List of Brisbane Roar FC players

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Henrique is Brisbane Roar's second-highest all-time goalscorer. Henrique Silva.jpg
Henrique is Brisbane Roar's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

Brisbane Roar Football Club, an association football club based in Milton, Brisbane, founded in 1957 as Hollandina-Inala. They became the first Queensland member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005 after a break off with other associated club Queensland Lions. The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

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Matt McKay holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brisbane Roar. Between 2005 and 2019 the Australian midfielder played 303 times for the club. [1] As of 2023, two other players have made more than 200 appearances for Brisbane Roar who are Jack Hingert and Thomas Broich. The club's goalscoring record is held by Besart Berisha, who scored 50 goals in all competitions between 2011 and 2014. He surpassed the previous record of 25 goals in league competition, held by Sergio van Dijk in 2012. [2]

Key

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.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
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 A-League Men regular season and finals series, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Australia Cup, AFC Champions League and the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament

Players

Matt McKay is Brisbane Roar's record appearance-maker with 303 appearances and longest serving captain. Matt McKay (6210979362).jpg
Matt McKay is Brisbane Roar's record appearance-maker with 303 appearances and longest serving captain.
Massimo Murdocca played 183 times for the club from 2005 to 2013. Massimo Murdocca.jpg
Massimo Murdocca played 183 times for the club from 2005 to 2013.
German midfielder Thomas Broich played 203 games, scoring 22 goals for the club. BroichTh.jpg
German midfielder Thomas Broich played 203 games, scoring 22 goals for the club.
Ivan Franjic made 139 appearances for Brisbane Roar in two stints for the club. Torpedo-Arsenal (4).jpg
Ivan Franjic made 139 appearances for Brisbane Roar in two stints for the club.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Brisbane Roar.

List of Brisbane Roar players with 100 or more appearances
PlayerNationalityPosClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoals
Appearances
Josh McCloughan Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2005–201090101005
Matt McKay Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2005–2019300330326
Massimo Murdocca Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2005–2013148351834
Mitch Nichols Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2007–2013914713825
Luke DeVere Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2008–201911651216
Henrique Flag of Brazil.svg BrazilFW2009–2016
2018–2019		1057217746
Ivan Franjic Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2009–2014
2017–2018		132713913
Luke Brattan Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2009–201579261054
Thomas Broich Flag of Germany.svg GermanyMF2010–20171921120322
Matt Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2010–201411811196
Shane Stefanutto Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2010–201613531381
Michael Theo Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaGK2010–201817001700
Jack Hingert Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri LankaDF2011–248362844
Corey Brown Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2011–2018
2020–		142221646
Jade North Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2013–201812731304
Dimitri Petratos Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2013–2017802210215
Jamie Young Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaGK2014–202116211630
Tom Aldred Flag of Scotland.svg ScotlandDF2019–11101112
Scott Neville Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–10441084
Jay O'Shea Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandMF2019–134413827
Kai Trewin Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2020–96121081

Captains

DatesCaptain
2005–06Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Chad Gibson  (AUS)
2006–07Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart McLaren  (AUS)
2007–09Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Chad Gibson  (AUS)
2009–11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matt McKay  (AUS)
2011–15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matt Smith  (AUS)
2015–19Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matt McKay  (AUS)
2019–Flag of Scotland.svg  Tom Aldred  (SCO)
[4]

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