List of Australia international soccer players with over 50 caps
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 and Tim Cahill are the only Australian men 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 14 November 2019.
For other national team players, see Category:Australia international soccer players. For the current men's national team squad, see Australia national soccer team#Players.
Named to the national team in the past year | |||
GK | Goalkeeper | ||
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DF | Defender | ||
MF | Midfielder | ||
FW | Forward | ||
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 | Attila Abonyi | FW | 61 | 25 | 4 June 1967 | 25 November 1977 | ||
216 | Peter Wilson | DF | 65 | 3 | 4 November 1970 | 13 June 1979 | ||
223 | Jimmy Rooney | MF | 57 | 3 | 11 November 1971 | 18 June 1980 | ||
259 | John Kosmina | FW | 60 | 25 | 18 August 1976 | 22 September 1988 | ||
292 | Alan Davidson | DF | 51 | 2 | 9 February 1980 | 6 February 1991 | ||
334 | Graham Arnold | FW | 54 | 19 | 23 October 1985 | 29 November 1997 | ||
337 | Paul Wade | MF | 84 | 10 | 3 August 1986 | 1 November 1996 | ||
351 | Alex Tobin | DF | 87 | 2 | 9 March 1988 | 6 November 1998 | ||
372 | Milan Ivanović | DF | 59 | 0 | 30 January 1991 | 15 February 1998 | ||
376 | Tony Vidmar | DF | 76 | 3 | 6 February 1991 | 7 October 2006 | ||
386 | Zeljko Kalac | GK | 54 | 0 | 11 August 1992 | 7 October 2006 | ||
394 | Stan Lazaridis | MF | 60 | 0 | 15 April 1993 | 7 October 2006 | ||
397 | Mark Schwarzer | GK | 109 | 0 | 31 July 1993 | 7 September 2013 | ||
407 | Tony Popovic | DF | 58 | 8 | 8 February 1995 | 7 October 2006 | ||
409 | Craig Moore | DF | 52 | 3 | 21 June 1995 | 19 June 2010 | ||
415 | Harry Kewell | MF | 58 | 17 | 23 April 1996 | 8 June 2012 | ||
421 | Lucas Neill | DF | 96 | 1 | 9 October 1996 | 19 November 2013 | ||
428 | John Aloisi | FW | 55 | 27 | 12 March 1997 | 6 February 2008 | ||
429 | Josip Skoko | MF | 51 | 9 | 12 March 1997 | 11 September 2007 | ||
433 | Brett Emerton | MF | 95 | 20 | 7 February 1998 | 9 December 2012 | ||
439 | Scott Chipperfield | DF | 68 | 12 | 25 September 1998 | 23 June 2010 | ||
456 | Archie Thompson | FW | 54 | 28 | 28 February 2001 | 8 September 2013 | ||
461 | Mark Bresciano | MF | 84 | 13 | 1 June 2001 | 17 January 2015 | ||
476 | Tim Cahill | FW | 108 | 50 | 30 March 2004 | 20 November 2018 | ||
481 | Luke Wilkshire | DF | 80 | 8 | 9 October 2004 | 26 May 2014 | ||
483 | Jason Culina | MF | 58 | 1 | 9 February 2005 | 14 January 2011 | ||
490 | Brett Holman | MF | 63 | 9 | 22 February 2006 | 7 September 2013 | ||
494 | Mark Milligan§ | MF | 80 | 6 | 7 June 2006 | 10 October 2019 | ||
498 | Matt McKay | MF | 59 | 2 | 16 August 2006 | 27 May 2016 | ||
500 | Carl Valeri | MF | 52 | 1 | 24 March 2007 | 8 September 2014 | ||
509 | Mile Jedinak | MF | 79 | 20 | 22 March 2008 | 26 June 2018 | ||
542 | Robbie Kruse | FW | 75 | 5 | 5 January 2011 | – | – | |
550 | Mathew Leckie§ | FW | 63 | 11 | 14 November 2012 | – | – | |
555 | Mathew Ryan§ | GK | 59 | 0 | 5 December 2012 | – | – |
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.