The Profiles of all 23 members of the Brazil 2014 Socceroos World Cup Squad
Oliver Bozanic
Squad number: 13
Position: Midfielder
Born: 8-Jan-89, Sydney
Height/Weight: 175cm/70kg
Australian national team: 3 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers, 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers
Junior clubs: Avoca Beach, Parramatta Eagles
Senior club career:
2004/05 Blacktown (Australia)
2005/06: NSW Institute of Sport (Australia)
2006: Central Coast (Australia)
2006 – 2010: Reading (England)
2011 – 2013: Central Coast Mariners (Australia)
2013 – present: Luzerne (Switzerland)
Mark Bresciano
Squad number: 23
Position: Midfielder
Born: 11-Feb-80, Melbourne
Height/Weight: 182cm/73kg
Australian national team: 74 appearances (13 goals)
Other Australian representative honours:
Schoolboy International 1996
U-17 1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers
U-20 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Nigeria)
U-23 2000 Olympic Games (Sydney)
Junior club: Bulleen Veneto
Senior club career:
1995 – 1996 Bulleen
1997 Australian Institute of Sport
1997 – 1999 Carlton 1998/99 (Australia)
1999 – 2002: Empoli (Italy)
2002 – 2006: Parma (Italy)
2006 – 2010: Palermo (Italy)
2010 – 2011: Lazio (Italy)
2011 -2012: Al Nasr (United Arab Emirates)
2012 – present: Al Gharafa (Qatar)
Tim Cahill
Squad Number: 4
Position: Forward
Born: 6-Dec-79, Sydney
Height/Weight: 178cm/64kg
Australian national team: 70 appearances (33 goals)
Other Australian representative honours:
2004 Olympic Games (Athens)
Junior clubs: Balmain Police Boys Club, Marrickville Red Devils, Plumpton/Oakhurst
Senior club career:
1996 Belmore Hercules (Australia)
1997 Sydney United (Australia)
1997 – 2004: Millwall (England)
2004 – 2012: Everton (England)
2012 – present: New York Red Bulls (United States of America)
Jason Davidson
Squad Number: 3
Position: Defender
Born: 29-Jun-91, Melbourne
Height/Weight: 180cm/72kg
Australian national team: 7 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup train-on squad,
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
Junior clubs: SeiritsuGakuenschool (Japan)
Senior club career:
2009 Hume City (Australia)
2009 – 2010 Pacos de Ferreira (Portugal)
2010 – 2011 Sporting da Covilha (loan) (Portugal)
2011- 2014 Heracles (Holland)
Ivan Franjic
Squad Number: 2
Position: Defender
Born: 10-Sep-87, Melbourne
Height/Weight: 180cm/76kg
Australian national team: 9 appearances
Junior clubs: Meadow Park Eagles, Melbourne Knights, St Albans (Melbourne)
Senior club career:
2005 – 2006 St Albans (Australia)
2007 – 2008 Melbourne Knights (Australia)
2008 Melbourne Knights (Australia)
2009 Oakleigh (Australia)
2009 – present: Brisbane Roar (Australia)
Eugene Galekovic
Squad Number: 18
Position: Goalkeeper
Born: 12-Jun-81, Melbourne Height/Weight: 186cm/91kg Position: Goalkeeper
Australian national team: 8 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-23 2004 Olympic Games (Athens)
Junior clubs: Chelsea Hajduk, Dingley, Bulleen
Senior club career:
1999 – 2000 Melbourne Knights (Australia)
2000 – 2001 Morwell Falcons (Australia)
2002 – 2004 South Melbourne (Australia)
2004 – 2005 Beira Mar (Portugal)
2005 – 2007 Melbourne Victory (Australia)
2007 – present: Adelaide United (Australia)
Ben Halloran
Squad Number: 10
Position: Forward
Born: 14-Jun-92, Brisbane
Height/Weight: 180cm/73kg
Australian national team: 2 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign
Junior clubs: Edge Hill (Cairns), Brisbane Wolves
Senior club career:
2009 Qld Academy of Sport (Australia)
2009 – 2012 Gold Coast United (Australia)
2012 – 2013 Brisbane Roar (Australia)
2013 – present: Fortuna Dusseldorf (Germany)
James Holland
Squad Number: 16
Position: Midfielder
Born: 15-May-89, Sydney
Height/Weight: 180cm/70kg
Australian national team: 14 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Egypt)
U-23 2008 Olympic Games campaign,
2012 Olympic Games train-on squad
Junior clubs: Budgewoi, Parramatta Eagles Academy
Senior club career:
2005 – 2006 NSW Institute of Sport (Australia)
2007 Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2007 – 2009 Newcastle Jets (Australia)
2009 – 2010 Alkmaar (Netherlands)
2010 – 2011 Sparta Rotterdam (loan) Netherlands
2011 – present Austria Wien (Austria)
Mile Jedinak
Squad Number: 15
Position: Midfield
Born: 3-Aug-84, Sydney
Height/Weight: 188cm/78kg Position: Midfielder
Australian national team: 44 appearances (4 goals) [
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup (UAE)
Junior club: Sydney United
Senior club career:
2000 – 2003 Sydney United (Australia)
2003 – 2004 VarteksVarazdin (Croatia)
2004 – 2006 Sydney United (Australia)
2006 – 2009 Central Coast Mariners
2009 – 2011: Genclerbirligi (Turkey)
2011- present: Crystal Palace (England)
Mitchell Langerak
Squad Number: 12
Born: 22-Aug-88, Emerald
Height/Weight: 191cm/77kg Position: Goalkeeper
Australian national team: 3 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
U-23 2008 Olympic Games train-on squad
Senior club career:
2003 – 2006 Bundaberg Waves (Australia)
2007 South Melbourne (Australia)
2007 – 2010 Melbourne Victory (Australia)
2010 – present Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Mathew Leckie
Squad Number: 7
Position: Forward
Born: 4-Feb-91, Melbourne
Height/Weight: 180cm/78kg Position: Midfielder/Forward
Australian national team: 8 appearances (1 goal)
Junior club: Bulleen
Senior club career:
2007 – 2009 Bulleen (Australia)
2009 – 2011 Adelaide United (Australia)
2011 – 2012 Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany)
2012 – 2014 FSV Frankfurt (Germany)
Massimo Luongo
Squad Number: 21
Position: Midfield
Born: 25-Sep-92, Sydney
Height/Weight: 176cm/70kg
Australian national team: 1 appearance
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign squad
Junior club: Apia Leichhardt (Sydney)
Senior Club Career:
2010 – 2012 Tottenham Hotspur England (England)
2012 – 2013 Ipswich Town (loan) (England)
2013 – present: Swindon Town (England)
Ryan McGowan
Squad Number: 19
Position: Defender
Born: 15-Aug-89, Adelaide
Height/Weight: 185cm/75kg Position: Defender
Australian national team: 9 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Egypt)
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers
Junior club: Para Hills (Adelaide)
Senior club career:
2004 – 2006 SA Sports Institute (Australia)
2006 – 2009 Heart of Midlothian (Scotland)
2009 – 2010 Ayr United (loan) (Scotland)
2010 – 2013 Heart of Midlothian (Scotland)
2013 – present: Shandong Luneng (China)
Matt McKay
Squad Number: 17
Position: Midfield
Born: 11-Jan-83, Brisbane
Height/Weight: 171cm/65kg
Australian national team: 47 appearances (1 goal)
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup (UAE)
U-23 2004 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers
Junior clubs: Sunnybank Saints, Mt Gravatt
Senior club career:
1999 – 2000 Qld Academy of Sport (Australia)
2001 Australian Institute of Sport ( Australia)
2001 – 2006 Brisbane Strikers ( Australia)
2006 – 2009 Brisbane Roar (Australia)
Changchun Yatai (loan) (China)
2009 – 2011 Brisbane Roar (Australia)
2011 – 2012 Rangers (Scotland)
2012 BusanIPark (Korea)
2013 ChangchunYatai (China)
2013 – present: Brisbane Roar (Australia)
Mark Milligan
Squad Number: 5
Position: Midfielder
Born: 4-Aug-85, Sydney
Height/Weight: 178cm/78kg
Australian national team: 30 appearances (2 goals)
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Netherlands)
U-23 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)
Junior clubs: Birrong, Parramatta Eagles
Senior club career:
2002: Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2002 – 2004 Northern Spirit (Australia)
2005 – 2008 Sydney FC (Australia)
2009 ShanghaiShenhua (China)
2010 – 2011 JEF United (Japan)
2011 – present: Melbourne Victory (Australia)
Tommy Oar
Squad Number: 11
Position: Forward
Born: 10-Dec-91, Southport
Height/Weight: 172cm/66kg Po
Australian national team: 15 appearances (1 goal)
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Egypt),
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Colombia)
Junior clubs: Carrara, Palm Beach
Senior club career:
2007 Palm Beach (Australia)
2008 Qld Academy of Sport (Australia)
2008 – 2010 Brisbane Roar (Australia)
2010 – present Utrecht (Netherlands)
Mat Ryan
Squad Number: 1
Position: Goalkeeper
Born: 8-Apr-92, Sydney
Height/Weight: 181cm/73kg
Australian national team: 7 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup train-on squad
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers
Junior club: Plumpton/Oakhurst, Blacktown City (Sydney)
Senior club career:
2009 Blacktown City (Australia)
2009 – 2013 Central Coast Mariners (Australia)
2013 – present: Club Brugge (Belgium)
Matthew Spiranovic
Squad Number: 6
Position: Defender
Born: 27-Jun-88, Geelong
Height/Weight: 193cm/88kg
Australian national team: 18 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-17 – 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Peru)
U-20 – 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
U-23 – 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)
Junior clubs: North Geelong, Keilor Park, Melbourne Knights
Senior club career:
2004 North Geelong (Australia)
2004 – 2005 Vic Institute of Sport (Australia)
2005 Melbourne Victory (Australia)
2006 Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2006 – 2010 Nurnberg (Germany)
2010 – 2012 Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
2012 – 2013 Al Arabi (Qatar)
2013 – present Western Sydney Wanderers (Australia)
Adam Taggart
Squad Number: 9
Born: 2-Jun-93, Perth
Position: Forward
Height/Weight: 183cm/69kg
Australian national team: 5 appearances (3 goals)
Other Australian representative honours:
U-20 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Turkey)
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers,
2016 Olympic Games campaign
Junior club: ECU Joondalup (Perth)
Senior club career:
2008 ECU Joondalup (Australia)
2009 – 2010 Perth Glory (Australia)
2010 – 2011 Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2010 – 2012 Perth Glory (Australia)
2012 – present: Newcastle Jets (Australia)
James Troisi
Squad Number: 14
Position: Forward
Born: 3-Jul-88, Adelaide
Height/Weight: 180cm/81kg
Australian national team: 11 appearances (1 goal)
Other Australian representative honours:
U-23 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)
Junior clubs: Birkalla, Adelaide City
Senior club career:
2006 – 2009 Newcastle United (England)
2008 – 2009 Genclerbirligi (Turkey)
2009 – 2012 Kayserispor (Turkey)
2012 – 2013 Atalanta (Italy)
2013 – 2014 Melbourne Victory (Australia)
Dario Vidosic
Squad Number: 20
Position: Forward
Born: 8-Apr-87, Osijek, Croatia
Height/Weight: 185cm/75kg
Australian national team: 23 appearances (2 goals)
Other Australian representative honours:
Schoolboy International 2004
U-20 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers
U-23 2008 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers
Junior clubs: Rocklea, Rochedale, Queensland Lions
Senior club career:
2004 Queensland Lions (Australia)
2005 Pine Rivers (Australia)
2006 Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2006 – 2007 Brisbane Roar (Australia)
2007 2011 Nurnberg Germany 2008/09 Nurnberg Germany
2009 – 10 MSV Duisberg (loan) (Germany)
2010 – 11 Arminia Bielefeld (loan) (Germany)
2011 – 2013 Adelaide United (Australia)
2013 – presentSion (Switzerland)
Alex Wilkinson
Squad Number: 22
Position: Defender
Born: 13-Aug-84, Sydney
Height/Weight: 187cm/85kg
Australian national team: 3 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-17 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Trinidad & Tobago)
U-20 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup (UAE)
Junior clubs: North Ryde, Gladesville-Hornsby (Sydney)
Senior club career:
1990 – 2004: Northern Spirit (Australia)
2004 – 2005 Manly United (Australia)
2005 – 2012 Central Coast Mariners (Australia)
2011 Jiangsu Shuntian (loan) (China)
2012 – present: Jeonbuk Motors South (Korea)
Bailey Wright
Squad: Number: 8
Position: Defender
Born: 28-Jul-92, Melbourne
Height/Weight: 185cm/74kg
Australian senior national team: 0 appearances
Other Australian representative honours:
U-17 2009 U-17 World Cup campaign
Junior club: Langwarrin (Melbourne)
Senior club career:
2005 Mornington (Australia)
2006 Dandenong (Australia)
2007- 2008 Victorian Institute of Sport (Australia)
2010 – present: Preston North End (England)
