List of Australia international soccer players

The Australia national soccer team represents the country of Australia in international association football. It is fielded by Football Federation Australia, the governing body of soccer in Australia, and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which encompasses the countries of Asia, having previously been a part of the Oceania Football Confederation, which encompasses the countries of Oceania. Australia competed in their first match on 17 June 1922, a 3–1 loss with New Zealand at Carisbrook Park.

Mark Schwarzer is Australia's most capped player.
For the current national team squad, see Australia national soccer team § Players.
For female Australia international soccer players, see List of Australia women's international soccer players.

Australia have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played in 10 or more matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and goals scored in all international matches, and details of the first and most recent matches played in. The names are initially ordered by number of caps (in descending order), then by date of debut, then by alphabetical order. All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 November 2019.

Introduction

The first player to be capped 10 times by Australia was George Cartwright, who played his 10th and final match in a 1–0 win against Canada on 26 July 1924 in a friendly. The appearance record is held by goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer,[1] which he set on 22 January 2011 in a 1–0 win with Iraq in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Schwarzer's last match for Australia was against Brazil on 7 September 2013 in a friendly, finishing his Australia career on 109 caps.

The goalscoring record is held by Tim Cahill, with 50 goals in 108 matches, scored between 2004 and 2018. He set the record with his 29th goal on 19 November 2013, in a 1–0 win over Costa Rica in a friendly. Australia's second highest goalscorer is Damian Mori, with 29 goals from 45 matches, who held the record for a year before being surpassed by Cahill.[2]

Key
Player
  This colour background and the * symbol indicate that the player was active at club level as at the date specified above.[3]
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Caps and goals
Caps and goals comprise those in the FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian Cup, their associated qualification matches, as well as OFC Nations Cup matches and international friendly tournaments and matches.

Players
Australia national soccer team players with at least 10 caps
Player Pos. Caps Goals Debut Last or most recent match Ref.
Date Opponent Date Opponent
Mark Schwarzer GK 109 0 31 July 1993  Canada 7 September 2013  Brazil [4]
Tim Cahill FW 108 50 30 March 2004  South Africa 20 November 2018  Lebanon [5]
Lucas Neill DF 96 1 9 October 1996  Saudi Arabia 19 November 2013  Costa Rica [6]
Brett Emerton MF 95 20 7 February 1998  Chile 9 December 2012  Taiwan [7]
Alex Tobin DF 87 2 9 March 1988  Taiwan 6 November 1999  United States [8]
Paul Wade MF 84 10 3 August 1986  Czechoslovakia 23 November 1986  China PR [9]
Mark Bresciano MF 84 13 1 June 2001  France 17 January 2015  China PR [10]
Luke Wilkshire DF 80 8 9 October 2004  Solomon Islands 26 May 2014  South Africa [11]
Mark Milligan DF 80 6 7 June 2006  Liechtenstein 10 October 2019    Nepal [12]
Mile Jedinak MF 79 20 22 March 2008  Singapore 26 June 2018  Peru [13]
Tony Vidmar DF 76 3 6 February 1991  Czechoslovakia 7 October 2006  Paraguay [14]
Robbie Kruse FW 75 5 5 January 2011  United Arab Emirates 26 January 2019  United Arab Emirates [15]
Scott Chipperfield MF 68 12 25 September 1998  Fiji 23 June 2010  Serbia [16]
Peter Wilson DF 65 3 4 November 1970  Iran 13 June 1979  New Zealand
Mathew Leckie * FW 63 11 14 November 2012  South Korea 10 October 2019    Nepal
Attila Abonyi FW 61 25 4 June 1967  Scotland 25 November 1977  Iran
John Kosmina FW 60 25 18 August 1976  Hong Kong 22 September 1988  Nigeria
Stan Lazaridis MF 60 0 15 April 1993  Kuwait 7 October 2006  Paraguay
Milan Ivanovic DF 59 0 30 January 1991  Czechoslovakia 15 February 1998  Japan
Matt McKay MF 59 2 16 August 2006  Kuwait 27 May 2016  England
Mathew Ryan * GK 59 0 5 December 2012  North Korea 14 November 2019  Jordan
Tony Popovic DF 58 8 8 February 1995  Colombia 7 October 2006  Paraguay
Harry Kewell FW 58 17 23 April 1996  Chile 8 June 2012  Oman
Jason Culina MF 58 1 9 February 2005  South Africa 14 January 2011  South Korea
Jimmy Rooney FW 57 3 11 November 1971  Israel 18 June 1980  Northern Ireland
Graham Arnold FW 56 19 23 October 1985  Taiwan 29 November 1997  Iran
John Aloisi FW 55 27 25 September 1994  Kuwait 6 February 2008  Qatar
Zeljko Kalac GK 54 0 11 August 1992  Malaysia 7 October 2006  Paraguay
Archie Thompson FW 54 28 28 February 2001  Colombia 7 September 2013  Brazil
Craig Moore DF 52 3 21 June 1995  Ghana 19 June 2010  Ghana
Carl Valeri MF 52 1 24 March 2007  China PR 8 September 2014  Saudi Arabia
Alan Davidson DF 51 2 9 February 1980  Czechoslovakia 6 February 1991  Czechoslovakia
Josip Skoko MF 51 9 12 March 1997  Macedonia 11 September 2007  Argentina
Manfred Schaefer DF 49 0 5 November 1967  New Zealand 22 June 1974  Chile
Charlie Yankos DF 49 7 12 June 1983  England 16 April 1989  Israel
Ray Baartz FW 48 18 28 May 1967  Scotland 27 April 1974  Uruguay
David Carney MF 48 6 22 February 2006  Bahrain 15 October 2013  Canada
Trent Sainsbury * DF 48 3 4 September 2014  Belgium 14 November 2019  Jordan
Tom Rogic * MF 47 9 14 November 2012  South Korea 14 November 2019  Jordan
Kevin Muscat DF 46 10 24 September 1994  Kuwait 16 August 2006  Kuwait
Vince Grella MF 46 0 12 February 2003  England 13 June 2010  Germany
Damian Mori FW 45 29 14 September 1992  Solomon Islands 14 July 2002  New Zealand
Graham Jennings DF 44 0 12 June 1983  England 19 March 1989  Israel
Aurelio Vidmar MF 44 17 30 January 1991  Czechoslovakia 25 November 2001  Uruguay
Mehmet Durakovic DF 44 4 25 August 1990  Indonesia 14 July 2002  New Zealand
Mark Viduka FW 43 11 8 June 1994  South Africa 21 May 2007  Japan
Mile Sterjovski 43 8 15 November 2000  Scotland 3 March 2010  Indonesia
Aaron Mooy * MF 43 6 7 December 2012  Guam 14 November 2019  Jordan
Massimo Luongo * 43 6 5 March 2014  Ecuador 22 January 2019  Uzbekistan
Johnny Warren 42 6 1 October 1955  South Africa 14 June 1974  East Germany
Jade North 41 0 6 July 2002  Vanuatu 25 July 2013  Japan
Tomi Juric * FW 41 8 20 July 2013  South Korea 20 November 2018  Lebanon
Adrian Alston 39 7 20 July 1969  Greece 25 November 1977  Iran
Oscar Crino 39 6 30 August 1981  Indonesia 16 April 1989  Israel
Paul Trimboli 39 14 3 December 1988  Fiji 12 July 2002  Tahiti
Aziz Behich * 38 2 14 November 2012  South Korea 10 October 2019    Nepal
Frank Farina 37 10 3 November 1984  China PR 18 June 1995  Ghana
Jeff Olver 37 0 27 September 1985  China PR 16 April 1989  Israel
Ernie Tapai 37 6 25 August 1990  Indonesia 25 September 1998  Fiji
James Troisi * MF 37 5 22 March 2008  Singapore 27 March 2018  Colombia
Doug Utjesenovic 36 2 9 October 1972  New Zealand 3 November 1976  Israel
Gary Byrne 36 1 6 August 1975  China PR 27 February 1983  New Zealand
Joshua Kennedy 36 17 7 June 2006  Liechtenstein 26 May 2014  South Africa
Matthew Spiranovic 36 0 23 May 2008  Ghana 31 August 2017  Japan
Jackson Irvine * MF 34 5 15 October 2013  Canada 14 November 2019  Jordan
Ned Zelic 33 3 6 February 1991  Czechoslovakia 21 December 1997  Brazil
Murray Barnes 32 6 6 August 1975  China PR 14 August 1981  Fiji
Col Bennett 32 1 6 August 1975  China PR 18 June 1978  Greece
Mike Petersen 32 1 26 February 1988  Taiwan 20 September 1992  Tahiti
Steve Corica FW 32 5 15 April 1993  Kuwait 16 August 2006  Kuwait
Steve Horvat FW 31 1 12 June 1994  South Africa 14 July 2002  New Zealand
Ray Richards MF 31 5 5 November 1967  New Zealand 22 June 1974  Chile
Jimmy Mackay FW 31 5 4 November 1970  Iran 22 June 1974  New Zealand
Peter Ollerton FW 31 15 25 April 1974  Uruguay 25 November 1977  Iran
Billy Vojtek FW 30 6 5 November 1967  New Zealand 18 August 1973  Iran
Warren Spink FW 30 6 12 October 1988  New Zealand 25 January 1997  Norway
David Zdrilic FW 30 20 18 January 1997  New Zealand 29 March 2005  Indonesia
Dave Mitchell FW 29 11 10 June 1981  Taiwan 15 June 1983  England
Craig Foster MF 29 0 14 September 1996  Ghana 28 June 2000  New Zealand
George Harris DF 28 0 11 November 1971  Israel 18 June 1978  Greece
Robbie Slater MF 28 1 7 June 1988  Brazil 16 December 1997  Saudi Arabia
Jason Polak MF 28 2 3 December 1988  Fiji 1 November 1996  Tahiti
Paul Okon MF 28 0 6 February 1991  Czechoslovakia 7 September 2003  Jamaica
Tommy Oar * MF 28 2 3 March 2010  Indonesia 17 November 2015  Bangladesh
Milos Degenek * DF 28 1 27 May 2016  England 14 November 2019  Jordan
Stan Ackerley DF 27 0 21 November 1965  North Korea 14 December 1969  Israel
Ron Corry GK 27 0 11 November 1967  Singapore 16 March 1973  New Zealand
Tony Henderson DF 27 2 13 June 1979  New Zealand 15 December 1983  South Korea
Jason van Blerk DF 27 1 25 August 1990  Indonesia 12 June 2000  Paraguay
Robert Zabica GK 27 0 25 August 1990  Indonesia 22 May 1994  Japan
Simon Colosimo DF 26 3 25 September 1998  Fiji 3 March 2010  Indonesia
Scott McDonald FW 26 0 22 February 2006  Bahrain 15 August 2012  Scotland
Robbie Dunn DF 25 2 21 September 1985  New Zealand 22 September 1988  Nigeria
John Nyskohus DF 25 1 9 October 1972  New Zealand 18 June 1980  Northern Ireland
Nathan Burns FW 24 3 30 June 2007  Singapore 15 November 2016  Thailand
Bailey Wright * DF 24 1 8 September 2014  Saudi Arabia 10 October 2019    Nepal
Dave Harding MF 23 2 25 April 1974  Uruguay 13 November 1977  Singapore
Wally Savor DF 23 0 3 November 1984  China PR 16 April 1989  Israel
Peter Sharne FW 23 8 14 August 1977  Iran 14 August 1981  Fiji
Danny Tiatto MF 23 1 8 February 1995  Kuwait 9 February 2005  South Africa
Dario Vidošić MF 23 2 17 June 2009  Japan 6 June 2014  Croatia
John Watkiss MF 23 3 21 November 1965  North Korea 28 October 1973  South Korea
Michael Beauchamp DF 22 1 22 February 2006  Bahrain 23 June 2010  Serbia
Colin Curran DF 22 1 4 November 1970  Iran 13 June 1979  New Zealand
Branko Buljevic FW 22 7 7 October 1972  Indonesia 22 June 1974  Chile
Allan Maher GK 22 0 3 December 1975  Soviet Union 26 July 1981  Fiji
Jason Davidson DF 22 1 15 August 2012  Scotland 17 November 2015  Bangladesh
Sasa Ognenovski DF 22 1 17 November 2010  Egypt 7 September 2013  Brazil
Brad Smith * DF 22 0 4 September 2014  Belgium 14 November 2019  Jordan
Todd Clarke GK 21 1 6 August 1975  China PR 18 June 1978  Greece
Phil O'Connor 21 5 11 August 1976  Hong Kong 3 November 1984  China PR
David Ratcliffe DF 21 1 6 October 1982  Thailand 3 August 1986  Czechoslovakia
Alex Brosque FW 21 5 2 June 2004  Fiji 26 March 2013  Oman
George Keith DF 20 0 5 November 1967  New Zealand 14 December 1969  Israel
Robbie Hooker DF 20 2 9 September 1990  South Korea 7 February 1998  Chile
Ivan Franjic DF 20 0 3 December 2012  Hong Kong 16 June 2015  Kyrgyzstan
Eddie Krncevic 20 4 13 June 1979  New Zealand 16 April 1989  Israel
Harry Williams DF 20 0 21 May 1974  Indonesia 16 October 1977  Kuwait
Agenor Muniz MF 20 1 6 August 1975  China PR 13 June 1979  New Zealand
Jim Tansey DF 20 0 23 November 1975  Soviet Union 20 May 1981  Indonesia
Ryan McGowan * DF 20 0 15 August 2012  Scotland 25 June 2017  Chile
Tommy McColl FW 19 8 5 November 1967  New Zealand 4 December 1969  Israel
Gary Cole MF 19 17 11 June 1978  Greece 14 October 1982  Malaysia
Alistair Edwards FW 19 3 30 January 1991  Czechoslovakia 22 January 1997  South Korea
Milan Blagojevic MF 19 0 14 June 1991  South Korea 12 July 2002  Tahiti
Paul Agostino FW 18 7 23 April 1996  Chile 9 February 2005  South Africa
Patrick Kisnorbo DF 18 1 6 July 2002  Vanuatu 18 November 2009  Oman
John Markovski FW 18 1 26 May 1994  France 15 February 1998  Japan
Shaun Murphy DF 18 3 9 February 2000  Chile 26 November 2001  Uruguay
Nikita Rukavytsya * FW 18 1 12 August 2009  Republic of Ireland 27 March 2018  Colombia
Carl Veart FW 18 7 14 September 1992  Vanuatu 12 June 2000  Paraguay
Ahmad Elrich MF 17 5 18 February 2004  Venezuela 11 October 2006  Bahrain
Mark Bosnich GK 17 1 30 May 1993  New Zealand 23 February 2000  Hungary
Joe Watson MF 17 2 13 June 1979  New Zealand 10 August 1986  Czechoslovakia
Richard Garcia MF 17 2 19 August 2008  South Africa 9 December 2012  Chinese Taipei
Terry Greedy GK 16 0 12 June 1983  England 4 December 1985  Scotland
Mark Jankovics FW 16 0 29 February 1976  Hong Kong 15 December 1983  South Korea
Garry McDowall MF 16 0 6 August 1986  Czechoslovakia 3 December 1988  Fiji
Andrew Marth MF 16 1 12 May 1991  New Zealand 12 June 2000  Paraguay
Jonathan McKain DF 16 0 9 October 2004  Solomon Islands 7 June 2011  Serbia
Adam Federici GK 16 0 24 May 2010  New Zealand 7 June 2016  Greece
Kris Trajanovski 16 10 21 September 1996  Kenya 4 October 1998  New Zealand
Alex Wilkinson * DF 16 0 5 March 2014  Ecuador 17 November 2015  Bangladesh
Ernie Campbell FW 15 3 21 November 1971  Israel 3 December 1975  Soviet Union
Ken Murphy FW 15 1 15 June 1983  England 3 August 1986  Czechoslovakia
Stephen Laybutt DF 15 1 9 February 2000  Chile 29 May 2004  New Zealand
Neil Kilkenny MF 15 0 7 June 2006  Liechtenstein 2 June 2012  Denmark
James Holland MF 15 0 22 March 2008  Singapore 10 October 2014  United Arab Emirates
Jack Reilly GK 15 0 4 November 1970  Iran 22 June 1974  Chile
Steve O'Connor DF 15 0 13 June 1979  New Zealand 20 November 1985  Scotland
Jason Petkovic GK 15 0 15 November 1995  New Zealand 6 July 2002  New Zealand
Cec Drummond FB 14 0 10 May 1947  South Africa 22 July 1950  South Africa
Alan Marnoch DF 14 0 28 May 1967  Scotland 14 December 1969  Israel
Alan Westwater FW 14 2 28 May 1967  Scotland 4 April 1968  Japan
Peter Katholos MF 14 2 20 May 1981  Indonesia 18 December 1983  Singapore
Ian Gray DF 14 3 3 November 1984  China PR 26 September 1992  Solomon Islands
Matthew Bingley MF 14 5 26 September 1993  South Korea 21 December 1997  Brazil
Tom McCulloch FW 14 1 27 October 1985  Taiwan 4 September 1992  Solomon Islands
Ivo Prskalo DF 14 1 27 November 1979  Taiwan 7 December 1980  Indonesia
Peter Raskopoulos MF 14 0 30 August 1981  Indonesia 2 September 1987  New Zealand
Scott Ollerenshaw FW 14 2 15 November 1987  Taiwan 2 April 1989  New Zealand
Clayton Zane FW 14 6 29 March 2000  Czech Republic 20 June 2001  New Zealand
Rhys Williams DF 14 0 17 June 2009  Japan 19 November 2013  Costa Rica
Joe Marston HB 13 0 10 May 1947  South Africa 23 August 1958  New Zealand
Bobby Hogg DF 13 0 7 October 1972  Indonesia 24 March 1973  Indonesia
Steve Perry DF 13 0 18 June 1978  Greece 20 May 1981  Indonesia
Ken Boden FW 13 2 27 November 1979  Chinese Taipei 6 September 1981  New Zealand
John Yzendoorn DF 13 1 9 February 1980  Czechoslovakia 1981  Indonesia
Steve Blair DF 13 0 25 April 1981  New Zealand 27 February 1983  New Zealand
Žarko Odžakov MF 13 3 21 September 1985  New Zealand 15 November 1987  Chinese Taipei
Andrew Bernal DF 13 0 25 August 1990  Indonesia 24 April 1996  Chile
Fausto De Amicis DF 13 2 7 February 1998  Chile 14 July 2002  New Zealand
Nick Carle MF 13 0 18 February 2004  Venezuela 29 February 2012  Saudi Arabia
Michael Thwaite DF 13 0 9 October 2005  Jamaica 25 July 2013  Japan
Kevin O'Neill HB 12 0 14 June 1950  Rhodesia 23 August 1958  New Zealand
Greg Brown FW 12 1 12 May 1991  New Zealand 5 July 1992  Solomon Islands
Kasey Wehrman MF 12 0 25 September 1998  Fiji 14 November 2006  Ghana
Jack Evans FB 11 0 5 June 1933  New Zealand 1938  India
Norman Conquest GK 11 0 10 May 1947  South Africa 22 July 1950  South Africa
Bunny Nunn FW 11 7 4 September 1948  New Zealand 23 August 1958  New Zealand
Tom Jack HB 11 0 14 June 1950  Rhodesia 17 September 1955  South Africa
Gary Marocchi FW 11 0 20 October 1976  Indonesia 14 June 1978  Greece
Greg Woodhouse 11 0 13 June 1979  New Zealand
Branko Milosevic MF 11 1 6 September 1990  South Korea 26 September 1993  South Korea
Hayden Foxe DF 11 2 6 November 1998  United States 19 August 2003  Republic of Ireland
Jacob Burns MF 11 0 15 November 2000  Scotland 3 March 2010  Indonesia
George Cartwright GK 10 0 17 June 1922  New Zealand 26 July 1924  Canada
Jimmy McNabb GK 10 0 5 June 1933  New Zealand 24 September 1938  India
Archie Blue FW 10 4 21 November 1965  North Korea 4 April 1968  Japan
Allan Johns FW 10 6 14 August 1948  New Zealand 22 July 1950  South Africa
Bob Lawrie HB 10 1 11 September 1948  New Zealand 22 July 1950  South Africa
George Christopoulos MF 10 1 11 June 1978  Greece 27 February 1983  New Zealand
Jim Patikas FW 10 2 30 August 1981  Indonesia 23 March 1988  New Zealand
Andrew Zinni FW 10 3 25 October 1986  New Zealand 6 February 1991  Czechoslovakia
Michael Zullo * DF 10 0 28 January 2009  Indonesia 6 February 2013  Romania

References
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  • Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.

Inline citations
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