List of Central Coast Mariners FC players

Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The club was formed in November 2004,[1] and the team played their first competitive match in May 2005, when they entered the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.[2] The Mariners play their home matches at Central Coast Stadium.[1] 181 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club; those players are listed here. Players are listed in order of their first appearance for the Mariners, and alphabetical order by surname for players who debuted simultaneously.

A man wearing a white shirt and navy shorts in the act of kicking a football with his right foot.
Alex Wilkinson was club captain from 2007 to 2012.

The Mariners' record appearance-maker is John Hutchinson, who made 271 appearances over a 10-year playing career, ahead of Matt Simon. Hutchinson also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 232 games. Simon is the club's top goalscorer with 66 goals in his eleven seasons with the club, twenty-three more than next-highest scorer Adam Kwasnik. Fifteen players have made 100 appearances or more, including six members of the 2013 A-League Grand Final winning team and three members of the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final winning team. Danny Vukovic is the only goalkeeper to have made over 100 appearances for the side. Eight players have held the position of club captain, Alex Wilkinson for the longest period (five years).

Key

General

Table headers

  • Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  • Club career – The year of the player's first appearance for Central Coast Mariners to the year of his last appearance.
  • Starts – The number of games started.
  • Subs – The number of games played as a substitute.
  • Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
  • Goals – The number of goals scored.
Positions key
GKGoalkeeper
DFDefender
MFMidfielder
FWForward
UUtility player

Players

John Hutchinson made more than 250 appearances for Central Coast Mariners.
Danny Vukovic is the Mariners' most-capped goalkeeper.
Matt Simon is the Mariners' all-time top goalscorer.
Table of players, including nationalities, positions and appearance details
PlayerNationalityPositionClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoalsRef
Michael Beauchamp  AustraliaDF2005–2006291300[3]
Damien Brown  AustraliaMF2005–2007517583[4]
Andrew Clark  AustraliaDF2005–201079241030[5]
John Crawley  AustraliaGK2005130130[6]
André Gumprecht  GermanyMF2005–20096620865[7]
Nik Mrdja  AustraliaFW2005–201034336720[8]
Wayne O'Sullivan  IrelandMF2005–2007434471[9]
Stewart Petrie  ScotlandU2005–20075035314[10]
Tom Pondeljak  AustraliaMF2005–20085115669[11]
Noel Spencer  AustraliaMF2005–2007523557[12]
Alex Wilkinson  AustraliaDF2005–201220602063[13]
John Hutchinson  MaltaMF2005–20152323927118[14]
Dean Heffernan  AustraliaDF2005–20107768310[15]
Matthew Osman  AustraliaMF2005–20096118794[16]
Paul O'Grady  AustraliaDF2005–20092517423[17]
Adam Kwasnik  AustraliaFW2005–2008
2009–2013
966215843[18]
Russell Woodruffe  AustraliaFW20050660[19]
Leo Carle  AustraliaMF20050880[20]
Danny Vukovic  AustraliaGK2005–2010
2022–
18411850[21]
Ian Ferguson  ScotlandMF20050330[22]
Jamie McMaster  AustraliaMF2006–20071911301[23][24]
Nigel Boogaard  AustraliaDF2006–2010633663[25]
Brad Porter  AustraliaMF2006–20126624901[26]
Vuko Tomasevic  AustraliaDF2006–2007143170[27]
James Holland  AustraliaMF20060330[28]
Oliver Bozanic  AustraliaMF2006
2010–2013
2020–2022
1151412911[29]
Matthew Trott  AustraliaGK2006–20077290[30]
Tony Vidmar  AustraliaDF2006–2008344380[31]
Matt Simon  AustraliaFW2006–2012
2013–2015
2018–2021
1766223866[32]
Mile Jedinak  AustraliaMF2006–2008501518[33]
Damian Mori  AustraliaFW2006
2007
110116[34]
Sasho Petrovski  AustraliaFW2007–20094475116[35]
Greg Owens  AustraliaMF2007–2009116172[36]
Ian McAndrew  AustraliaMF20070110[37]
John Aloisi  AustraliaFW2007–2008150157[38]
Alvin Ceccoli  AustraliaDF20086060[39]
Adrian Caceres  AustraliaU2008–2009236293[40][41]
Dylan Macallister  AustraliaFW2008–20102419436[42]
David D'Apuzzo  AustraliaU2008–200948120[43]
Pedj Bojić  AustraliaDF2008–201313731408[44]
Mark Bosnich  AustraliaGK20085160[45]
Ahmad Elrich  AustraliaMF2008–2009912212[46]
Brady Smith  AustraliaFW2008–20101230[47]
Andrew Redmayne  AustraliaGK2008–20092130[48]
Chris Tadrosse  AustraliaU20081010[49]
Matthew Lewis  AustraliaMF2009–2011411151[50]
Shane Huke  AustraliaDF2009–20107180[51][52]
Nick Rizzo  AustraliaMF20090110[53]
Chris Doig  ScotlandDF2009–20111610260[54][55]
Michael McGlinchey  New ZealandMF2009–2013
2018–2020
1432016315[56]
Nicky Travis  EnglandMF2009–2010146203[57]
Matt Crowell  WalesMF2009–201094130[58]
Panny Nikas  AustraliaMF2009–20101230[59]
Mitchell Mallia  AustraliaFW20100110[60]
Bernie Ibini-Isei  AustraliaFW2010–2013
2014
55419621[61]
Nick Fitzgerald  AustraliaU2010
2013–2015
6619859[62]
Daniel McBreen  AustraliaFW2010–2014802510530[63]
Jess Vanstrattan  AustraliaGK20103030[64]
Patrick Zwaanswijk  NetherlandsDF2010–20139729913[65]
Rostyn Griffiths  AustraliaMF2010–2012444484[66]
Josh Rose  AustraliaDF2010–2016
2017–2018
202320510[67]
Mathew Ryan  AustraliaGK2010–2013940940[68]
Patricio Pérez  ArgentinaMF2010–2011153186[69]
Mustafa Amini  AustraliaU2010–20122520454[70]
Trent Sainsbury  AustraliaDF2010–2014609692[71]
Michael Baird  AustraliaU20112460[72]
Mitchell Duke  AustraliaFW2011–201545388315[73]
Adriano Pellegrino  AustraliaMF2011–2013107170[74]
Troy Hearfield  AustraliaU2011–2012530352[75]
Justin Pasfield  AustraliaGK2011–2013140140[76]
Tom Rogic  AustraliaU2012253285[77]
Sam Gallagher  AustraliaDF20121230[78]
John Sutton  EnglandFW2012100101[79]
Trent McClenahan  AustraliaU20121230[80]
Mile Sterjovski  AustraliaU2012–20144117586[81]
Nick Montgomery  ScotlandMF2012–201712581333[82]
Zac Anderson  AustraliaDF2012–20157112831[83]
Hayden Morton  AustraliaDF2012–20157180[84]
Brent Griffiths  AustraliaMF2012–201489170[85]
Anthony Cáceres  AustraliaMF2013–20156112733[86]
Brad McDonald  Papua New GuineaDF2013
2016
19100[87]
Marcos Flores  ArgentinaU2013111123[88]
Storm Roux  New ZealandDF2013–2018
2021–
165291945[89]
Marcel Seip  NetherlandsDF2013–2014133161[90]
Liam Reddy  AustraliaGK2013–2015630630[91]
Eddy Bosnar  AustraliaDF2014–2015352374[92]
Isaka Cernak  AustraliaMF2014–20151710272[93]
Kim Seung-yong  South KoreaMF2014155203[94]
Matt Sim  AustraliaU2014–20151618347[95]
Tom Slater  AustraliaFW20140220[96]
Glen Trifiro  AustraliaMF2014–20151322355[97]
Malick Mané  SenegalU20144260[98]
Josh Bingham  AustraliaU2014–20181135464[99]
Michael Neill  AustraliaDF2014–20173415491[100]
Richárd Vernes HungaryMF2014–201573101[101]
Anthony Kalik  AustraliaMF2014–2015311140[102]
Jacob Poscoliero  AustraliaU2014–2017
2018
491500[103]
Matthew Nash  AustraliaGK2014–20152020[104]
Travis Major  AustraliaFW201519101[105][106]
Liam Rose  AustraliaMF2015–20184825730[107]
Fábio Ferreira  PortugalMF2015–20175265815[108]
Harry Ascroft  AustraliaDF2015–2017326385[109]
Paul Izzo  AustraliaGK2015–2017430430[110]
Jake McGing  AustraliaDF2015–2019788864[111]
Roy O'Donovan  IrelandFW2015–20174704719[112]
Mitch Austin  AustraliaMF2015–2016222245[113]
Daniel Heffernan  EnglandFW2015–20162570[114]
Jake Adelson  AustraliaU20151120[115]
Tomislav Uskok  AustraliaDF20154260[116]
Tom Heward-Belle  AustraliaGK2015–20162130[117]
Francesco Stella  AustraliaMF20163580[118]
Alastair Bray  AustraliaGK20161010[119]
Trent Buhagiar  AustraliaFW2016–20181735524[120]
Matthew Fletcher  AustraliaFW20162570[121]
Luis García  SpainMF201673102[122]
Adam Berry  AustraliaMF2016–20181412261[123]
Ivan Necevski  AustraliaGK2016–20177180[124]
Blake Powell  AustraliaFW2016–20182512376[125]
Connor Pain  AustraliaFW2016–20196797610[126]
Mickaël Tavares  SenegalMF20167290[127]
Kwabena Appiah  AustraliaU2016–20182118394[128]
Jacques Faty  SenegalMF20167180[129]
Ryan Peterson  AustraliaMF20160110[130]
Scott Galloway  AustraliaDF2016–2017231242[131]
Adam Pearce  AustraliaGK2017–201991100[132]
Lachlan Wales  AustraliaMF2017–201874110[133]
Alan Baró  SpainDF2017–2018250251[134]
Antony Golec  AustraliaDF2017–2018320320[135]
Tom Hiariej  NetherlandsMF2017–2019345390[136]
Andrew Hoole  AustraliaU2017–2019407478[137]
Daniel De Silva  AustraliaMF2017–2021644688[138]
Asdrúbal  SpainFW2017–2018101112[139]
Wout Brama  NetherlandsMF2017–2018211222[140]
Tom Glover  AustraliaGK20174040[141]
Ben Kennedy  AustraliaGK2017–2019450450[142]
Kye Rowles  AustraliaDF2017–202210931122[143]
Jordan Murray  AustraliaFW2018–20202817457[144]
Peter Skapetis  AustraliaFW20182351[145]
Jordan Smylie  AustraliaFW2018–2021013131[146]
Peter Kekeris  AustraliaMF2018–20190770[147]
Josh Nisbet  AustraliaMF2018–118191376[148]
Kalifa Cissé  MaliDF2018–20199090[149]
Jack Clisby  AustraliaDF2018–2021715765[150]
Alec Vinci  AustraliaDF20180110[151]
Charles M'Mombwa  TanzaniaMF2018–20190220[152]
Ross McCormack  ScotlandFW20185051[153]
Tommy Oar  AustraliaMF2018–2020287350[154]
Jacob Melling  AustraliaMF2018–20202810380[155]
Aiden O'Neill  AustraliaMF2018–2019221234[156]
Matt Millar  AustraliaU2018–2019222241[157]
Mario Shabow  AustraliaMF2018–201938111[158]
Josh Macdonald  AustraliaFW20180220[159]
Jonathan Aspropotamitis  AustraliaDF2019130130[160]
Jem Karacan  TurkeyMF201991101[161]
Sam Graham  EnglandDF20198080[162]
Stephen Mallon  IrelandMF20196281[163]
Lewis Miller  AustraliaDF2019–20223821591[164]
Dylan Ruiz-Diaz  AustraliaFW2019–20201782[165]
Giancarlo Gallifuoco  AustraliaU2019–2020101111[166]
Ziggy Gordon  ScotlandDF2019–2020300300[167]
Samuel Silvera  AustraliaFW2019–2020
2022–2023
2816446[168]
Ruon Tongyik  AustraliaDF2019–2022375421[169]
Mark Moric  AustraliaMF20190110[170]
Mark Birighitti  AustraliaGK2019–2022870870[171]
Milan Đurić  SerbiaMF2019–2020215265[172]
Dylan Fox  AustraliaDF2019–2020131141[173]
Kim Eun-sun  South KoreaMF2019–2020174210[174]
Gianni Stensness  New ZealandMF2019–2021482501[175]
Abraham Majok  South SudanFW2019–20200441[176]
Jair  BrazilFW2019–202078151[177]
Chris Harold  AustraliaFW20206172[178]
Alou Kuol  AustraliaMF2020–2021
2023–
26356114[179]
Louis Khoury  AustraliaMF20200110[180]
Jaden Casella  AustraliaMF2020–2021416201[181]
Stefan Nigro  AustraliaU2020–2021261270[182]
Daniel Bouman  AustraliaMF20211412260[183]
Max Balard  AustraliaDF2021–7615913[184]
Marco Ureña  Costa RicaFW2021–20224395213[185]
Daniel Hall  FijiU2021–6815834[186]
Michał Janota  PolandMF2021511160[187]
Stefan Janković  SerbiaMF20210110[188]
Matt Hatch  AustraliaFW2021–2022320236[189]
Jing Reec  AustraliaMF2021
2023–
1020304[190]
Jacob Farrell  AustraliaDF2021–7411856[191]
Béni Nkololo  FranceFW2021–20234775417[192]
Moresche  BrazilFW2021–20231423376[193]
Damian Tsekenis  AustraliaFW20212460[194]
Cy Goddard  JapanMF2021–20221313261[195]
Harrison Steele  AustraliaMF2021–2644702[196]
Yaren Sözer  AustraliaGK2021–20222130[197]
Harry McCarthy  AustraliaMF20212461[198]
Lawrence Caruso  AustraliaGK20210110[199]
Nicolai Müller  GermanyMF2021–2022910192[200]
Manyluak Aguek  AustraliaMF20210110[201]
Garang Kuol  AustraliaMF2021–2022418227[202]
Noah Smith  AustraliaDF2021–2022
2023–
87152[203]
Cameron Windust  AustraliaDF2022–202358130[204]
James Bayliss  AustraliaMF2022–2023112130[205]
Jason Cummings  AustraliaFW2022–20234825030[206]
Dor Jok  AustraliaFW20220660[207]
Thomas Aquilina  AustraliaDF202285130[208]
Michael Ruhs  AustraliaFW2022412163[209]
Nectarios Triantis  AustraliaDF2022–2023224260[210]
Paul Ayongo  GhanaFW202273101[211]
Brad Tapp  AustraliaMF2022–128200[212]
Maksim Kasalovic  AustraliaMF20220110[213]
Brian Kaltak  VanuatuDF2022–572593[214]
Kelechi John  NigeriaDF20222130[215]
Marco Túlio  BrazilMF2022–20244434724[216]
Sasha Kuzevski  AustraliaMF2022–0880[217]
Christian Theoharous  AustraliaMF2023–1534495[218]
James McGarry  New ZealandDF2023140143[219]
Olayinka Sunmola  AustraliaFW2023–0110[220]
Nicholas Duarte  AustraliaFW2023–0330[221]
Zac Zoricich  New ZealandDF20230110[222]
Dylan Wenzel-Halls  AustraliaFW2023–39123[223]
Miguel Di Pizio  AustraliaMF2023–916252[224]
Mikael Doka  BrazilMF2023–2213355[225]
Nathan Paull  AustraliaDF2023–127190[226]
Jack Warshawsky  AustraliaGK2023–1120[227]
Aydan Hammond  AustraliaFW20230110[228]
Ángel Torres  ColombiaMF2023–3113215[229]
William Wilson  AustraliaMF2023–87151[230]
Ronald Barcellos  BrazilFW2024–39123[231]
Bailey Brandtman  AustraliaFW2024–1670[232]
Ryan Edmondson  EnglandFW2024–86144[233]

Club captains

Since 2005, eight players have held the position of club captain of the Central Coast Mariners. The first club captain was Noel Spencer, who was captain from 2005 to 2007.[234] The longest-serving captain is Alex Wilkinson, who was captain from 2007 to 2012 after taking over from Spencer.[235] Danny Vukovic is the current captain of the club after Oliver Bozanic left the club in 2022.

Table of club captains, including nationalities, positions, dates and notes
PlayerNationalityPositionDatesNotesRef
Noel Spencer  AustraliaMF2005–2007[234]
Alex Wilkinson  AustraliaDF2007–2012Longest-serving captain in Mariners' history[235]
John Hutchinson  MaltaMF2012–2015[236]
Nick Montgomery  ScotlandMF2015–2017[237][238]
Alan Baró  SpainDF2017–2018
Matt Simon  AustraliaFW2018–2020
Oliver Bozanic  AustraliaMF2020–2022
Danny Vukovic  AustraliaGK2022–

See also

References

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