List of Melbourne City FC players

Melbourne City Football Club, an association football club based in Cranbourne East, Melbourne, was founded in 2009 as Melbourne Heart. They became the second Victorian member admitted into the A-League Men in 2010 after their local rivals Melbourne Victory.

For the current Melbourne City first-team squad, see Melbourne City FC § First-team squad.

Bruno Fornaroli was Melbourne City's record goalscorer until it was overtaken by Jamie Maclaren in May 2021.

Scott Jamieson holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Melbourne City. Between 2017 and 2021 the Australian defender played 161 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record is held by Jamie Maclaren, who has scored 105 goals in all competitions between 2019 and the present day. He surpassed the previous record of 57 goals, held by Bruno Fornaroli in 2021.[1]

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 the match played on 25 October 2023. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key
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 Men, Australia Cup and AFC Champions League.

Players
David Williams has the second most appearances for Melbourne City playing 103 times.[2]
Patrick Kisnorbo made 81 appearances for Melbourne City and managed the club from 2020 to 2022.[3]
Spanish international forward David Villa made four appearances for the club in 2014.[4]
List of Melbourne City FC players
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Michael Beauchamp  Australia DF2010–2011194230
Eli Babalj  Australia FW2010–201324204412
Aziz Behich  Australia DF2010–2014
2023–		906963
Clint Bolton  Australia GK2010–2013700700
Simon Colosimo  Australia DF2010–2013567631
Brendan Hamill  Australia DF2010–20122312351
Dean Heffernan  Australia DF2010–201194130
Nick Kalmar  Australia MF2010–20143535707
Michael Marrone  Australia DF2010–2013700700
Gerald Sibon  Australia FW2010–2011243277
Josip Skoko  Australia MF2010–2011212220
Alex Terra  Brazil FW2010–20122518437
Matt Thompson  Australia DF2010–2013811827
Rutger Worm  Netherlands FW2010–20123610462
Wayne Srhoj  Australia MF2010–2012421430
Jason Hoffman  Australia MF2010–20155130813
Kliment Taseski  Australia MF2010–20120440
John Aloisi  Australia FW2010–2011173208
Kamal Ibrahim  Australia FW2010–20121230
Adrian Zahra  Australia MF2010–2012172192
Kristian Sarkies  Australia MF2010–201274112
Mate Dugandzic  Australia FW2011–20126797613
Fred  Brazil MF2011–2013335383
Jonathan Germano  Argentina MF2011–2015498577
Curtis Good  Australia DF2011–2012
2018–		147101578
Maycon  Brazil FW2011–201258131
Nikola Roganovic  Australia GK2011–20122020
David Williams  Australia FW2011–2016663710321
Adrian Madaschi  Australia DF2011–20128190
Craig Goodwin  Australia DF20123140
Paul Reid  Australia MF20122240
Richard Garcia  Australia FW2012–2013240246
Patrick Gerhardt  Liberia DF2012–2014346401
Dylan Macallister  Australia FW2012–2014516211
Josip Tadic  Croatia FW2012–2013193226
David Vrankovic  Australia DF2012–201495140
Ben Garuccio  Australia DF2012–2014
2020–2021		4226681
Sam Mitchinson  Australia MF2012–20148190
Jeremy Walker  Australia MF2012–2014160160
Golgol Mebrahtu  Australia FW2012–20141016264
Steven Gray  Ireland DF20121010
Ersin Kaya  Australia DF20120110
Andrew Redmayne  Australia GK2012–2015481490
Stefan Mauk  Australia MF2013–2016
2017–2018		39256410
Vince Grella  Australia MF20130110
Jamie Coyne  Australia MF2013–20147070
Marcel Meeuwis  Netherlands MF20133360
Harry Kewell  Australia FW2013–2014115162
Patrick Kisnorbo  Australia DF2013–2016792815
Massimo Murdocca  Australia MF2013–20153411450
Iain Ramsay  Philippines MF2013–20153215473
Rob Wielaert  Netherlands DF2013–2015380381
Andrea Migliorini  Italy MF2013–20147183
Michael Mifsud  Malta FW2013–2014122141
Paulo Retre  Australia MF2013–20173327601
Orlando Engelaar  Netherlands MF2013–2014111125
Ross Archibald  Australia DF2014–20153140
Tando Velaphi  Australia GK2013–2016260260
James Brown  Australia MF2014–2016512171
Damien Duff  Ireland FW2014–2015151161
Aaron Mooy  Australia MF2014–20165715824
Marc Marino  Australia FW2014–20160992
Erik Paartalu  Australia MF2014–2016430437
David Villa  Spain FW20143142
Jacob Melling  Australia MF2014–20162710371
Liam Miller  Ireland MF20142020
Connor Chapman  Australia DF2014–2016384421
Robert Koren  Slovenia MF2014–2016235284
Jack Clisby  Australia DF2015–2016279360
Safuwan Baharudin  Singapore DF20156062
Joshua Kennedy  Australia FW2015111122
Kew Jaliens  Netherlands FW2015111122
Harry Novillo  Martinique FW2015–20163033313
Nick Symeoy  Australia DF20150220
Wade Dekker  Australia FW2015–20165492
Ali Eyigun  Australia FW2015–20161120
Philip Petreski  Macedonia MF20150110
Stefan Zinni  Australia FW2015–20163470
Michael Zullo  Australia DF2015–2016134170
Bruno Fornaroli  Uruguay FW2015–20198128357
Hernan Espindola  Australia FW2015–20162350
Jason Trifiro  Australia MF2015–20161780
Steve Kuzmanovski  Australia FW2015–20174480
Thomas Sørensen  Denmark GK2015–2017392410
Matthew Millar  Australia DF2015–20163251
Corey Gameiro  Australia FW2015–20162351
Aaron Hughes  Northern Ireland DF2015–20162351
Ivan Franjic  Australia DF2015–2017383411
Anthony Caceres  Australia MF2015–2017
2018		2920494
Nick Fitzgerald  Australia FW2016–201841307110
Osama Malik  Australia DF2016–2019587650
Alex Wilkinson  Australia DF2016100100
Dean Bouzanis  Australia GK2016–2020642660
Daniel Arzani  Australia MF2016–20181611272
Fernando Brandán  Argentina MF2016–2017168245
Luke Brattan  Australia MF2016–2019828907
Bruce Kamau  Australia FW2016–20183612384
Manny Muscat  Malta DF2016–20183112431
Tim Cahill  Australia FW2016–201722113313
Bradley Clarke  Australia DF20160110
Neil Kilkenny  Australia MF2016–2018323352
Josh Rose  Australia DF2016–2017260260
Nicolás Colazo  Argentina FW2016–2017195244
Michael Jakobsen  Denmark DF2016–2018490493
Christian Cavallo  Australia DF20160110
Ruon Tongyik  Australia DF2016–2017143170
Denis Genreau  Australia MF2016–202068141
Braedyn Crowley  Australia FW2016–20180550
Dylan Pierias  Australia DF2017–20191230
Nathaniel Atkinson  Australia DF2017–2020
2020–2021		5822804
Scott Jamieson  Australia DF2017–2023141201613
Bart Schenkeveld  Australia DF2017–2019570571
Eugene Galekovic  Australia GK2017–2019390390
Iacopo La Rocca  Italy DF2017–2019192210
Marcin Budzinski  Poland MF2017–201889175
Ross McCormack  Scotland FW2017–20181431714
Harrison Delbridge  Australia DF2017–20205711681
Dario Vidošić  Australia MF2017–2019266348
Connor Metcalfe  Australia DF2017–202266188411
Oliver Bozanic  Australia MF20189090
Rostyn Griffiths  Australia MF2018–20227420944
Anthony Lesiotis  Australia MF2018–2019
2021–2022		1670
Riley McGree  Australia MF2018–2019219308
Michael O'Halloran  Scotland FW2018–20190330
Lachlan Wales  Australia FW2018–20203425593
Ritchie De Laet  Belgium DF2018–2019251267
Kearyn Baccus  Australia MF2018–2019261270
Florin Berenguer  France MF2018–202393221159
Ramy Najjarine  Australia MF2018–2020421251
Moudi Najjar  Australia FW2019–20202681
Shayon Harrison  England FW2019110114
Jamie Maclaren  Australia FW2019–1313134105
Idrus Abdulahi  Australia MF2019–0220
James Delianov  Australia GK20191010
Joshua Brillante  Australia MF2019–2020321331
Javier Cabrera  Uruguay FW2019–202094132
Scott Galloway  Australia DF2019–5339927
Adrián Luna  Uruguay MF2019–20214014548
Craig Noone  England FW2019–20215325515
Richard Windbichler  Austria DF2019–202073100
Stefan Colakovski  North Macedonia MF2019–20221143544
Tom Glover  Australia GK2019–202310901090
Markel Susaeta  Spain FW202091102
Jack Hendry  Scotland DF20202020
Raphael Borges Rodrigues  Australia FW2020–2023611172
Andrew Nabbout  Australia FW2020–64178112
Aiden O'Neill  Australia MF2020–2023613644
Naoki Tsubaki  Japan MF2020–202187151
Taras Gomulka  Australia MF2020–20232221430
Kerrin Stokes  Australia DF2021–202292110
Alec Mills  Australia DF20210330
Marco Tilio  Australia FW2021–202358288620
Nuno Reis  Portugal DF2021–6316790
Daniel Georgievski  North Macedonia DF20211230
Matt Sutton  Australia GK2021–20223030
Max Caputo  Australia FW2021–210122
Jordan Bos  Australia DF2021–20234111523
Mathew Leckie  Australia FW2021–4665218
Luke Oresti  Australia MF2021–20221121
Manuel Pucciarelli  Italy MF2021–20222460
Jordon Hall  Australia DF2022–56110
Carl Jenkinson  England DF2022235283
Tsubasa Endoh  Japan MF20223690
Jordi Valadon  Australia MF20220440
Callum Talbot  Australia DF2022–279360
Valon Berisha  Kosovo MF2022–2023261271
Thomas Lam  Finland MF2022–2023252271
Richard van der Venne  Netherlands MF2022–2023176237
Terry Antonis  Australia MF2023–0770
Tolgay Arslan  Germany MF2023–8085
Marin Jakoliš  Croatia FW2023–8080
Alessandro Lopane  Australia MF2023–6062
Steven Ugarkovic  Australia MF2023–8080
Jamie Young  England GK2023–8080
Hamza Sakhi  Morocco MF2023–7070
Zane Schreiber  Australia MF2023–0220
Samuel Souprayen  France DF2023–4370
Medin Memeti  Australia FW2023–0110
Harrison Shillington  Australia DF2023–0110
Harry Politidis  Australia DF2023–0220
Léo Natel  Brazil FW2023–0220

Captains

Seven players have captained Melbourne City since it was founded as Melbourne Heart in 2009, first being Simon Colosimo, who captained the team until the end of their inaugural season in 2011. The club's longest-serving captain is Scott Jamieson, who captained the club for five years between 2018 and 2023.

Dates Captain
2010–11  Simon Colosimo (AUS)
2011–13  Fred (BRA)
2013–14  Harry Kewell (AUS)
2014–16  Patrick Kisnorbo (AUS)
2016–17  Bruno Fornaroli (URU)
2017–18  Michael Jakobsen (DEN)
2018–23  Scott Jamieson (AUS)
2023–  Jamie Maclaren (AUS)
[5]

References

General

  • "Complete Player Listing". aleaguestats.com.
  • "Melbourne City: All Players". Ultimate A-League.

Specific

  1. Trevenen, Brett (13 May 2021). "Match Report: City 4-1 Adelaide". Melbourne City FC. Football Australia.
  2. "Williams to Pursue Overseas Opportunity". Melbourne City FC. 19 January 2016.
  3. "Patrick Kisnorbo appointed head coach of Melbourne City as mentor Erick Mombaerts departs". Melbourne City FC. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. Lynch, Michael (30 November 2014). "Adios David Villa, it's been short but sweet". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  5. "Melbourne City (Honour Roll) :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League.
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