This is a list of foreign-born soccer players who played for the Australia national soccer team.
England is the country where most of foreign-born Australian players were born whereas Scotland is a close a 2nd.
Birthplace | Players |
---|---|
England | 57 |
Scotland | 56 |
Yugoslavia | 19 |
Argentina | 5 |
Greece | 5 |
Hungary | 5 |
South Africa | 4 |
Northern Ireland | 4 |
Italy | 4 |
Germany | 3 |
Croatia | 2 |
Austria | 2 |
Ireland | 2 |
Kenya | 2 |
Netherlands | 2 |
New Zealand | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Brazil | 1 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
France | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Iran | 1 |
Lebanon | 1 |
Malta | 1 |
Mauritius | 1 |
Nigeria | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Southern Rhodesia | 1 |
Sudan | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Wales | 1 |
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Walter Ardone... Cultured midfielder, born in Argentina...
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Gnavi, Rudolfo. Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1949, Argentina
Mendez, Gabriel. Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1973, Argentina
Muniz, capped 38 times for Australia in the 1970s, would like to see FFA chairman Frank Lowy go for Scolari, the Portugal coach. Brazilian-born Muniz, who played for Sydney City in the old NSL...
I was born in Croatia in 1994 during the war of independence.
Degenek was born in Knin, which is in Croatia
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1942 and migrating to Australia as a six-year-old
Impressive midfield displays have seen the English-born Australian attract the interest...
Born in England of Maltese parents, he reached Australia before his first birthday.
Alan Niven [...] Born in England, represented Australia
Silvera, 22, was born in England before moving down under.
English-born Australian midfielder Robbie Slater joined Wolves in March 1998...
Spanos, John. Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1961, Leeds, England
...joked English-born Strain.
Born in England in 1953, Jim Tansey...
Walsh, Danny. Date of Birth: 21-May-1944, Essex, England
Postecoglou was born in Athens in 1965 before migrating to Melbourne as a young child.
Hong Kong-born Pain...
Born in the city of Kecskemét, in central Hungary
Born in Iran, Arzani moved to Sydney with his family as a child and has grown up in Australia.
I didn't appear again until the Socceroos played in the country of my birth, the Republic of Ireland.
Migrated to Australia in 1949 from Monteblluna, Treviso, Italy
Both Mabil and Deng were born in Kenya as South Sudanese refugees before migrating to Australia as young children, growing up in South Australia.
Born in Mauritius, at 15 De Marigny migrated to Australia with his mother after his parents divorced.
Waikato-born Thompson...
Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria before migrating to Sydney, Australia as a child, Ibini...
Pat was born in Greenock in Scotland
Jamie Paton. Born: 26.4.55, Scotland
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The Ukraine-born striker, who moved to Perth with his family at the age of 14...
The United States-born forward...
the Sarajevo-born Socceroo
Micic, Frank. Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1940, Yugoslavia
Born on the 2nd January 1948 in Yugoslavia
The 32-year-old who was born in the former Yugoslavia (present day Croatia) moved to Australia with his parents at a very young age
Vojtek, Billy. Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1943, Croatia