Marquee player (A-League Men)

As of 31 May 2024

Notes

• Table indicates when players signed a marquee contract with their current club, not necessarily their first year in the A-League Men or with the club.

As of 3 October 2021

Notes

• The below list indicates players who have had their contract assigned as a marquee contract during their time in the A-League Men. Players may have not always have had a marquee contract, or have later had their contract negotiated below a marquee contract. Their listed "Years as marquee" indicates what seasons they were active as a marquee for that club only. Players in bold are currently signed to a marquee contract by their club.

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Paul Agostino	Australia	2007–09	[3][4][5]
Marcelo Carrusca	Argentina	2014–17	[6][7]
Baba Diawara	Senegal	2018–19	[8][9]
Eugene Galekovic	Australia	2014–17	[6][10]
Qu Shengqing	China	2005–07	[11][12]
Sergio van Dijk	Indonesia	2010–12	[13]
Dario Vidosic	Australia	2011–13	[14][15]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Éric Bauthéac	France	2018–19	[16][17]
Thomas Broich	Germany	2012–17	[18][19]
Brett Holman	Australia	2017–18	[20][21]
Massimo Maccarone	Italy	2017–18	[22][23]
Matt McKay	Australia	2013–17	[24][25]
Craig Moore	Australia	2007–09	[26][27]
Tommy Oar	Australia	2017	[28][29]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Daniel De Silva	Australia	2017–21	[30][31][32][33]
Luis García	Spain	2016	[34][35]
Ross McCormack	Scotland	2018–19	[36][37]
Tony Vidmar	Australia	2006–08	[38]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Jason Culina	Australia	2009–11	[39][40]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Mark Milligan	Australia	2020–21	[41][42]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Marcin Budziński	Poland	2017–18	[43][44]
Tim Cahill	Australia	2016–17	[45][46]
Nicolás Colazo	Argentina	2016–17	[47][48]
Ritchie De Laet	Belgium	2018–19	[49][50]
Orlando Engelaar	Netherlands	2013–14	[51][52]
Fred	Brazil	2011–13	[53][54]
Bruno Fornaroli	Uruguay	2016–19	[55][56]
Joshua Kennedy	Australia	2015	[57][58]
Robert Koren	Slovenia	2014–16	[59][60]
Jamie Maclaren	Australia	2019–24	[61][62]
Aaron Mooy	Australia	2015–16	[63][64]
Gerald Sibon	Netherlands	2010–11	[65][66]
Josip Skoko	Australia	2010–11	[67][68]
David Williams	Australia	2013–14	[69][70]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Besart Berisha	Kosovo	2014–18	[71][72]
Oliver Bozanic	Australia	2015–17	[73][74]
Pablo Contreras	Chile	2013–14	[75][76]
Marcos Flores	Argentina	2012–13	[77][78]
Keisuke Honda	Japan	2018–19	[79][80][81]
Chris Ikonomidis	Australia	2021–24	[82][83]
Harry Kewell	Australia	2011–12	[84][85]
Robbie Kruse	Australia	2019–21	[86][82]
Mark Milligan	Australia	2014–15 2017–18	[87][88] [89][90]
Nani	Portugal	2022–23	[91][92]
Ricardinho	Brazil	2010–11	[93][94][95][96]
Marco Rojas	New Zealand	2021–22	[82][97]
Archie Thompson	Australia	2005–14	[98][99]
Ola Toivonen	Sweden	2019–20	[100][101]
James Troisi	Australia	2018–19	[102][103]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Scot Gemmill	Scotland	2006–07	[104][105]
Li Yan	China	2006–07	[106]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Michael Bridges	England	2010–11	[107][108]
Emile Heskey	England	2012–14	[109][110]
Mário Jardel	Brazil	2007–08	[111][112]
Paul Okon	Australia	2006–07	[113][114]
Ronald Vargas	Venezuela	2017–19	[115][116]
Fabio Vignaroli	Italy	2009–10	[117][118]
Ned Zelic	Australia	2005–06	[119][113]
Edmundo Zura	Ecuador	2008	[120][121]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Robbie Fowler	England	2009–10	[122][123]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Diego Castro	Spain	2015–21	[124][125]
Brian Deane	England	2005	[126]
Bruno Fornaroli	Australia	2019–22	[127][128][129]
Robbie Fowler	England	2010–11	[130][131]
William Gallas	France	2013–14	[132][133]
Stan Lazaridis	Australia	2006–08	[134][135][136]
Nebojša Marinković	Serbia	2014–15	[137][138]
Shane Smeltz	New Zealand	2011–14	[139][140][141]
Mile Sterjovski	Australia	2009–12	[142][143]
Daniel Sturridge	England	2021–22	[144][145]
Michael Thwaite	Australia	2014–16	[137][138][146]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
John Aloisi	Australia	2008–10	[147][148]
Bobô	Brazil	2016–18	[149][150]
Alex Brosque	Australia	2014–16	[151][152][153]
Nick Carle	Australia	2010–12	[154][155]
Siem de Jong	Netherlands	2018–19	[156][157]
Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	2012–14	[158][159]
Brett Emerton	Australia	2011–14	[160][161]
Filip Hološko	Slovakia	2015–17	[162][163]
Marc Janko	Austria	2014–15	[164][165]
Juninho	Brazil	2007–08	[166]
Adam Le Fondre	England	2019–20	[167][168][169]
Miloš Ninković	Serbia	2017–19	[170][171]
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	2005–06	[172][173]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Kosta Barbarouses	New Zealand	2016–17	[174][175]
Ahmad Elrich	Australia	2007–08	[176][177]
Guilherme Finkler	Brazil	2016–17	[178][179]
Tomer Hemed	Israel	2020–21	[180][181]
Gary Hooper	England	2019–20	[182][183]
Jade North	Australia	2010–11	[184][185]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Álvaro Cejudo	Spain	2017–18	[186][187]
Nicolás Martínez	Argentina	2016–17	[188][189]
Alexander Meier	Germany	2019–20	[190][191]
Shinji Ono	Japan	2012–14	[192][193]
Federico Piovaccari	Italy	2015–16	[194][195]
Oriol Riera	Spain	2017–19	[196][197]
Matthew Spiranovic	Australia	2014–15	[198][199]
Dario Vidosic	Australia	2015–16	[200][201]

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Alessandro Diamanti	Italy	2019–23	[202][203]
Panagiotis Kone	Greece	2019–20	[204][205]

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