List of Australia 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.

Key

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

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 January 2022.

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]
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	[11]
Alan Niven	DF	8	0	26 June 1981	Fiji	27 February 1983	New Zealand	[12]
Dominic Longo	DF	8	0	30 May 1993	New Zealand	4 October 1998	New Zealand	[13]
Joe Spiteri	FW	8	2	24 June 1995	Ghana	6 June 1998	Croatia	[14]
Mark Babic	DF	8	0	18 January 1997	New Zealand	4 October 1998	New Zealand	[15]
Luke Casserly	DF	8	0	18 January 1997	New Zealand	15 August 2001	Japan	[16]
Eugene Galekovic	GK	8	0	28 January 2009	Indonesia	25 July 2013	Japan	[17]
Mitchell Langerak	GK	8	0	11 October 2013	France	13 June 2017	Brazil	[18]
Riley McGree *	MF	8	1	3 June 2021	Kuwait	27 January 2022	Vietnam	[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	[27]
Fran Karacic *	DF	7	1	3 June 2021	Kuwait	27 January 2022	Vietnam	[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 PR	[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]
Craig Goodwin *	MF	6	1	25 July 2013	Japan	27 January 2022	Vietnam	[48]
Ben Halloran *	MF	6	0	26 May 2014	South Africa	4 September 2014	Belgium	[49]
Daniel Arzani *	MF	6	1	1 June 2018	Czech Republic	15 October 2018	Kuwait	[50]
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	[51]
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 PR	14 October 2014	Qatar
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 [lower-alpha 1]	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		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	[52]
Brandon Borrello *	FW	4	0	7 June 2019	South Korea	7 June 2021	Chinese Taipei	[53]
Kenneth Dougall *	FW	4	0	3 June 2021	Kuwait	11 November 2021	Saudi Arabia	[54]

See also

• List of Australia international soccer players with one cap
• List of Australia international soccer players (2–3 caps)
• List of Australia international soccer players (10+ caps)

Notes

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

References

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. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
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. "Australian Player Database – Jim Fraser". ozfootball.net.
12. "Australian Player Database – Alan Niven". ozfootball.net.
13. "Australian Player Database – Dominic Longo". ozfootball.net.
14. "Australian Player Database – Joe Spiteri". ozfootball.net.
15. "Australian Player Database – Mark Babic". ozfootball.net.
16. "Australian Player Database – Luke Casserly". ozfootball.net.
17. "Eugene Galekovic: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
18. "Mitchell Langerak: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
19. Riley McGree at Soccerway
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. "Chris Coyne: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
27. "Chris Coyne: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
28. Fran Karacic 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. Craig Goodwin at Soccerway
49. "Ben Halloran: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
50. "Daniel Arzani: Internationals". WorldFootball.net.
51. "Australian Player Database: Billy Rice". ozfootball.net.
52. Danny Vukovic at Soccerway
53. Brandon Borrello at Soccerway
54. Kenneth Dougall at Soccerway