Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 2 October 1973 | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Brisbane United | ||
1994–1999 | Brisbane Strikers | ||
1999–2000 | Northern Spirit | ||
International career | |||
1996–1997 | Australia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sean Cranney (born 2 October 1973) is an Australian former association football player.
Cranney played for Taringa Rovers Soccer Football Club before joining Brisbane United in the Queensland state league in 1992 and 1993. In 1994, he was signed to National Soccer League team Brisbane Strikers. At the Strikers he played five seasons before moving to Northern Spirit for the 1990/2000 season. [1]
Cranney played for Australia at the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. [2]
Cranney made his full international debut in November 1996 for Australia in an OFC Nations Cup match against New Zealand in Christchurch. He played two further matches for Australia, one against New Zealand five days after his debut and the other against South Africa in September 1997. In all three matches for Australia he came on a substitute. [3]
The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 edition, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), determining the continental champion of Oceania. The winning team became the champion of Oceania and until 2016 qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.
David Allen Zdrilic is an Australian association football coach and former player, who is currently the assistant manager of A-League Men club Sydney FC. Zdrilic is also a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Most recently he was a key figure in SBS's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
New Zealand Football is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team, the national junior and women's teams, the men's and women's national Leagues New Zealand National League, National Women's League, and a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup. A New Zealand team, Wellington Phoenix FC who plays in the Australian A-League also comes under New Zealand Football jurisdiction.
Wynton Alan Whai Rufer is a New Zealand retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent more than a decade of his professional career in Switzerland and Germany, achieving his greatest success at Werder Bremen, where he won a total of four major titles and finished the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season. He was also a member of the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation.
Clint Brian Bolton is an Australian former goalkeeper. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League. He played over 300 games for Brisbane Strikers, Sydney Olympic FC and Parramatta Power, and won two A-League championships with Sydney FC.
Matthew Bingley is an Australian former soccer player. A utility who can play in midfield or defence, he has played over 300 matches in nearly 20 years at the highest level of domestic football in Australia. Bingley also made 14 appearances for the Australian national team, scoring five goals.
Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of two clubs contending for an A-League licence during the establishment of the league in 2004.
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football (soccer) player. Trimboli is of Italian ancestry and attended Xavier College, where he was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.
Michael David Turnbull is an Australian former professional footballer, businessman, and television personality who played as goalkeeper and reality television contestant. Turnbull was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and played in two FIFA World Youth Championships. Turnball also featured as one of the bachelors on Network Ten's The Bachelorette Australia in 2015.
Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC.
Frank Farina OAM is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a forward.
Roy Christopher Krishna is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha and the Fiji national team, which he captains. He is the most-capped and highest-scoring Fijian footballer of all time. In 2022, he became the first player to have ever reached 50 caps for the Fiji national team.
Reginald Davani is a former Papua New Guinea footballer, who is currently acting as senior men's coach at Western Pride FC.
Alicia Ann "Eesh" Ferguson is an Australian soccer player who represented the Australia women's national soccer team at the 1999 and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Ferguson debuted for Australia at the age of 15 years during the Matildas' European tour in August 1997. Initially she played as a forward and scored four times in Australia's 1998 OFC Women's Championship victory. After a period of injury she subsequently became one of Australia's most solid midfielders. At club level Ferguson enjoyed success with Queensland Sting in the Women's National Soccer League and Brisbane Roar in the W-League. In 2012–13 she played for Millwall Lionesses of the English FA Women's Premier League.
Kris Trajanovski is an Australian association football player and coach.
Luke Anthony Adams is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a defender.
The 1998 OFC Nations Cup Final was an association football match that took place on the 4 September 1998 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. It was the final of the 1998 OFC Nations Cup which was the fourth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, a competition for national teams in the Oceania Football Confederation.
Raphael Ohanua Lea'i Jr. is a Solomon Islands professional footballer who plays as a striker for NPL South club Adelaide City and the Solomon Islands national team. He is the first Solomon Islands player to have played professional football in Europe.
Dauntae Mariner is a Samoan soccer player who most recently played as a forward for New Zealand Southern League club Nelson Suburbs and the Samoa national team.