Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club was formed in November 2004, [1] and the team played their first competitive match in May 2005, when they entered the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament. [2] The Mariners play their home matches at Central Coast Stadium. [1] 181 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club; those players are listed here. Players are listed in order of their first appearance for the Mariners, and alphabetical order by surname for players who debuted simultaneously.
The Mariners' record appearance-maker is John Hutchinson, who made 271 appearances over a 10-year playing career, ahead of Matt Simon. Hutchinson also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 232 games. Simon is the club's top goalscorer with 66 goals in his eleven seasons with the club, twenty-three more than next-highest scorer Adam Kwasnik. Fifteen players have made 100 appearances or more, including six members of the 2013 A-League Grand Final winning team and three members of the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final winning team. Danny Vukovic is the only goalkeeper to have made over 100 appearances for the side. Eight players have held the position of club captain, Alex Wilkinson for the longest period (five years).
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GK | Goalkeeper |
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DF | Defender |
MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward |
U | Utility player |
Player | Nationality | Position | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | Ref |
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Michael Beauchamp | Australia | DF | 2005–2006 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 0 | [3] |
Damien Brown | Australia | MF | 2005–2007 | 51 | 7 | 58 | 3 | [4] |
Andrew Clark | Australia | DF | 2005–2010 | 79 | 24 | 103 | 0 | [5] |
John Crawley | Australia | GK | 2005 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | [6] |
André Gumprecht | Germany | MF | 2005–2009 | 66 | 20 | 86 | 5 | [7] |
Nik Mrdja | Australia | FW | 2005–2010 | 34 | 33 | 67 | 20 | [8] |
Wayne O'Sullivan | Ireland | MF | 2005–2007 | 43 | 4 | 47 | 1 | [9] |
Stewart Petrie | Scotland | U | 2005–2007 | 50 | 3 | 53 | 14 | [10] |
Tom Pondeljak | Australia | MF | 2005–2008 | 51 | 15 | 66 | 9 | [11] |
Noel Spencer | Australia | MF | 2005–2007 | 52 | 3 | 55 | 7 | [12] |
Alex Wilkinson | Australia | DF | 2005–2012 | 206 | 0 | 206 | 3 | [13] |
John Hutchinson | Malta | MF | 2005–2015 | 232 | 39 | 271 | 18 | [14] |
Dean Heffernan | Australia | DF | 2005–2010 | 77 | 6 | 83 | 10 | [15] |
Matthew Osman | Australia | MF | 2005–2009 | 61 | 18 | 79 | 4 | [16] |
Paul O'Grady | Australia | DF | 2005–2009 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 3 | [17] |
Adam Kwasnik | Australia | FW | 2005–2008 2009–2013 | 96 | 62 | 158 | 43 | [18] |
Russell Woodruffe | Australia | FW | 2005 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | [19] |
Leo Carle | Australia | MF | 2005 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | [20] |
Danny Vukovic | Australia | GK | 2005–2010 2022– | 183 | 1 | 184 | 0 | [21] |
Ian Ferguson | Scotland | MF | 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | [22] |
Jamie McMaster | Australia | MF | 2006–2007 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 1 | [23] [24] |
Nigel Boogaard | Australia | DF | 2006–2010 | 63 | 3 | 66 | 3 | [25] |
Brad Porter | Australia | MF | 2006–2012 | 66 | 24 | 90 | 1 | [26] |
Vuko Tomasevic | Australia | DF | 2006–2007 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | [27] |
James Holland | Australia | MF | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | [28] |
Oliver Bozanic | Australia | MF | 2006 2010–2013 2020–2022 | 115 | 14 | 129 | 11 | [29] |
Matthew Trott | Australia | GK | 2006–2007 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | [30] |
Tony Vidmar | Australia | DF | 2006–2008 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 0 | [31] |
Matt Simon | Australia | FW | 2006–2012 2013–2015 2018–2021 | 176 | 62 | 238 | 66 | [32] |
Mile Jedinak | Australia | MF | 2006–2008 | 50 | 1 | 51 | 8 | [33] |
Damian Mori | Australia | FW | 2006 2007 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | [34] |
Sasho Petrovski | Australia | FW | 2007–2009 | 44 | 7 | 51 | 16 | [35] |
Greg Owens | Australia | MF | 2007–2009 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | [36] |
Ian McAndrew | Australia | MF | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [37] |
John Aloisi | Australia | FW | 2007–2008 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | [38] |
Alvin Ceccoli | Australia | DF | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | [39] |
Adrian Caceres | Australia | U | 2008–2009 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 3 | [40] [41] |
Dylan Macallister | Australia | FW | 2008–2010 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 6 | [42] |
David D'Apuzzo | Australia | U | 2008–2009 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | [43] |
Pedj Bojić | Australia | DF | 2008–2013 | 137 | 3 | 140 | 8 | [44] |
Mark Bosnich | Australia | GK | 2008 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | [45] |
Ahmad Elrich | Australia | MF | 2008–2009 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | [46] |
Brady Smith | Australia | FW | 2008–2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [47] |
Andrew Redmayne | Australia | GK | 2008–2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | [48] |
Chris Tadrosse | Australia | U | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [49] |
Matthew Lewis | Australia | MF | 2009–2011 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | [50] |
Shane Huke | Australia | DF | 2009–2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | [51] [52] |
Nick Rizzo | Australia | MF | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [53] |
Chris Doig | Scotland | DF | 2009–2011 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 0 | [54] [55] |
Michael McGlinchey | New Zealand | MF | 2009–2013 2018–2020 | 143 | 20 | 163 | 15 | [56] |
Nicky Travis | England | MF | 2009–2010 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | [57] |
Matt Crowell | Wales | MF | 2009–2010 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | [58] |
Panny Nikas | Australia | MF | 2009–2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [59] |
Mitchell Mallia | Australia | FW | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [60] |
Bernie Ibini-Isei | Australia | FW | 2010–2013 2014 | 55 | 41 | 96 | 21 | [61] |
Nick Fitzgerald | Australia | U | 2010 2013–2015 | 66 | 19 | 85 | 9 | [62] |
Daniel McBreen | Australia | FW | 2010–2014 | 80 | 25 | 105 | 30 | [63] |
Jess Vanstrattan | Australia | GK | 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | [64] |
Patrick Zwaanswijk | Netherlands | DF | 2010–2013 | 97 | 2 | 99 | 13 | [65] |
Rostyn Griffiths | Australia | MF | 2010–2012 | 44 | 4 | 48 | 4 | [66] |
Josh Rose | Australia | DF | 2010–2016 2017–2018 | 202 | 3 | 205 | 10 | [67] |
Mathew Ryan | Australia | GK | 2010–2013 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 0 | [68] |
Patricio Pérez | Argentina | MF | 2010–2011 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 6 | [69] |
Mustafa Amini | Australia | U | 2010–2012 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 4 | [70] |
Trent Sainsbury | Australia | DF | 2010–2014 | 60 | 9 | 69 | 2 | [71] |
Michael Baird | Australia | U | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | [72] |
Mitchell Duke | Australia | FW | 2011–2015 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 15 | [73] |
Adriano Pellegrino | Australia | MF | 2011–2013 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | [74] |
Troy Hearfield | Australia | U | 2011–2012 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 2 | [75] |
Justin Pasfield | Australia | GK | 2011–2013 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | [76] |
Tom Rogic | Australia | U | 2012 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 5 | [77] |
Sam Gallagher | Australia | DF | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [78] |
John Sutton | England | FW | 2012 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | [79] |
Trent McClenahan | Australia | U | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | [80] |
Mile Sterjovski | Australia | U | 2012–2014 | 41 | 17 | 58 | 6 | [81] |
Nick Montgomery | Scotland | MF | 2012–2017 | 125 | 8 | 133 | 3 | [82] |
Zac Anderson | Australia | DF | 2012–2015 | 71 | 12 | 83 | 1 | [83] |
Hayden Morton | Australia | DF | 2012–2015 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | [84] |
Brent Griffiths | Australia | MF | 2012–2014 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0 | [85] |
Anthony Cáceres | Australia | MF | 2013–2015 | 61 | 12 | 73 | 3 | [86] |
Brad McDonald | Papua New Guinea | DF | 2013 2016 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | [87] |
Marcos Flores | Argentina | U | 2013 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | [88] |
Storm Roux | New Zealand | DF | 2013–2018 2021– | 164 | 29 | 193 | 5 | [89] |
Marcel Seip | Netherlands | DF | 2013–2014 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | [90] |
Liam Reddy | Australia | GK | 2013–2015 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 | [91] |
Eddy Bosnar | Australia | DF | 2014–2015 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 4 | [92] |
Isaka Cernak | Australia | MF | 2014–2015 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 2 | [93] |
Kim Seung-yong | South Korea | MF | 2014 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | [94] |
Matt Sim | Australia | U | 2014–2015 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 7 | [95] |
Tom Slater | Australia | FW | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | [96] |
Glen Trifiro | Australia | MF | 2014–2015 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 5 | [97] |
Malick Mané | Senegal | U | 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | [98] |
Josh Bingham | Australia | U | 2014–2018 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 4 | [99] |
Michael Neill | Australia | DF | 2014–2017 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 1 | [100] |
Richárd Vernes | Hungary | MF | 2014–2015 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | [101] |
Anthony Kalik | Australia | MF | 2014–2015 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | [102] |
Jacob Poscoliero | Australia | U | 2014–2017 2018 | 49 | 1 | 50 | 0 | [103] |
Matthew Nash | Australia | GK | 2014–2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | [104] |
Travis Major | Australia | FW | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | [105] [106] |
Liam Rose | Australia | MF | 2015–2018 | 48 | 25 | 73 | 0 | [107] |
Fábio Ferreira | Portugal | MF | 2015–2017 | 52 | 6 | 58 | 15 | [108] |
Harry Ascroft | Australia | DF | 2015–2017 | 32 | 6 | 38 | 5 | [109] |
Paul Izzo | Australia | GK | 2015–2017 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 | [110] |
Jake McGing | Australia | DF | 2015–2019 | 78 | 8 | 86 | 4 | [111] |
Roy O'Donovan | Ireland | FW | 2015–2017 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 19 | [112] |
Mitch Austin | Australia | MF | 2015–2016 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 5 | [113] |
Daniel Heffernan | England | FW | 2015–2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | [114] |
Jake Adelson | Australia | U | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | [115] |
Tomislav Uskok | Australia | DF | 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | [116] |
Tom Heward-Belle | Australia | GK | 2015–2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | [117] |
Francesco Stella | Australia | MF | 2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | [118] |
Alastair Bray | Australia | GK | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [119] |
Trent Buhagiar | Australia | FW | 2016–2018 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 4 | [120] |
Matthew Fletcher | Australia | FW | 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | [121] |
Luis García | Spain | MF | 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | [122] |
Adam Berry | Australia | MF | 2016–2018 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 1 | [123] |
Ivan Necevski | Australia | GK | 2016–2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | [124] |
Blake Powell | Australia | FW | 2016–2018 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 6 | [125] |
Connor Pain | Australia | FW | 2016–2019 | 67 | 9 | 76 | 10 | [126] |
Mickaël Tavares | Senegal | MF | 2016 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | [127] |
Kwabena Appiah | Australia | U | 2016–2018 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 4 | [128] |
Jacques Faty | Senegal | MF | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | [129] |
Ryan Peterson | Australia | MF | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [130] |
Scott Galloway | Australia | DF | 2016–2017 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 2 | [131] |
Adam Pearce | Australia | GK | 2017–2019 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | [132] |
Lachlan Wales | Australia | MF | 2017–2018 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | [133] |
Alan Baró | Spain | DF | 2017–2018 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 | [134] |
Antony Golec | Australia | DF | 2017–2018 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | [135] |
Tom Hiariej | Netherlands | MF | 2017–2019 | 34 | 5 | 39 | 0 | [136] |
Andrew Hoole | Australia | U | 2017–2019 | 40 | 7 | 47 | 8 | [137] |
Daniel De Silva | Australia | MF | 2017–2021 | 64 | 4 | 68 | 8 | [138] |
Asdrúbal | Spain | FW | 2017–2018 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | [139] |
Wout Brama | Netherlands | MF | 2017–2018 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | [140] |
Tom Glover | Australia | GK | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | [141] |
Ben Kennedy | Australia | GK | 2017–2019 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | [142] |
Kye Rowles | Australia | DF | 2017–2022 | 109 | 3 | 112 | 2 | [143] |
Jordan Murray | Australia | FW | 2018–2020 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 7 | [144] |
Peter Skapetis | Australia | FW | 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | [145] |
Jordan Smylie | Australia | FW | 2018–2021 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1 | [146] |
Peter Kekeris | Australia | MF | 2018–2019 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | [147] |
Josh Nisbet | Australia | MF | 2018– | 117 | 19 | 136 | 6 | [148] |
Kalifa Cissé | Mali | DF | 2018–2019 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | [149] |
Jack Clisby | Australia | DF | 2018–2021 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 5 | [150] |
Alec Vinci | Australia | DF | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [151] |
Charles M'Mombwa | Tanzania | MF | 2018–2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | [152] |
Ross McCormack | Scotland | FW | 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | [153] |
Tommy Oar | Australia | MF | 2018–2020 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 0 | [154] |
Jacob Melling | Australia | MF | 2018–2020 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 0 | [155] |
Aiden O'Neill | Australia | MF | 2018–2019 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 4 | [156] |
Matt Millar | Australia | U | 2018–2019 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 1 | [157] |
Mario Shabow | Australia | MF | 2018–2019 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | [158] |
Josh Macdonald | Australia | FW | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | [159] |
Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Australia | DF | 2019 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | [160] |
Jem Karacan | Turkey | MF | 2019 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | [161] |
Sam Graham | England | DF | 2019 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | [162] |
Stephen Mallon | Ireland | MF | 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | [163] |
Lewis Miller | Australia | DF | 2019–2022 | 38 | 21 | 59 | 1 | [164] |
Dylan Ruiz-Diaz | Australia | FW | 2019–2020 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | [165] |
Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Australia | U | 2019–2020 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | [166] |
Ziggy Gordon | Scotland | DF | 2019–2020 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | [167] |
Samuel Silvera | Australia | FW | 2019–2020 2022–2023 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 6 | [168] |
Ruon Tongyik | Australia | DF | 2019–2022 | 37 | 5 | 42 | 1 | [169] |
Mark Moric | Australia | MF | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [170] |
Mark Birighitti | Australia | GK | 2019–2022 | 87 | 0 | 87 | 0 | [171] |
Milan Đurić | Serbia | MF | 2019–2020 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 5 | [172] |
Dylan Fox | Australia | DF | 2019–2020 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | [173] |
Kim Eun-sun | South Korea | MF | 2019–2020 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | [174] |
Gianni Stensness | New Zealand | MF | 2019–2021 | 48 | 2 | 50 | 1 | [175] |
Abraham Majok | South Sudan | FW | 2019–2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | [176] |
Jair | Brazil | FW | 2019–2020 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 1 | [177] |
Chris Harold | Australia | FW | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | [178] |
Alou Kuol | Australia | MF | 2020–2021 2023– | 26 | 35 | 61 | 14 | [179] |
Louis Khoury | Australia | MF | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [180] |
Jaden Casella | Australia | MF | 2020–2021 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 1 | [181] |
Stefan Nigro | Australia | U | 2020–2021 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 0 | [182] |
Daniel Bouman | Australia | MF | 2021 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0 | [183] |
Max Balard | Australia | DF | 2021– | 75 | 15 | 90 | 2 | [184] |
Marco Ureña | Costa Rica | FW | 2021–2022 | 43 | 9 | 52 | 13 | [185] |
Daniel Hall | Fiji | U | 2021– | 67 | 15 | 82 | 4 | [186] |
Michał Janota | Poland | MF | 2021 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | [187] |
Stefan Janković | Serbia | MF | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [188] |
Matt Hatch | Australia | FW | 2021–2022 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 6 | [189] |
Jing Reec | Australia | MF | 2021 2023– | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | [190] |
Jacob Farrell | Australia | DF | 2021– | 74 | 11 | 85 | 6 | [191] |
Béni Nkololo | France | FW | 2021–2023 | 47 | 7 | 54 | 17 | [192] |
Moresche | Brazil | FW | 2021–2023 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 6 | [193] |
Damian Tsekenis | Australia | FW | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | [194] |
Cy Goddard | Japan | MF | 2021–2022 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1 | [195] |
Harrison Steele | Australia | MF | 2021– | 25 | 44 | 69 | 2 | [196] |
Yaren Sözer | Australia | GK | 2021–2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | [197] |
Harry McCarthy | Australia | MF | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | [198] |
Lawrence Caruso | Australia | GK | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [199] |
Nicolai Müller | Germany | MF | 2021–2022 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 2 | [200] |
Manyluak Aguek | Australia | MF | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [201] |
Garang Kuol | Australia | MF | 2021–2022 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | [202] |
Noah Smith | Australia | DF | 2021–2022 2023– | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | [203] |
Cameron Windust | Australia | DF | 2022–2023 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | [204] |
James Bayliss | Australia | MF | 2022–2023 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | [205] |
Jason Cummings | Australia | FW | 2022–2023 | 48 | 2 | 50 | 30 | [206] |
Dor Jok | Australia | FW | 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | [207] |
Thomas Aquilina | Australia | DF | 2022 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | [208] |
Michael Ruhs | Australia | FW | 2022 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | [209] |
Nectarios Triantis | Australia | DF | 2022–2023 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 0 | [210] |
Paul Ayongo | Ghana | FW | 2022 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | [211] |
Brad Tapp | Australia | MF | 2022– | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0 | [212] |
Maksim Kasalovic | Australia | MF | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [213] |
Brian Kaltak | Vanuatu | DF | 2022– | 56 | 2 | 58 | 3 | [214] |
Kelechi John | Nigeria | DF | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | [215] |
Marco Túlio | Brazil | MF | 2022–2024 | 44 | 3 | 47 | 24 | [216] |
Sasha Kuzevski | Australia | MF | 2022– | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | [217] |
Christian Theoharous | Australia | MF | 2023– | 15 | 33 | 48 | 4 | [218] |
James McGarry | New Zealand | DF | 2023 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | [219] |
Olayinka Sunmola | Australia | FW | 2023– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [220] |
Nicholas Duarte | Australia | FW | 2023– | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | [221] |
Zac Zoricich | New Zealand | DF | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [222] |
Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Australia | FW | 2023– | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | [223] |
Miguel Di Pizio | Australia | MF | 2023– | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | [224] |
Mikael Doka | Brazil | MF | 2023– | 21 | 13 | 34 | 5 | [225] |
Nathan Paull | Australia | DF | 2023– | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | [226] |
Jack Warshawsky | Australia | GK | 2023– | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | [227] |
Aydan Hammond | Australia | FW | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [228] |
Ángel Torres | Colombia | MF | 2023– | 30 | 1 | 31 | 15 | [229] |
William Wilson | Australia | MF | 2023– | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | [230] |
Ronald Barcellos | Brazil | FW | 2024– | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | [231] |
Bailey Brandtman | Australia | FW | 2024– | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | [232] |
Ryan Edmondson | England | FW | 2024– | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | [233] |
Since 2005, eight players have held the position of club captain of the Central Coast Mariners. The first club captain was Noel Spencer, who was captain from 2005 to 2007. [234] The longest-serving captain is Alex Wilkinson, who was captain from 2007 to 2012 after taking over from Spencer. [235] Danny Vukovic is the current captain of the club after Oliver Bozanic left the club in 2022.
Player | Nationality | Position | Dates | Notes | Ref |
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Noel Spencer | Australia | MF | 2005–2007 | [234] | |
Alex Wilkinson | Australia | DF | 2007–2012 | Longest-serving captain in Mariners' history | [235] |
John Hutchinson | Malta | MF | 2012–2015 | [236] | |
Nick Montgomery | Scotland | MF | 2015–2017 | [237] [238] | |
Alan Baró | Spain | DF | 2017–2018 | ||
Matt Simon | Australia | FW | 2018–2020 | ||
Oliver Bozanic | Australia | MF | 2020–2022 | ||
Danny Vukovic | Australia | GK | 2022– |
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