Oscar Priestman

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Oscar Priestman
Personal information
Full name Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman
Date of birth (2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Motherwell
Number 25
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2023 Sydney FC NPL 26 (1)
2022 Sydney FC 0 (0)
2023–2025 Western Sydney Wanderers NPL 10 (1)
2023–2025 Western Sydney Wanderers 51 (2)
2025– Motherwell 1 (0)
International career
2025 Australia U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 September 2025

Oscar James Moncrieff Priestman (born 25 March 2003) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Motherwell FC.

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Club career

Priestman started his career with the reserve team of Australian side Sydney FC, where he made twenty-six league appearances and scored one goal. Priestman also made his professional debut for Sydney FC having appeared in two Australia Cup matches in 2022.

Ahead of the 2023–24 season, he signed for Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers FC, where he made fifty-one league appearances and scored two goals and helped the club achieve qualification for the 2025 A-League Men finals series. [1] Following his stint there, he signed for Scottish side Motherwell FC during the summer of 2025. [2]

International career

Priestman is an Australia youth international. On 19 March 2025, he debuted for the Australia men's national under-23 soccer team during a 2–1 away friendly win over the Croatia national under-21 football team.

Style of play

Priestman plays as a midfielder and is right-footed. Danish manager Jens Berthel Askou said in 2025 that "he's shown his big talent and potential as a dynamic and athletic central midfielder with good feet, solid body language and a great workrate". [3]

References

  1. "European club lure 'big talent' via Western Sydney: 'Our next success story from Down Under'". A-League Men. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. Oscar Priestman at Soccerway
  3. "'Big talent & potential' - Motherwell buy Australian midfielder Priestman". BBC Sport. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.