List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

This is a list of football (soccer) players who have played for Central Coast Mariners FC. It includes players that have played at least one match, either as a starting player or a substitute, for the Mariners in the A-League competition and the finals series. The Pre-Season Cup and AFC Champions League competitions are not included.

The A-League is the premier domestic association football competition in Australia. It was founded in 2004, and the Central Coast Mariners were one of the eight inaugural clubs to participate in the new competition.^[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.^[2] Central Coast finished as runner-up in the 2005–06 season, losing in the Grand Final to Sydney FC.^[3]

Central Coast have had sixteen players compete for them who have been capped at international level–thirteen Australians, one Scot, one New Zealander and one Maltese player. This includes the current record-holder for goals for the Australian national team, Damian Mori, who played eight matches for the Mariners in the 2006–07 A-League season and three in the 2007–08 season.^[4]

Contents 1 Records 2 Notable players 2.1 International players 2.2 Other notable players 3 List of players 4 Uncapped players 5 Notes 6 References

Records

As of 4 April 2011 (2011 -04-04)^[update]. Only A-League matches are counted.

Club captain Alex Wilkinson has played the most games for the Mariners in A-League competition, with 145.^[5] Wilkinson played in every competitive match for the Central Coast Mariners during the first two seasons of the A-League competition,^[6] as well as every minute of every A-League game in seasons four, five and six for the club.

Matt Simon and Adam Kwasnik have scored the most goals for Central Coast in the A-League competition, with 29.^[7]

Bernie Ibini-Isei is the youngest ever Mariners player, debuting in 2010 at 17 years and 153 days of age.

Mustafa Amini is the youngest player to score a goal for the Central Coast. This occurred in 2011, when Amini was 17 years and 295 days old. He scored in the Mariners' 3-1 defeat of Gold Coast United.^[8]

The oldest player to score for the Mariners is Stewart Petrie, at 36 years and 271 days old, against Adelaide United in the A-League's second season.^[9]

The oldest player to play for the Central Coast is Ian Ferguson. Ferguson was 38 years and 248 days old when he played against the Melbourne Victory in 2005.^[10]

Notable players

International players

The Mariners have secured the services of a number of internationally-capped players since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included thirteen members of the Australian national team, including seven (Tony Vidmar, Michael Beauchamp, Nik Mrdja, John Aloisi, Mile Jedinak, Dean Heffernan, Matt Simon) who played in the Socceroo team whilst playing for Central Coast.^[11][12] Central Coast have also had one Scottish international, Ian Ferguson make a short-term appearance.^[13]

• Ian Ferguson (2005–06), who played nine international matches for Scotland between 1988 and 1997. This included six FIFA World Cup qualification matches, spanning the 1990, 1994 and 1998 qualifying series.^[14]

• Michael Beauchamp (2005–06), who has played international matches for Australian national team since debuting in 2006.^[15] He was a member of the 23-man Australian squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, however did not make an appearance during the tournament.^[16] Beauchamp signed a one-year loan contract with the Bundesliga club 1. FC Nuremberg at the end of the 2005–06 A-League season.^[17] He went on to represent Australia at the 2010 World Cup.

• Damian Mori (2006–2008), who was capped 45 times for the Australian national team between 1992 and 2002. Mori, a striker, is the all-time top goal scorer for the Australian national team, with 29.^[4] He holds the record for most appearances (430) and most goals (235) in Australian domestic competition, predominantly from the now-defunct National Soccer League.^[18]

• Tony Vidmar (2006–08), who played 75 matches for the Australian national team between 1991 and 2005.^[19] Vidmar, the third most capped Australian ever at international level,^[20] played in four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns; most notably, his converted penalty during the shootout against Uruguay in the qualification match for 2006.^[21]

• Sasho Petrovski (2007–2009), who has made two appearances for Australia.^[22] Debuting in 2001 against Japan, he has scored one goal for the national team.^[22] Petrovski was a member of the Sydney FC team that defeated Central Coast in the inaugural A-League grand final.^[23]

• Tom Pondeljak (2005–08), who has made six appearances for Australia. Pondeljak made four of his appearances during 2002,^[24] the other two in 2009.

• Nik Mrdja (2005–2011), who made his international debut against Argentina when coming on as a late substitute.^[25]

• John Aloisi (2007–08), who made his debut for the Socceroos back in 1997. He has made 54 appearances for the national team. He became an Australian hero by scoring the winning penalty in the 2005 World Cup Qualifier against Uruguay in Sydney.^[26]

• John Hutchinson (2005–present), is a Maltese international that is currently in Malta's starting 11.

• Matt Simon (2006–present) has made 2 appearances for the Socceroos, both as part of qualification for the 2011 Asian Cup.

• Dean Heffernan (2005–2010) played twice for Australia whilst at the Mariners, including scoring a goal in the 2-2 draw with Kuwait.^[27]

• Ahmad Elrich (2008–2010) made 17 international appearances for Australia, scoring 5 goals, prior to joining the club.^[28]

• Michael McGlinchey (2009–present) debuted for New Zealand shortly after joining the Mariners. He went on to play regularly for the All Whites, and was named in the New Zealand squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, however, he did not play a game in the competition, sitting on the bench for New Zealand's 3 draws at the tournament.^[29]

• Mark Bosnich (2008–2009) played several times for the Australian team in the 1990s. His goal from a penalty against the Solomon Islands made him one of the few goalkeepers who have scored international goals- the first for Australia.^[30]

• Mile Jedinak (2006–2009) made his Socceroos debut against Singapore while at the Mariners. Jedinak continued to be a feature of many Socceroos lineups, going on to play at the 2010 World Cup after leaving the Mariners to play in Turkey's Süper Lig.^[31] Jedinak later represented Australia at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, scoring two goals in the tournament's group stage.

• Alvin Ceccoli (2007–2008), who played a 6 game guest stint with the club, also played 6 times for Australia. This included every game of the 1998 Oceania Nations Cup, where Ceccoli scored in the 16-0 win over the Cook Islands.^[32]

Other notable players

• Alex Wilkinson (2005–present)
• Danny Vukovic (2005–2010)
• Noel Spencer (2005–2007)
• Adam Kwasnik (2005–2008, 2009–present)
• André Gumprecht (2005–2009)
• Stewart Petrie (2005–2007)
• Patricio Perez (2010–2011)

List of players

Players are listed by first name. Statistics are for A-League regular season and finals matches only. "Matches for CCM" dates are from the season of first contract for the Mariners to the final year in which the player was contracted and present at the club. As of 8 February 2011 (2011 -02-08)^[update].

Position key

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward

Name	Nationality	Position	Matches for CCM	Appearances	Goals	Assists	Yellow cards	Red cards
Kwasnik, AdamAdam Kwasnik	Australia	FW	2005–2008, 2009–present	116	29	6	14	2
Caceres, AdrianAdrian Caceres	Australia	MF	2008–2010	22	2	2	2	0
Pellegrino, AdrianoAdriano Pellegrino	Australia	MF	2011–present	5	0	0	0	0
Elrich, AhmadAhmad Elrich	Australia	MF	2008–2010	15	1	1	0	0
Wilkinson, AlexAlex Wilkinson	Australia	DF	2005–present	155	2	7	12	0
Ceccoli, AlvinAlvin Ceccoli	Australia	DF	2007–2008	6	0	0	0	0
Gumprecht, AndréAndré Gumprecht	Germany	MF	2005–2009	63	3	8	9	0
Clark, AndrewAndrew Clark	Australia	DF	2005–2010	85	0	3	18	0
Redmayne, AndrewAndrew Redmayne	Australia	GK	2007–2010	3	0	0	0	0
Porter, BradleyBradley Porter	Australia	MF	2005–present	72	0	7	6	1
Ibini-Isei, BernieBernie Ibini-Isei	Australia	FW	2009–present	17	5	2	0	0
Brady SmithBrady Smith	Australia	FW	2009–2011	2	0	1	0	0
Doig, ChrisChris Doig	Scotland	DF	2009–2011	26	0	0	0	0
Tadrosse, ChrisChris Tadrosse	Australia	DF	2008–2009	1	0	0	0	0
Mori, DamianDamian Mori	Australia	FW	2006–2008	11	6	5	2	0
Brown, DamienDamien Brown	Australia	MF	2005–2008	42	1	5	3	0
McBreen, DanielDaniel McBreen	Australia	FW	2010–present	43	6	4	4	1
Vukovic, DannyDanny Vukovic	Australia	GK	2005–2010	104	0	0	4	2
D'Apuzzo, DavidDavid D'Apuzzo	Australia	DF	2008–2010	10	0	0	2	0
Heffernan, DeanDean Heffernan	Australia	DF	2005–2010	65	10	4	19	1
Macallister, DylanDylan Macallister	Australia	FW	2008–2010	36	5	2	4	1
Owens, GregGreg Owens	Australia	MF	2007–2009	16	2	0	2	0
Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	Scotland	MF	2005–2006	3	0	0	0	0
McAndrew, IanIan McAndrew	Australia	MF	2007–2008	1	0	0	0	0
McMaster, JamieJamie McMaster	England	MF	2005–2007	26	1	3	5	0
Vanstrattan, JessJess Vanstrattan	Australia	GK	2010–2011	3	0	0	0	0
Aloisi, JohnJohn Aloisi	Australia	FW	2007–2008	15	7	0	3	0
Crawley, JohnJohn Crawley	Australia	GK	2005–2007	5	0	0	0	0
Hutchinson, JohnJohn Hutchinson	Malta	MF	2005–present	133	16	10	29	0
Rose, JoshuaJoshua Rose	Australia	DF	2010–present	44	3	7	4	0
Pasfield, JustinJustin Pasfield	Australia	GK	2011–present	2	0	0	0	0
Carle, LeoLeo Carle	Australia	MF	2005–2006	7	0	1	0	0
Bosnich, MarkMark Bosnich	Australia	GK	2008–2009	5	0	0	0	0
Crowell, MattMatt Crowell	Wales	MF	2009–2010	13	0	1	2	1
Simon, MattMatt Simon	Australia	FW	2006–present	113	34	17	18	0
Lewis, MatthewMatthew Lewis	Australia	MF	2008–2011	15	1	1	1	0
Osman, MatthewMatthew Osman	Australia	MF	2005–2009	58	3	1	6	0
Ryan, MatthewMatthew Ryan	Australia	GK	2009–present	42	0	0	1	0
Trott, MatthewMatthew Trott	Australia	GK	2005–2008	6	0	0	0	0
Baird, MichaelMichael Baird	Australia	FW	2010–2011	5	0	0	1	0
Beauchamp, MichaelMichael Beauchamp	Australia	DF	2005–2006	22	0	0	3	1
McGlinchey, MichaelMichael McGlinchey	New Zealand	MF	2009–present	68	3	13	6	0
Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak	Australia	MF	2006–2009	45	8	1	12	2
Duke, MitchellMitchell Duke	Australia	FW	2010–present	1	1	0	0	0
Mallia, MitchellMitchell Mallia	Australia	MF	2009–2011	1	0	0	0	0
Amini, MustafaMustafa Amini	Australia	MF	2010–present	33	3	2	3	0
Fitzgerald, NicholasNicholas Fitzgerald	Australia	MF	2009–2011	1	0	0	0	0
Travis, NickyNicky Travis	England	MF	2009–2010	20	3	4	3	0
Boogaard, NigelNigel Boogaard	Australia	DF	2005–2010	55	2	2	10	2
Mrdja, NikNik Mrdja	Australia	MF	2005–2011	48	12	2	1	0
Spencer, NoelNoel Spencer	Australia	MF	2005–2007	41	6	2	5	0
Bozanic, OliverOliver Bozanic	Australia	MF	2010–present	44	2	5	6	0
Nikas, PannyPanny Nikas	Australia	MF	2009–2010	3	0	0	0	0
Perez, PatricioPatricio Perez	Argentina	MF	2010–2011	18	6	5	2	0
Zwaanswijk, PatrickPatrick Zwaanswijk	Netherlands	DF	2010–present	46	7	1	10	0
O'Grady, PaulPaul O'Grady	Australia	DF	2005–2009	34	1	0	8	0
Bojic, PedjPedj Bojic	Australia	DF	2008–present	86	4	10	20	2
Griffiths, RostynRostyn Griffiths	Australia	MF	2010–present	41	4	1	11	0
Woodruffe, RussellRussell Woodruffe	Australia	FW	2005–2006	5	0	0	1	0
Petrie, StewartStewart Petrie	Scotland	FW	2005–2007	41	10	4	3	0
Petrovski, SashoSasho Petrovski	Australia	FW	2007–2009	44	14	5	11	1
Huke, ShaneShane Huke	Australia	MF	2009–2010	3	0	1	1	0
Pondeljak, TomTom Pondeljak	Australia	FW	2005–2008	55	7	11	2	0
Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar	Australia	DF	2006–2008	33	0	0	7	2
Sainsbury, TrentTrent Sainsbury	Australia	DF	2010–present	10	0	2	0	0
Hearfield, TroyTroy Hearfield	Australia	MF	2011–present	13	1	1	0	0
Tomasevic, VukoVuko Tomasevic	Australia	DF	2006–2007	11	0	0	0	0
O'Sullivan, WayneWayne O'Sullivan	Republic of Ireland	MF	2005–2007	37	1	3	2	0

Uncapped players

There are some players who have signed A-League contracts with the Mariners, but never taken the field in an A-League match for the club. These include:

• Marc Warren (2010–2011)
• Wolry Wolfe (2009–2010)
• Matthew Nash (2008–2009)
• Sam Gallagher (2010–present)
• Paul Henderson (2010–2011)
• Jonathan Brown (2009–2010)
• Lachlan Cahill (2009–2010)
• Andrea Merenda (2008–2009)
• Dez Giraldi (2005–2006)

Notes

References

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