Brandon Borrello

Brandon Joel Gaetano Borrello (born 25 July 1995) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for German club Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan from SC Freiburg.

Brandon Borrello
Borrello with Kaiserslautern in 2017
Personal information
Full name Brandon Joel Gaetano Borrello
Date of birth (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Fortuna Düsseldorf
(on loan from SC Freiburg)
Number 20
Youth career
Modbury Jets
2011–2014 Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Brisbane Roar 75 (13)
2014–2017 Brisbane Roar NPL 5 (4)
2017–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern 19 (3)
2017–2018 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 2 (0)
2018– SC Freiburg II 9 (0)
2019– SC Freiburg 3 (0)
2020– → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Australia U20 8 (1)
2015– Australia U23 3 (0)
2019– Australia 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Brisbane Roar

On 30 January 2017, Borrello scored four goals in an AFC Champions League qualifying game for Brisbane Roar against Global, becoming the first Australian player to score four goals in a game in the Champions League.[1] He also scored in the next round in a win over a Shanghai Shenua side which included Carlos Tevez, earning the Roar qualification to the group stage.[2]

He was nominated in January 2017 for the A-League Young Footballer of the Year award for the 2016–17 season.[3]

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Borrello joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in May 2017 on a three-year deal.[4]

SC Freiburg

On 23 July 2018, Borrello joined Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. The terms of the contract were undisclosed.[5]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 1 September 2020, Borello joined 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf on a loan deal for one year.[6]

International career

Borrello made his debut for Australia national soccer team on 7 June 2019 in an friendly against South Korea, as a 70th-minute substitute for Awer Mabil.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 July 2019[8]
Club Season League1 Cup2 Continental3 Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brisbane Roar 2013–14 A-League 60——60
2014–15 2241062296
2015–16 22510—235
2016–17 2541075339
Total 7513301379120
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2017–18 2. Bundesliga 19310—203
SC Freiburg 2018–19 Bundesliga 0000—00
2019–20 0000—00
Total 00000000
Career total 94164013711123

1 includes A-League final series statistics
 2 includes FFA Cup and DFB Pokal
 3 includes AFC Champions League

International
As of match played 15 October 2019[9]
Australia
YearAppsGoals
201930
Total30

Honours

Club

Brisbane Roar

Individual

Brisbane Roar

  • Y-League BRFC Player of the Year: 2013–14

References
  1. "Brisbane Roar beats Global FC 6-0 to set up AFC Champions League qualifier with Shanghai Shenhua". ABC News. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  2. "Brisbane Roar beats Shanghai Shenua in AFC Champions League". ABC News. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. Hunt, Dave (15 February 2017). "Young Roar star gets player of year nomination". Stanthorpe Border Post. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  4. "Borrello completes FC Kaiserslautern switch". The World Game. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. "Brandon Borrello kommt zum Sport-Club" (in German). SC Freiburg. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  6. "Fortuna Verstärkt Sich Mit Brandon Borrello" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. "South Korea v Australia game report". ESPN. 7 June 2019.
  8. "B. Borrello". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. Brandon Borrello at National-Football-Teams.com


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