List of Adelaide United FC players

Adelaide United Football Club, an association club based in Adelaide, South Australia, was founded in 2003. They became the first southern member admitted into the A-League. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

This article is about Adelaide United players with at least 100 appearances. For Adelaide United players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Adelaide United FC players (25–99 appearances). For Adelaide United players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Adelaide United FC players (1–24 appearances). For the current Adelaide United first-team squad, see Adelaide United § First-team squad.

Travis Dodd is Adelaide United's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

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 23 January 2021. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
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, A-League Finals, National Soccer League, FFA Cup, Pre-Season Challenge Cup, AFC Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup

Players
Isaías has the most appearances for a non-Australian player with 180.
Early player Angelo Costanzo has played 107 times.
Cássio has the highest number of appearances for a Brazilian player with 158, scoring 11 goals.[1]
Eugene Galekovic has the most appearances as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United with 285 games played.[2]
From 2007 to 2013, Fabian Barbiero played 116 times for Adelaide United with 9 goals.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Adelaide United.

List of Adelaide United FC players with 100 or more appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Angelo Costanzo  Australia DF2005–200910251070
Travis Dodd  Australia FW2005–20111661718341
Robert Cornthwaite  Australia DF2005–2011109291388
Lucas Pantelis  Australia MF2005–2011973212915
Bruce Djite  Australia FW2006–2008
2011–2016		1323316544
Cássio  Brazil DF2007–20141451315811
Eugene Galekovic  Australia GK2007–201728502850
Fabian Barbiero  Australia MF2007–201378381169
Michael Marrone  Australia DF2008–2010
2014–		146421884
Osama Malik  Australia DF2008–2009
2011–2016		93171102
Nigel Boogaard  Australia DF2010–201510861144
Cameron Watson  Australia MF2011–201577341111
Marcelo Carrusca  Argentina MF2012–20171111212327
Ryan Kitto  Australia FW2013–2015
2016–		604410410
Jordan Elsey  Australia DF2013–98201185
Isaías Sánchez  Spain MF2013–2019179118010
Sergio Cirio  Spain FW2013–2017110411430
Tarek Elrich  Australia DF2013–201810771143
Nikola Mileusnic  Australia FW2016–792410319

Captains

Eight players have captained Adelaide United since it was founded in 2003, first being Ross Aloisi, who captained the team for Adelaide United's first two seasons. The club's longest-serving captain is Eugene Galekovic, who captained the club for 7 years between 2011 and 2017. The current captain is Stefan Mauk, who took over from Michael Jakobsen in 2020.

Years[3] Captain
2005–07  Ross Aloisi (AUS)
2007–08  Michael Valkanis (AUS)
2008–11  Travis Dodd (AUS)
2011  Jonathan McKain (AUS)
2011–17  Eugene Galekovic (AUS)
2017–19  Isaías (ESP)
2019–20  Michael Jakobsen (DEN)
2020–  Stefan Mauk (AUS)

References

General

  • "Complete Player Listing". aleaguestats.com.
  • "Adelaide United: All Players". Ultimate A-League.

Specific

  1. "Reds release Cassio". Adelaide United. Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2014.
  2. "Galekovic returns home as Goalkeeping Coach". Adelaide United. Football Federation Australia. 16 October 2019.
  3. "Ultimate A-League: Adelaide United". Ultimate A-League.
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