List of Western United FC players

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Western United Football Club, an association football club based in Truganina, Victoria, was founded in 2018 as Western Melbourne.

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Tomoki Imai holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Western United. Between 2020 and the 2024, the Japanese defender played 110 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record is held by Besart Berisha, who scored 26 goals in all competitions between 2019 and 2021.

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 and Australia Cup.

Players

Besart Berisha is Western United's highest all-time goalscorer. Berisha Victory Training May 2015.jpg
Besart Berisha is Western United's highest all-time goalscorer.
Alessandro Diamanti joined Western United in their inaugural season. Diamanti102009.jpg
Alessandro Diamanti joined Western United in their inaugural season.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Western United.

List of Western United FC players
PlayerNationalityPosClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoalsRef.
Appearances
Kwabena Appiah Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandFW2019–20203361 [3]
Jonathan Aspropotamitis Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–20203690 [4]
Besart Berisha Flag of Kosovo.svg KosovoFW2019–20214555026 [5]
Max Burgess Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2019–20211411256 [6]
Connor Chapman Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF20198080 [7]
Alessandro Diamanti Flag of Italy.svg ItalyFW2019–202358258311 [8]
Andrew Durante Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandDF2019–2021432452 [9]
Ersan Gülüm Flag of Turkey.svg TurkeyDF20199090 [10]
Dario Jertec Flag of Croatia.svg CroatiaMF2019–2020132150 [11]
Panagiotis Kone Flag of Greece.svg GreeceMF2019–2020150152 [12]
Filip Kurto Flag of Poland.svg PolandGK2019–2021360360 [13]
Scott McDonald Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2019–20208191 [14]
Connor Pain Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2019–2023102610810 [15]
Josh Risdon Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–2024933964 [16]
Dylan Pierias Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–202342569810 [17]
Aaron Calver Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–2021277341 [18]
Brendan Hamill Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2019–2021128200 [19]
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2019–2020210120 [20]
Jerry Skotadis Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2019–20222025450 [21]
Valentino Yuel Flag of South Sudan.svg South SudanFW2019–20202790 [22]
Joshua Cavallo Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2019–20212790 [23]
Thiel Iradukunda Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2019–20201340 [24]
Sebastian Pasquali Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2019–2917460 [25]
Oskar Dillon Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF20207070 [26]
Tomislav Uskok Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2020–2021330332 [27]
Tomoki Imai Flag of Japan.svg JapanDF2020–11221141 [28]
Steven Lustica Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2020–20247613897 [29]
Luke Duzel Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2020–2021107170 [30]
Ryan Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaGK2020–2023193220 [31]
Patrick Antelmi Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW20200110 [32]
Ayom Majok Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW20200110 [33]
Nicolas Milanovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2020–2023633395 [34]
Víctor Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg SpainMF2020–2021153183 [35]
Ivan Vujica Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2020–202157121 [36]
Lachlan Wales Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2020–20241001311318 [37]
Iker Guarrotxena Flag of Spain.svg SpainFW2021175223 [38]
Kaine Sheppard Flag of England.svg EnglandFW20210770 [39]
Brad Inman Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF20210550 [40]
Dalibor Markovic Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF20212240 [41]
Adisu Bayew Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2021–2023621272 [42]
Manyluak Aguek Flag of South Sudan.svg South SudanFW20210220 [43]
Ben Garuccio Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2021–760766 [44]
Léo Lacroix Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SwitzerlandDF2021–2023502523 [45]
Neil Kilkenny Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2021–2023462481 [46]
Aleksandar Prijović Flag of Serbia.svg SerbiaFW2021–20233864419 [47]
Dylan Wenzel-Halls Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2021–20232116375 [48]
Jamie Young Flag of England.svg EnglandGK2021–2023590590 [49]
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2021–2023325371 [50]
Ben Collins Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2021–20232350 [51]
Daniel Di Francesco Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF20211010 [52]
Sabit James Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW20210110 [53]
Christian Theoharous Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2021–20222350 [54]
Rene Krhin Flag of Slovenia.svg SloveniaMF2022125171 [55]
Noah Botic Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2022–27204712 [56]
Rhys Bozinovski Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2022–523280 [57]
Jalil Regague Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF20220110 [58]
Tongo Doumbia Flag of Mali.svg MaliMF2022–2023182202 [59]
James Troisi Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2022–2023144180 [60]
Jacob Tratt Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2022–2024197261 [61]
Connor O'Toole Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2023–20242791 [62]
Michael Ruhs Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2023–2014345 [63]
Ramy Najjarine Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2023–213150 [64]
Max Bisetto Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF20230220 [65]
Riku Danzaki Flag of Japan.svg JapanMF2023–186243 [66]
James Donachie Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2023–140141 [67]
Tom Heward-Belle Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaGK2023–260260 [68]
Jake Najdovski Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2023–0770 [69]
Angus Thurgate Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2023–310311 [70]
Oliver Lavale Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2023–3471 [71]
Daniel Penha Flag of Brazil.svg BrazilMF2023–2024203237 [72]
Kane Vidmar Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2023–121130 [73]
Nikita Rukavytsya Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2023–2024213152 [74]
Matthew Grimaldi Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2023–1115266 [75]
Zach Lisolajski Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF20241560 [76]
James York Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2024–1230 [77]
Jordan Lauton Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaMF2024–0220 [78]
Charbel Shamoon Flag of Iraq.svg IraqDF2024–3250 [79]
Luke Vickery Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2024–0440 [80]
Khoder Kaddour Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2024–4150 [81]
Matt Sutton Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaGK2024–5050 [82]
Abel Walatee Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2024–0441 [83]
Tate Russell Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDF2024–1010 [84]
Hiroshi Ibusuki Flag of Japan.svg JapanFW2024–0110 [85]
Mark Leonard Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaFW2024–0110 [86]
Luka Coveny Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandDF2024–0110 [87]

Captains

DatesCaptain
2019–2023Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Diamanti  (ITA)
2023–2024Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Josh Risdon  (AUS)
[88]

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