List of Australia men's international soccer players (4–9 caps)

The Australia national football team represents the country of Australia in international association football. It is fielded by Football 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.

Australia have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played between four and nine, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his usual 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 date of debut, and then by alphabetical order. All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Lebanon on 21 March 2024.

Player
  This colour background and the * symbol indicate that the player was active at club level and eligible to play for Australia on the date specified above.[1]
Positions key
pre–1960s 1960s–present
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, OFC Nations Cup, AFC Asian Cup, their associated qualification matches and international friendly tournaments and matches.

Players

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Australia national soccer team players with 4 to 9 caps
Player Pos. Caps Goals Debut Last or most recent match Refs.
Date Opponent Date Opponent
William Maunder FW 9 6 17 June 1922   New Zealand 12 July 1924   Canada [2]
Harry Robertson FW 9 2 14 June 1950   Rhodesia 4 September 1954   New Zealand [2]
Pat Hughes DF 9 0 21 November 1965   North Korea 3 June 1967   Scotland [3]
Nigel Shepherd DF 9 0 21 November 1965   North Korea 3 June 1967   Scotland [4]
Dick van Alphen DF 9 0 5 November 1967   New Zealand 4 April 1968   Japan [5]
Martyn Crook GK 9 0 27 November 1979   Taiwan 27 February 1983   New Zealand [6]
Gary van Egmond DF 9 0 20 September 1988   Brazil 16 April 1989   Israel [7]
Gabriel Mendez MF 9 0 24 September 1994   Kuwait 12 June 2000   Paraguay [8]
Goran Lozanovski MF 9 0 10 February 1996   Japan 4 October 1998   New Zealand [9]
Bruce Djite FW 9 0 22 March 2008   Singapore 11 August 2010   Slovenia [10]
Marco Tilio * FW 9 0 27 January 2022   Vietnam 23 January 2024   Uzbekistan [11]
Tom Thompson 8 0 17 June 1922   New Zealand 26 July 1924   Canada [2]
Lex Gibb HB 8 0 10 September 1938   India 14 August 1948   New Zealand [2]
Jim Cunningham 8 6 10 May 1947   South Africa 11 September 1948   New Zealand [2]
Ron Hughes 8 0 24 May 1947   South Africa 11 September 1949   New Zealand [2]
Bill Wilson 8 0 24 May 1947   South Africa 24 September 1955   South Africa [2]
Bob Bignall FB 8 0 28 August 1954   New Zealand 12 December 1956   India [2]
Cliff Sander MF 8 0 28 August 1954   New Zealand 12 December 1956   India [2]
Frank Loughran MF 8 2 3 September 1955   South Africa 23 August 1958   New Zealand [2]
Jimmy Fraser GK 8 0 18 February 1973   Bulgaria 13 November 1973   South Korea [12]
Alan Niven DF 8 0 26 June 1981   Fiji 27 February 1983   New Zealand [13]
Dominic Longo DF 8 0 30 May 1993   New Zealand 4 October 1998   New Zealand [14]
Joe Spiteri FW 8 2 24 June 1995   Ghana 6 June 1998   Croatia [15]
Mark Babic DF 8 0 18 January 1997   New Zealand 4 October 1998   New Zealand [16]
Luke Casserly DF 8 0 18 January 1997   New Zealand 15 August 2001   Japan [17]
Eugene Galekovic GK 8 0 28 January 2009   Indonesia 25 July 2013   Japan [18]
Mitchell Langerak GK 8 0 11 October 2013   France 13 June 2017   Brazil [19]
Roy Crowhurst 7 2 5 June 1933   New Zealand 24 September 1938   India [2]
Jimmy Osborne 7 0 24 June 1933   New Zealand 24 September 1938   India [2]
Jim Wilkinson 7 3 4 July 1936   New Zealand 1 October 1938   India [2]
Frank Parsons FW 7 15 14 August 1947   New Zealand 22 July 1950   South Africa
Billy Cook DF 7 0 24 November 1965   North Korea 31 May 1967   Scotland [20]
Danny Walsh 7 0 20 July 1969   Greece 14 December 1969   Israel [21]
Chris Kalantzis MF 7 1 3 August 1986   Czechoslovakia 21 June 1987   South Korea [22]
Alan Hunter DF 7 0 6 August 1986   Czechoslovakia 23 March 1988   New Zealand [23]
Vlado Bozinovski MF 7 1 7 July 1988   Brazil 21 June 1992   Uruguay [24]
Robert Enes MF 7 0 28 October 1996   Tahiti 17 June 1997   Solomon Islands [25]
Chris Coyne DF 7 0 7 June 2008   Iraq 10 June 2009   Bahrain [26]
Oliver Bozanic * MF 7 0 15 October 2013   Canada 30 March 2015   Macedonia [26]
Bruno Fornaroli * FW 7 0 24 March 2022   Japan 2 February 2024   South Korea [27]
Cameron Burgess * DF 7 0 9 September 2023   Mexico 21 March 2024   Lebanon [28]
Alex Gibb HB 6 0 17 June 1922   New Zealand 30 June 1923   New Zealand [29]
Dave Ward 6 5 17 June 1922   New Zealand 26 July 1924   Canada [2]
Judy Masters FW 6 5 30 June 1923   New Zealand 26 July 1924   Canada [2]
Alec Cameron FW 6 6 5 June 1933   New Zealand 18 July 1936   New Zealand [2]
Jack Hughes 6 10 17 June 1933   New Zealand 1 October 1938   India [2]
Jock Parkes 6 0 5 June 1933   New Zealand 24 September 1938   India [2]
George Smith FW 6 16 5 June 1933   New Zealand 18 July 1936   New Zealand [2]
Eric Hulme 6 4 14 June 1950   Rhodesia 22 July 1950   South Africa [2]
Bob Young 6 0 14 June 1950   Rhodesia 22 July 1950   South Africa [2]
Bill Henderson GK 6 0 28 August 1954   New Zealand 12 December 1956   India [2]
Jack Lennard 6 1 28 August 1954   New Zealand 12 December 1956   India [2]
Les Scheinflug 6 4 21 November 1965   North Korea 4 April 1968   Japan [30]
Frank Micic MF 6 1 5 November 1967   New Zealand 21 November 1971   Israel [31]
Dave Todd 6 1 21 November 1965   North Korea 8 December 1965   Malaysia [32]
Roy Blitz FW 6 0 24 November 1965   North Korea 4 April 1968   Japan [33]
Hamilton McMeechan 6 0 26 November 1965   Cambodia 31 March 1968   Japan [34]
Roger Romanowicz 6 0 5 November 1967   New Zealand 21 November 1971   Israel [35]
Willie Rutherford FW 6 1 20 October 1969   South Korea 14 December 1969   Israel [36]
Jimmy Cant MF 6 1 12 June 1983   England 18 December 1983   Singapore [37]
Brad Maloney MF 6 2 25 September 1998   Fiji 15 February 2000   Bulgaria [38]
Troy Halpin MF 6 1 7 February 1998   Chile 4 October 1998   New Zealand [39]
Alvin Ceccoli DF 6 1 25 September 1998   Fiji 16 August 2006   Kuwait [40]
Michael Petkovic GK 6 0 28 February 2001   Colombia 22 June 2008   China [41]
Angelo Costanzo DF 6 1 28 February 2001   Colombia 14 July 2002   New Zealand [42]
Ante Milicic FW 6 5 6 July 2002   Vanuatu 29 March 2005   Indonesia [43]
Tom Pondeljak MF 6 0 6 July 2002   Vanuatu 5 March 2009   Kuwait [44]
Max Vieri FW 6 0 21 May 2004   Turkey 9 February 2005   South Africa [45]
Ljubo Milicevic DF 6 0 29 March 2005   Indonesia 6 September 2006   Kuwait [46]
Brad Jones * GK 6 0 2 June 2007   Uruguay 9 June 2018   Hungary [47]
Ben Halloran * MF 6 0 26 May 2014   South Africa 4 September 2014   Belgium [48]
Daniel Arzani * MF 6 1 1 June 2018   Czech Republic 15 October 2018   Kuwait [49]
Denis Genreau * MF 6 0 7 June 2021   Chinese Taipei 9 September 2023   Mexico [50]
Lewis Miller * DF 6 0 13 October 2023   England 2 February 2024   South Korea [51]
Gilbert Storey HB 5 0 30 June 1923   New Zealand 12 July 1924   Canada [2]
Reg Date FW 5 8 10 May 1947   South Africa 14 June 1947   South Africa [2]
Charlie Stewart 5 3 10 May 1947   South Africa 1 October 1955   South Africa [2]
Bruce Morrow 5 0 27 November 1956   Japan 4 June 1967   Scotland [2]
Billy Rice 5 0 21 November 1965   North Korea 26 July 1969   Greece [52]
Ray Lloyd 5 0 21 November 1967   Singapore 26 July 1969   Greece
David Jones 5 0 13 November 1977   Singapore 9 February 1980   Czechoslovakia
Jim Muir FW 5 0 20 February 1980   England 24 August 1980   Mexico
Robert Wheatley DF 5 0 10 June 1981   Taiwan 2 November 1986   New Zealand
Marshall Soper FW 5 0 22 February 1983   New Zealand 10 August 1986   Czechoslovakia
Andrew Koczka MF 5 0 9 March 1988   Taiwan 2 April 1989   New Zealand
Ryan Griffiths FW 5 0 9 October 2005   Jamaica 22 March 2008   Singapore
Mitch Nichols * MF 5 0 25 March 2009   Kuwait 18 November 2014   Japan
Joshua Brillante * MF 5 0 28 July 2013   China 14 October 2014   Qatar
Kenneth Dougall * FW 5 0 3 June 2021   Kuwait 1 June 2022   Jordan [53]
Garang Kuol * FW 5 1 25 September 2022   New Zealand 28 March 2023   Ecuador [54]
Ryan Strain * DF 5 0 25 September 2022   New Zealand 21 November 2023   Palestine [55]
Samuel Silvera * FW 5 0 9 September 2023   Mexico 18 January 2024   Syria [56]
Kusini Yengi * FW 5 0 16 November 2023   Bangladesh 21 March 2024   Lebanon [57]
Peter Doyle DF 4 0 17 June 1922   New Zealand 30 June 1923   New Zealand
Tommy Oliver DF 4 0 7 June 1924   Canada 26 July 1924   Canada
Harry Spurway DF 4 0 14 June 1924   Canada 26 July 1924   Canada
Ray Bryant 4 1 4 July 1936   New Zealand 24 September 1938   India
Alec Heaney 4 0 10 May 1947   South Africa 24 September 1938   India
Ken Hough[a] GK 4 0 14 August 1947   New Zealand 11 September 1948   New Zealand
George Sanders 4 2 14 June 1950   Rhodesia 1 September 1950   South Africa
John Pettigrew 4 0 1 October 1955   South Africa 12 December 1956   India
Alwyn Warren 4 0 1 October 1955   South Africa 12 December 1956   India
Garry Manuel FW 4 0 10 October 1969   Japan 28 May 1975   Israel
George Blues MF 4 1 4 November 1970   Iran 1 December 1970   Mexico
Mike Denton 4 0 4 November 1970   Iran 1 December 1970   Mexico
John Roche DF 4 0 4 November 1970   Iran 1 December 1970   Mexico
Alan Ainslie FW 4 1 11 November 1971   Israel 11 August 1976   Hong Kong
Arno Bertogna MF 4 0 27 November 1979   Taiwan 11 November 1980   Greece
John Coyne FW 4 0 27 November 1979   Taiwan 24 August 1980   Mexico
Tommy Cumming FW 4 1 27 November 1979   Taiwan 9 February 1980   Czechoslovakia
Jim Campbell 4 1 27 January 1980   Czechoslovakia 18 December 1983   Singapore
Steve Hogg DF 4 0 26 February 1980   Papua New Guinea 7 December 1980   Indonesia
Ange Postecoglou DF 4 0 3 August 1986   Czechoslovakia 16 October 1988   New Zealand
Kimon Taliadoros FW 4 0 25 August 1990   Indonesia 26 September 1993   South Korea
Abbas Saad MF 4 0 11 August 1992   Malaysia 15 February 1998   Japan
Pablo Cardozo FW 4 1 12 February 2000   Slovakia 23 June 2000   Solomon Islands
Clint Bolton GK 4 0 12 June 2000   Paraguay 16 August 2006   Kuwait
Bobby Despotovski FW 4 5 6 July 2002   Vanuatu 14 July 2002   New Zealand
Ante Juric DF 4 1 8 July 2002   New Caledonia 14 July 2002   New Zealand
Joel Porter FW 4 5 8 July 2002   New Caledonia 14 July 2002   New Zealand
Nikolai Topor-Stanley DF 4 0 22 March 2008   Singapore 14 October 2014   Qatar
Scott Jamieson DF 4 0 28 February 2009   Indonesia 9 December 2012   Taiwan
Matt Thompson MF 4 0 28 February 2009   Indonesia 3 March 2010   Indonesia
Danny Vukovic * GK 4 0 27 March 2018   Colombia 7 June 2021   Chinese Taipei [58]
Andrew Redmayne * GK 4 0 7 June 2019   South Korea 25 September 2022   New Zealand [59]
Joel King * DF 4 0 27 January 2022   Vietnam 25 September 2022   New Zealand [60]
Gethin Jones * DF 4 0 6 January 2024   Bahrain 28 January 2024   Indonesia [61]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also has been capped for New Zealand (5 caps in 1958).

References

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General

  • Howe, Andrew (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every national team player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0-648-13330-8.
  • Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. howe.how.

Specific

  1. ^ "Players". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 19 July 2018. Use the search bar in the "Search players" section to search for players.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Australian Player Database – Pat Hughes". ozfootball.net.
  4. ^ "Australian Player Database – Nigel Shepherd". ozfootball.net.
  5. ^ "Australian Player Database – Dick van Alphen". ozfootball.net.
  6. ^ "Australian Player Database – Martyn Crook". ozfootball.net.
  7. ^ "Australian Player Database – Gary van Egmond". ozfootball.net.
  8. ^ "Australian Player Database – Gabriel Mendez". ozfootball.net.
  9. ^ "Australian Player Database – Goran Lozanovski". ozfootball.net.
  10. ^ "Bruce Djite: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  11. ^ Marco Tilio at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Australian Player Database – Jim Fraser". ozfootball.net.
  13. ^ "Australian Player Database – Alan Niven". ozfootball.net.
  14. ^ "Australian Player Database – Dominic Longo". ozfootball.net.
  15. ^ "Australian Player Database – Joe Spiteri". ozfootball.net.
  16. ^ "Australian Player Database – Mark Babic". ozfootball.net.
  17. ^ "Australian Player Database – Luke Casserly". ozfootball.net.
  18. ^ "Eugene Galekovic: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  19. ^ "Mitchell Langerak: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  20. ^ "Australian Player Database – Billy Cook". ozfootball.net.
  21. ^ "Australian Player Database – Danny Walsh". ozfootball.net.
  22. ^ "Australian Player Database – Chris Kalantzis". ozfootball.net.
  23. ^ "Australian Player Database – Alan Hunter". ozfootball.net.
  24. ^ "Australian Player Database – Vlado Bozinovski". ozfootball.net.
  25. ^ "Australian Player Database – Robert Enes". ozfootball.net.
  26. ^ a b "Chris Coyne: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  27. ^ Bruno Fornaroli at Soccerway
  28. ^ Cameron Burgess at Soccerway
  29. ^ "Alex Gibb: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  30. ^ "Australian Player Database – Les Scheinflug". ozfootball.net.
  31. ^ "Australian Player Database – Frank Micic". ozfootball.net.
  32. ^ "Australian Player Database – Dave Todd". ozfootball.net.
  33. ^ "Australian Player Database – Roy Blitz". ozfootball.net.
  34. ^ "Australian Player Database – Hamilton McMeechan". ozfootball.net.
  35. ^ "Australian Player Database – Roger Romanowicz". ozfootball.net.
  36. ^ "Australian Player Database – Willie Rutherford". ozfootball.net.
  37. ^ "Australian Player Database – Jim Cant". ozfootball.net.
  38. ^ "Australian Player Database – Brad Maloney". ozfootball.net.
  39. ^ "Australian Player Database – Troy Halpin". ozfootball.net.
  40. ^ "Australian Player Database – Alvin Ceccoli". ozfootball.net.
  41. ^ "Australian Player Database – Michael Petkovic". ozfootball.net.
  42. ^ "Australian Player Database – Angelo Costanzo". ozfootball.net.
  43. ^ "Australian Player Database – Ante Milicic". ozfootball.net.
  44. ^ "Tom Pondeljak: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  45. ^ "Australian Player Database – Max Vieri". ozfootball.net.
  46. ^ "Australian Player Database – Ljubo Milicevic". ozfootball.net.
  47. ^ "Brad Jones: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  48. ^ "Ben Halloran: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  49. ^ "Daniel Arzani: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
  50. ^ Denis Genreau at Soccerway
  51. ^ Lewis Miller at Soccerway
  52. ^ "Australian Player Database: Billy Rice". ozfootball.net.
  53. ^ Kenneth Dougall at Soccerway
  54. ^ Garang Kuol at Soccerway
  55. ^ Ryan Strain at Soccerway
  56. ^ Samuel Silvera at Soccerway
  57. ^ Kusini Yengi at Soccerway
  58. ^ Danny Vukovic at Soccerway
  59. ^ Andrew Redmayne at Soccerway
  60. ^ Joel King at Soccerway
  61. ^ Gethin Jones at Soccerway