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01
Harry Kewell 56 caps (Australia) · 17 goals · Leeds United, LiverpoolStuttgart, 79 minutes gone on 22 June 2006, and Aloisi flicked on Bresciano's cross for Kewell to drive in the 2-2 with Croatia that carried Australia into a World Cup knockout round for the first time.
CAM1996–2012
Harry Kewell 56 caps (Australia) · 17 goals · Leeds United, LiverpoolStuttgart, 79 minutes gone on 22 June 2006, and Aloisi flicked on Bresciano's cross for Kewell to drive in the 2-2 with Croatia that carried Australia into a World Cup knockout round for the first time.
CAM1996–2012
03
Mark Viduka 43 caps (Australia) · 11 goals · GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Leeds UnitedLiverpool led 2-0 at Elland Road on 4 November 2000 before he scored on 24 minutes, again after the break, then twice inside two minutes on 73 and 75 to finish it 4-3.
ST1994–2007
Mark Viduka 43 caps (Australia) · 11 goals · GNK Dinamo Zagreb, Leeds UnitedLiverpool led 2-0 at Elland Road on 4 November 2000 before he scored on 24 minutes, again after the break, then twice inside two minutes on 73 and 75 to finish it 4-3.
ST1994–2007
04
Mark Schwarzer 109 caps (Australia) · Marconi Stallions, MiddlesbroughOn 16 November 2005 at Telstra Stadium, with Australia's 32-year wait for a World Cup on the line, he saved two Uruguayan penalties in the shootout and John Aloisi buried the last kick.
GK1993–2013
Mark Schwarzer 109 caps (Australia) · Marconi Stallions, MiddlesbroughOn 16 November 2005 at Telstra Stadium, with Australia's 32-year wait for a World Cup on the line, he saved two Uruguayan penalties in the shootout and John Aloisi buried the last kick.
GK1993–2013
06
AM
Aaron Mooy St. Mirren, Western Sydney WanderersHuddersfield's first season back in the top flight brought Manchester United to the John Smith's Stadium on 21 October 2017, and Mooy opened the scoring in a 2-1 win. He won the Scottish treble with Celtic in 2022-23, came up with Huddersfield through the 2017 playoff final at Wembley, set the A-League record for assists in a season at Melbourne City, and was named Australia's Footballer of the Year in 2016.
CM2012–2023
07
Lucas Neill 96 caps (Australia) · Millwall, Blackburn RoversIn the last seconds against Italy at Kaiserslautern on 26 June 2006, Neill slid across in front of Fabio Grosso, Grosso went over the top of him, and Totti converted the penalty that put Australia out.
CB1996–2013
Lucas Neill 96 caps (Australia) · Millwall, Blackburn RoversIn the last seconds against Italy at Kaiserslautern on 26 June 2006, Neill slid across in front of Fabio Grosso, Grosso went over the top of him, and Totti converted the penalty that put Australia out.
CB1996–2013
08
Mark Bresciano 84 caps (Australia) · 13 goals · Empoli, Parma Calcio 1913Thirty-five minutes into the Uruguay playoff in Sydney on 16 November 2005, the ball dropped to Bresciano six yards out and he put it into the roof of the net, then stood dead still with his fists clenched while Telstra Stadium came apart.
CM2001–2015
Mark Bresciano 84 caps (Australia) · 13 goals · Empoli, Parma Calcio 1913Thirty-five minutes into the Uruguay playoff in Sydney on 16 November 2005, the ball dropped to Bresciano six yards out and he put it into the roof of the net, then stood dead still with his fists clenched while Telstra Stadium came apart.
CM2001–2015
09
Mathew Ryan 101 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Australia) · Central Coast Mariners, Club Brugge K.V.
GK2012–
Mathew Ryan 101 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Australia) · Central Coast Mariners, Club Brugge K.V.
GK2012–
10
Brett Emerton 95 caps (Australia) · 20 goals · Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blackburn RoversThe Olyroos went into their home Olympics in Sydney in September 2000 with Emerton, 21, wearing the armband.
CM1998–2012
Brett Emerton 95 caps (Australia) · 20 goals · Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blackburn RoversThe Olyroos went into their home Olympics in Sydney in September 2000 with Emerton, 21, wearing the armband.
CM1998–2012
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Vince Grella 46 caps (Australia) · Empoli, Parma Calcio 1913Nineteen years old and a few months into Italian football, Grella made his Empoli debut at the Stadio delle Alpi in October 1998 with one job, stay close to Zinedine Zidane, and Juventus were held to 0-0.
CDM2003–2010
Vince Grella 46 caps (Australia) · Empoli, Parma Calcio 1913Nineteen years old and a few months into Italian football, Grella made his Empoli debut at the Stadio delle Alpi in October 1998 with one job, stay close to Zinedine Zidane, and Juventus were held to 0-0.
CDM2003–2010
15
Scott Chipperfield 68 caps (Australia) · Wollongong Wolves, FC BaselThree goals down at half time in the 2000 NSL grand final, Chipperfield scored on 56 minutes, Wollongong drew level by the 89th and won the shootout, and he walked off Subiaco Oval with the Joe Marston Medal as best on ground.
LB1998–2010
Scott Chipperfield 68 caps (Australia) · Wollongong Wolves, FC BaselThree goals down at half time in the 2000 NSL grand final, Chipperfield scored on 56 minutes, Wollongong drew level by the 89th and won the shootout, and he walked off Subiaco Oval with the Joe Marston Medal as best on ground.
LB1998–2010
16
Luke Wilkshire 80 caps (Australia) · Bristol City, FC TwenteIn Brisbane in June 2012, Australia were a man down after Mark Milligan's second yellow and Japan had just scored, so Wilkshire drilled the 70th-minute penalty down the middle to save a 1-1 draw.
RB2004–2014
Luke Wilkshire 80 caps (Australia) · Bristol City, FC TwenteIn Brisbane in June 2012, Australia were a man down after Mark Milligan's second yellow and Japan had just scored, so Wilkshire drilled the 70th-minute penalty down the middle to save a 1-1 draw.
RB2004–2014
17
RS
Robbie Slater 44 caps (Australia) · 1 goals · St. George Saints Football Club, Sydney United
LM1988–1997
18
SL
Stan Lazaridis 60 caps (Australia) · Floreat Athena, West AdelaideThe First Division play-off final at the Millennium Stadium on 12 May 2002 went to penalties, and his was the kick that put Birmingham 3-1 up and sent them to the top flight for the first time since 1986.
LB1993–2006
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TR
Tom Rogic 53 caps (Australia) · 10 goals · Central Coast Mariners, CelticHampden Park, 27 May 2017, the 92nd minute: he took the ball forty yards out, drifted into the Aberdeen box and clipped it over Joe Lewis from a tight angle, and Celtic had the first unbeaten treble in Scottish history.
CAM2012–2022
20
Brett Holman 63 caps (Australia) · 9 goals · Excelsior Rotterdam, N.E.C.His 25-yard drive against Serbia in Nelspruit on 23 June 2010 swerved late and made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute, four days after he had opened the scoring against Ghana from a rebound.
RM2006–2013
Brett Holman 63 caps (Australia) · 9 goals · Excelsior Rotterdam, N.E.C.His 25-yard drive against Serbia in Nelspruit on 23 June 2010 swerved late and made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute, four days after he had opened the scoring against Ghana from a rebound.
RM2006–2013
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Johnny Warren 42 caps (Australia) · 7 goals · Bankstown Berries, St. George Saints Football ClubWhen Australia played its first World Cup match in Hamburg on 14 June 1974, he started in midfield wearing number nine, and he spent the next three decades insisting it would not be the last.
CAM1965–1974
Johnny Warren 42 caps (Australia) · 7 goals · Bankstown Berries, St. George Saints Football ClubWhen Australia played its first World Cup match in Hamburg on 14 June 1974, he started in midfield wearing number nine, and he spent the next three decades insisting it would not be the last.
CAM1965–1974
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JK
Josh Kennedy Off the bench and into the 83rd minute on 18 June 2013, he met a cross with his head against Iraq in Sydney, and Australia were going to a World Cup that injury would then keep him out of.About the editorial selection
ST
23
TV
Tony Vidmar 76 caps (Australia) · Adelaide City Football Club, RangersSydney, 16 November 2005: he stepped up in the shootout against Uruguay and made it 3-1, and John Aloisi finished the job that ended 32 years without a World Cup.
RB1991–2006
24
ZK
Zeljko Kalac 54 caps (Australia) · Sydney United, Roda JC KerkradeAt 2.02 m he remains the tallest man ever to play for Australia, and Roda JC fans still point to 21 May 2000 at De Kuip, where he kept a clean sheet as the cup final against NEC ended 2-0.
GK1992–2006
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Archie Thompson 54 caps (Australia) · 28 goals · Gippsland Falcons, Carlton S.C.Thirteen goals in one international, against American Samoa on 11 April 2001 in a 31-0 win, remains the world record, and he walked off the pitch not knowing his own count. He then scored five in the 2007 A-League grand final, a 6-0 win over Adelaide that brought the Joe Marston Medal, and finished with three championships at Melbourne Victory, the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, and club records of 97 goals in 262 games.
RM2001–2013
Archie Thompson 54 caps (Australia) · 28 goals · Gippsland Falcons, Carlton S.C.Thirteen goals in one international, against American Samoa on 11 April 2001 in a 31-0 win, remains the world record, and he walked off the pitch not knowing his own count. He then scored five in the 2007 A-League grand final, a 6-0 win over Adelaide that brought the Joe Marston Medal, and finished with three championships at Melbourne Victory, the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, and club records of 97 goals in 262 games.
RM2001–2013
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AV
Aurelio Vidmar 44 caps (Australia) · 17 goals · Adelaide City Football Club, K.S.V. WaregemJust after half-time at the MCG on 29 November 1997 he stabbed in a rebound for 2-0 against Iran, and Australia were going to France until two Iranian goals in five minutes took it back. Oceania Footballer of the Year in 1994, top scorer in the Belgian first division with 22 goals for Standard Liège in 1994-95, an OFC Nations Cup winner in 2000 and a Confederations Cup finalist in 1997, he captained the Socceroos for six years.
SS1991–2001
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JK
John Kosmina 60 caps (Australia) · 25 goals · West Adelaide Soccer Club, Hakoah Sydney City EastOn 19 August 1978 he came off the bench at Highbury against Leeds United, the first Australian to play a league game for Arsenal, and later scored 89 goals in 150 matches for Sydney City.
ST1976–1988
28
KM
Kevin Muscat 46 caps (Australia) · South Melbourne Football Club, Wolverhampton WanderersNineteen seasons produced 123 yellow cards and 12 reds, and the last of them ended with an eight-match ban in January 2011 for a tackle on Melbourne Heart's Adrian Zahra in the derby.
CB1994–2006
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SO
Sasa Ognenovski 22 caps (Australia) · Preston Lions, Melbourne Knights Football ClubHe led Seongnam out at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13 November 2010, opened the scoring against Zob Ahan and finished the 3-1 win as man of the match.
CB2010–2013
30
AT
Alex Tobin 87 caps (Australia) · Adelaide City Football Club, Parramatta PowerTwice he left an NSL grand final with the Joe Marston Medal in his hand, best on the ground in 1992 and 1994, both nights ending with Adelaide City champions.
CB1988–1998
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DM
Damian Mori 45 caps (Australia) · 29 goals · South Melbourne Football Club, Adelaide City Football ClubAdelaide City kicked off against Sydney United on 6 December 1995 and Mori had scored 3.69 seconds later, still the fastest goal Guinness recognises in top-flight football.
ST1992–2002
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DZ
David Zdrilic 31 caps (Australia) · 20 goals · Sydney United, SSV Ulm 1846Eight of the goals in Australia's 31-0 win over American Samoa on 11 April 2001 were his, and that still only made him second best on the day behind Archie Thompson's thirteen.
LM1997–2005
About this XI
The collection opens with Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill and Mark Viduka. The 33 covers 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 14 midfielders and 6 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1960s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Who is the greatest Australia footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Harry Kewell. Its first five careers: Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill, Mark Viduka, Mark Schwarzer, Mile Jedinak. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Australia players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Australia's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
Open a player page from the collection to read the career scene, club record and recorded honours. The source links show where the available records come from.
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