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 | 59 |
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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Mendez, Gabriel. Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1973, Argentina
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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
The England-born player
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Born in England of Maltese parents, he reached Australia before his first birthday.
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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
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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
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the Sarajevo-born Socceroo
Micic, Frank. Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1940, Yugoslavia
Born on the 2nd January 1948 in Yugoslavia
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Vojtek, Billy. Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1943, Croatia