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Melbourne Victory Football Club, an Australian association football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, was founded in 2004. They became the only Victorian team in the inaugural seasons of the A-League, a professional football competition which commenced in 2005. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in one or more such match are listed below.
Leigh Broxham holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Melbourne Victory. From 2005 to date, the Australian defender has played 375 times for the club. As of 2020, fourteen other players have made more than 100 appearances for Melbourne. The club's goalscoring record is held by Archie Thompson, who scored 97 goals in all competitions between 2005 and 2016.
Key
- The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including 18 September 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
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, AFC Champions League, FFA Cup, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
Players
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Player | Nationality | Position | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | Ref |
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Danny Allsopp | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2009 2011–2012 |
131 | 18 | 149 | 50 | [1] |
Mark Byrnes | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2007 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 2 | [2] |
Ricky Diaco | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2006 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 1 | [3] |
Spase Dilevski | ![]() |
U | 2005 2012–2013 |
6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | [4] |
Adrian Leijer | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2007 2009–2015 |
202 | 3 | 205 | 8 | [5] |
Vince Lia | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2007 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0 | [6] |
Steve Pantelidis | ![]() |
U | 2005–2008 | 58 | 13 | 71 | 0 | [7] |
Kristian Sarkies | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2007 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 3 | [8] |
Simon Storey | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2007 | 32 | 6 | 38 | 0 | [9] |
Chris Tadrosse | ![]() |
U | 2005–2006 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | [10] |
Michael Theoklitos | ![]() |
GK | 2005–2009 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 | [11] |
Matthew Spiranovic | ![]() |
DF | 2005 2021- |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [12] |
Leigh Broxham | ![]() |
U | 2005– | 318 | 62 | 380 | 7 | [13] |
Daniel Visevic | ![]() |
MF | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [14] |
Geoffrey Claeys | ![]() |
U | 2005–2006 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | [15] |
Michael Ferrante | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2007 | 24 | 7 | 31 | 1 | [16] |
Eugene Galekovic | ![]() |
GK | 2005–2007 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | [17] |
Richard Kitzbichler | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2006 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 5 | [18] |
Daniel Piorkowski | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2007 | 38 | 2 | 40 | 0 | [19] |
Archie Thompson | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2016 | 226 | 36 | 262 | 97 | [20] |
Carl Recchia | ![]() |
U | 2005–2006 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | [21] |
Kevin Muscat | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2011 | 151 | 0 | 151 | 35 | [22] |
Andrew Vlahos | ![]() |
U | 2005–2006 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 0 | [23] |
Ramazan Tavşancıoğlu | ![]() |
U | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | [24] |
Grant Brebner | ![]() |
MF | 2006–2012 | 109 | 26 | 135 | 6 | [25] |
Adrian Caceres | ![]() |
U | 2006–2008 | 33 | 22 | 55 | 6 | [26] |
Claudinho | ![]() |
MF | 2006 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | [27] |
Fred | ![]() |
MF | 2006–2007 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 4 | [28] |
Rodrigo Vargas | ![]() |
DF | 2006–2012 | 166 | 1 | 167 | 8 | [29] |
Alessandro | ![]() |
U | 2006–2007 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | [30] |
James Robinson | ![]() |
U | 2006–2007 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | [31] |
Antun Kovacic | ![]() |
DF | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | [32] |
Joe Keenan | ![]() |
U | 2007 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 1 | [33] |
Matthew Kemp | ![]() |
U | 2007–2012 | 88 | 8 | 96 | 2 | [34] |
Ljubo Milicevic | ![]() |
U | 2007 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | [35] |
Kaz Patafta | ![]() |
U | 2007–2008 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 1 | [36] |
Carlos Hernández | ![]() |
U | 2007–2012 | 125 | 16 | 141 | 39 | [37] |
Daniel Vasilevski | ![]() |
U | 2007–2008 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 | [38] |
Leandro Love | ![]() |
FW | 2007–2008 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | [39] |
Sebastian Ryall | ![]() |
DF | 2007–2009 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 0 | [40] |
Evan Berger | ![]() |
U | 2007–2011 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 0 | [41] |
Steven Pace | ![]() |
DF | 2007–2008 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | [42] |
Nick Ward | ![]() |
MF | 2007–2010 | 46 | 16 | 62 | 5 | [43] |
Mitchell Langerak | ![]() |
GK | 2008–2010 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 0 | [44] |
Billy Celeski | ![]() |
MF | 2008–2013 | 85 | 16 | 101 | 2 | [45] |
Tom Pondeljak | ![]() |
MF | 2008–2011 | 70 | 20 | 90 | 10 | [46] |
Nathan Elasi | ![]() |
FW | 2008–2010 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | [47] |
Ney Fabiano | ![]() |
FW | 2008–2009 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 7 | [48] |
Michael Thwaite | ![]() |
U | 2008–2009 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | [49] |
José Luis López | ![]() |
MF | 2008–2009 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | [50] |
Glen Moss | ![]() |
GK | 2009–2010 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | [51] |
Surat Sukha | ![]() |
U | 2009–2011 | 39 | 7 | 46 | 0 | [52] |
Matthew Foschini | ![]() |
U | 2009–2013 | 34 | 19 | 53 | 0 | [53] |
Robbie Kruse | ![]() |
U | 2009–2011 2019– |
53 | 7 | 60 | 19 | [54] |
Mate Dugandzic | ![]() |
U | 2009–2011 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 8 | [55] |