List of Canberra Cosmos FC players

Canberra Cosmos Football Club, an association football club based in Canberra, was founded in 1995.[1] They were admitted into the National Soccer League for the 1995–96 season until the club folded in 2001.

Toplica Popovich held the record for the greatest number of appearances for Canberra Cosmos. The Australian defender played 123 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record was held by Peter Buljan who scored 21 goals.

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League and NSL Cup.

Players

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List of Canberra Cosmos FC players
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Lachlan Armstrong   Australia MF 1995–1999 38 2 40 7
James Baxter   Australia MF 1995–1997 16 11 27 1
Paul Dee   Australia MF 1995–1998 73 1 74 5
Jason Dunn   Australia DF 1995–1996
1998
28 0 28 3
Joe Gagetti   Australia DF 1995 5 0 5 0
Michael Garcia   Australia MF 1995–1997 25 2 27 0
Willie Hastie   Australia MF 1995 4 1 5 0
Danny Milosevic   Australia GK 1995–1997 16 0 16 0
Arsenije Popovich   Australia MF 1995–1996 3 6 9 1
Paul Wade   Australia MF 1995–1997 45 0 45 11
Richard Watson   Australia DF 1995–1996 34 2 36 0
Marko Perinovic   Australia FW 1995–1998 37 6 43 10
Tony Lemezina   Australia FW 1995–1997 21 19 40 8
Michael Musitano   Australia FW 1995–1996
1997–2000
59 23 82 8
Norman Kelly   Northern Ireland MF 1995–1999 79 0 79 9
Steve Mautone   Australia GK 1995–1996 20 0 20 0
John Koch   Australia DF 1995–1997 50 1 51 2
Stan Dukic   Australia DF 1995–1996 8 4 12 0
Toplica Popovich   Australia DF 1995–2001 114 12 126 4
Gus Cerro   Australia MF 1995–1996 6 0 6 0
Peter Mazis   Australia DF 1995–1997 37 0 37 2
Alex Castro   Australia MF 1996
1999–2001
49 3 52 14
Ben Harris   Australia GK 1996 3 0 3 0
Njegosh Popovich   Australia MF 1996 3 2 5 0
Anthony Giannasca   Australia DF 1996–1998
2001
49 0 49 0
David Milin   Australia DF 1996–1997
1999–2001
36 15 51 2
Mladen Rogic   Australia MF 1996 3 1 4 0
Peter Buljan   Australia FW 1996–1999 58 8 66 21
Vince Grella   Australia MF 1996–1997 11 3 14 1
Steven Howe   Australia MF 1996 0 1 1 0
Lindsay Wilson   Australia DF 1996–1999 36 12 48 2
Steve Lazzari   Australia FW 1996 2 2 4 0
Allan Reis   Australia FW 1996 0 1 1 0
George Sorras   Australia DF 1996–1997 18 1 19 2
Ante Juric   Australia DF 1996–1997 9 1 10 0
Rodrigo Moreno   Australia MF 1996–1997 10 0 10 0
Barney Smith   Australia GK 1997
2000–2001
14 0 14 0
John Markovski   Australia MF 1997 7 0 7 2
Joe Campagna   Australia MF 1997 0 3 3 0
Tom Haythornwaite   Australia DF 1997–1998 18 6 24 0
Harry James   Australia FW 1997–2000 41 9 50 5
Paul Jones   Australia GK 1997 2 0 2 0
Ante Moric   Australia MF 1997–1998 20 0 20 3
Andrew Ravanello   Australia MF 1997–1998
2000–2001
31 8 39 0
Andy Roberts   Australia DF 1997–1998 20 2 22 0
Dale Wingell   Australia DF 1997–1999 11 5 16 0
Damien Brown   Australia MF 1997–1998 4 12 16 1
Ivan Zelic   Australia DF 1997–1999 32 3 34 2
Gordon Hunter   Scotland DF 1997–1998
1999
28 0 28 2
Ilija Prenozski   Australia MF 1997–2001 15 38 53 2
Trim Morgan   Australia MF 1998 3 1 4 0
Kim Jong-su   South Korea FW 1998 4 1 5 0
Shane Lyons   Australia MF 1998
2000–2001
15 8 23 0
Oscar Zamaro   El Salvador MF 1998 0 1 1 0
David Arranz   Australia MF 1998–2001 44 11 55 2
Danny Burt   Australia DF 1998–2000 34 8 42 3
Andrew Clark   Australia DF 1998–2000 18 3 21 5
Vilson Knezevic   Australia GK 1998–1999 27 0 27 0
Doug Marcina   Australia DF 1998–1999 27 0 27 1
Geoff Howarth   Australia MF 1998–2000 0 3 3 0
Anthony Magnacca   Australia MF 1998–1999 17 5 22 3
Scott Conlon   Australia MF 1998–2000 0 2 2 0
Grant Below   Australia GK 1998–2000 22 2 24 0
Leo Langone   Argentina MF 1998–1999 12 6 18 1
Elliot Zwangobani   Australia MF 1998–2000 1 3 4 0
Amarildo Migletti   Portugal DF 1998–1999 21 0 21 0
Nik Mrdja   Australia FW 1998 2 1 3 0
Paul Roberts   Australia MF 1998–2000 34 3 37 1
Nick Purdue   Australia DF 1999–2001 36 20 56 1
Gabriel Gonzalez   Australia MF 1999–2000 24 9 33 2
Ivo de Jesus   Australia MF 1999–2000 32 10 42 17
Robert Hooker   Australia DF 1999–2001 54 3 57 2
Glenn Kolpak   Australia FW 1999–2000 9 12 21 0
Jason Polak   Australia MF 1999–2000 32 0 32 3
Daniel Watkins   Australia FW 1999–2000 21 8 29 6
Angelo Konstantinou   Australia GK 1999–2001 25 0 25 0
David Winnie   Australia DF 1999–2000 23 0 23 1
Brian Hamilton   Scotland DF 1999–2000 26 1 27 1
Jon Angelucci   Australia FW 2000–2001 24 1 25 7
Naoki Imaya   Japan MF 2000–2001 10 10 20 3
Marcus Phillips   England MF 2000 7 1 8 2
Brad Scott   New Zealand FW 2000–2001 10 8 18 2
Mark Hagger   Australia FW 2000–2001 10 12 22 5
Dom La Butie   Australia FW 2000 0 1 1 0
Andy Rakic   Australia FW 2000–2001 3 6 9 0
Hiroshi Miyazawa   Japan DF 2000–2001 24 0 24 0
Milton Cortes   Uruguay MF 2000–2001 11 7 18 7
Con Anthopoulos   Australia DF 2001 16 0 16 2
Stephen Kemp   Australia MF 2001 7 1 8 1
Daniel Aliffi   Australia FW 2001 6 1 7 1
Paul Ivanic   Australia FW 2001 1 3 4 3

References

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General

  • "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers.
  • "Canberra Cosmos » Players from A-Z". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

Specific

  1. ^ Persoglia, Tony. "History of Canberra Cosmos". OzFootball Archives. Retrieved 16 September 2007.