List of Melbourne City FC international footballers

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Forward Tim Cahill made 13 appearances for Australia, scoring three times between 2016 and 2017. Tim Cahill-31.03.09.jpg
Forward Tim Cahill made 13 appearances for Australia, scoring three times between 2016 and 2017.

Melbourne City Football Club is an association football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded on 12 June 2009 as Melbourne Heart Football Club, it changed names in August 2015 after being bought out by City Football Group. From its creation, the club has competed in the A-League, the first tier of soccer in Australia.

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The club has won the FFA Cup once, in 2016, and were runners-up in 2019.

Melbourne City has always played home games at AAMI Park in Melbourne. The club colours and crest were altered from the original red and white colour scheme to "city blue" after the change of control in 2015. City has a longstanding rivalry with Melbourne Victory, with whom it contests the Melbourne Derby.

The following list contains all footballers who have represented their country at full international level whilst being a Melbourne City player.

Introduction

Melbourne City's first international was defender Aziz Behich who appeared for Australia on 14 November 2012, in a 2–1 win over South Korea in a friendly. Australian midfielders Tim Cahill and Aaron Mooy are Melbourne City's most-capped players, each appearing in thirteen games for the nation while contracted to Melbourne City. Jamie Maclaren is the club's top international goalscorer, netting four times for Australia during his tenure with Melbourne City to date.

The majority of Melbourne City players that have received international caps are for Australia.

Melbourne City have had a number of players who have represented their country in major international tournaments whilst at the club.

FIFA World Cup

The first fully-fledged Melbourne City player to be selected for a FIFA World Cup was Daniel Arzani, who represented Australia in 2018.

Previously, a number of Melbourne City players had played at the World Cup immediately prior to joining the club. Michael Beauchamp had signed for the club prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and made one appearance for Australia at the tournament before joining Melbourne. Similarly, David Villa was announced as joining Melbourne on loan from New York City before representing Spain at the 2014 tournament.

Continental tournaments

Aaron Hughes was confirmed to be leaving Melbourne City in April 2016, and went on to represent Northern Ireland immediately afterwards at Euro 2016.

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List of players

Australian Aziz Behich was the first player to appear internationally while contracted to Melbourne Heart. Aziz Behich.jpg
Australian Aziz Behich was the first player to appear internationally while contracted to Melbourne Heart.
As of match played 18 November 2019
List of Melbourne City FC players making full international appearances
NameNationPositionIntl. YearsCapsGoalsNotes
Aziz Behich Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF201252
Richard Garcia Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia MF201241
Michael Marrone Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF201211 [1]
Patrick Gerhardt Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia DF201310
Michael Mifsud Flag of Malta.svg  Malta FW2013–201442
Aaron Mooy Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia MF2014–2016132
Safuwan Baharudin Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DF201520
Ivan Franjic Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DF201510 [2]
Tim Cahill Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FW2016–2017133
Aaron Hughes Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland DF201620
Daniel Arzani Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia MF201851 [3]
Jamie Maclaren Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia FW201924 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marrone 'feeling fresh' for Mariners". Melbourne City FC . 14 December 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Hassett, Sebastian (17 June 2015). "Socceroos down Kyrgyzstan 2–1 in World Cup qualifying match". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Butler, Alex (9 August 2018). "Manchester City snags Australian youngster Daniel Arzani from Melbourne City" . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Davutovic, David (19 October 2019). "Scoring his first Socceroos hat-trick was a special moment for Jamie Maclaren". Herald Sun . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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