 February 1995 | Colombia | 7 October 2006 | Paraguay |
409 | Moore, CraigCraig Moore | DF | 52 | 3 | 21 June 1995 | Ghana | 19 June 2010 | Ghana |
415 | Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell | MF | 56 | 17 | 23 April 1996 | Chile | 8 June 2012 | Oman |
421 | Neill, LucasLucas Neill | DF | 96 | 1 | 9 October 1996 | Saudi Arabia | 19 November 2013 | Costa Rica |
428 | Aloisi, JohnJohn Aloisi | FW | 55 | 27 | 12 March 1997 | Macedonia | 6 February 2008 | Qatar |
429 | Skoko, JosipJosip Skoko | MF | 51 | 9 | 12 March 1997 | Macedonia | 11 September 2007 | Argentina |
433 | Emerton, BrettBrett Emerton | MF | 95 | 20 | 7 February 1998 | Chile | 9 December 2012 | Chinese Taipei |
439 | Chipperfield, ScottScott Chipperfield | DF | 68 | 12 | 25 September 1998 | Fiji | 23 June 2010 | Serbia |
456 | Thompson, ArchieArchie Thompson | FW | 54 | 28 | 28 February 2001 | Colombia | 8 September 2013 | Brazil |
461 | Bresciano, MarkMark Bresciano | MF | 84 | 13 | 1 June 2001 | France | 17 January 2015 | China PR |
476 | Cahill, TimTim Cahill§ | FW | 94 | 48 | 30 March 2004 | South Africa | – | – |
481 | Wilkshire, LukeLuke Wilkshire | DF | 80 | 8 | 9 October 2004 | Solomon Islands | 26 May 2014 | South Africa |
483 | Culina, JasonJason Culina | MF | 58 | 1 | 9 February 2005 | South Africa | 14 January 2011 | South Korea |
490 | Holman, BrettBrett Holman | MF | 63 | 9 | 22 February 2006 | Bahrain | 7 September 2013 | Brazil |
494 | Milligan, MarkMark Milligan§ | MF | 53 | 5 | 7 June 2006 | Liechtenstein | – | – |
498 | McKay, MattMatt McKay§ | MF | 59 | 2 | 16 August 2006 | Kuwait | – | – |
500 | Valeri, CarlCarl Valeri | MF | 52 | 1 | 24 March 2007 | China PR | – | – |
509 | Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak§ | MF | 68 | 15 | 22 March 2008 | Singapore | – | – |
References
- Andrew Howe (12 October 2006). "The Australian Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). OzFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Roberto Mamrud (8 July 2015). "Australia - Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 September 2015.