List of Brisbane Roar FC players

Brisbane Roar Football Club, an association football club based in Milton, Brisbane, founded in 1957 as Hollandina-Inala. They became the first Queensland member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005 after a break off with other associated club Queensland Lions. The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below.

Henrique is Brisbane Roar's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

Matt McKay holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brisbane Roar. Between 2005 and 2019 the Australian midfielder played 303 times for the club.[1] As of 2023, two other players have made more than 200 appearances for Brisbane Roar who are Jack Hingert and Thomas Broich. The club's goalscoring record is held by Besart Berisha, who scored 50 goals in all competitions between 2011 and 2014. He surpassed the previous record of 25 goals in league competition, held by Sergio van Dijk in 2012.[2]

  • 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 July 2024. 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 regular season and finals series, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Australia Cup, AFC Champions League and the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament

Players

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Matt McKay is Brisbane Roar's record appearance-maker with 303 appearances and longest serving captain.[3]
 
Massimo Murdocca played 183 times for the club from 2005 to 2013.
 
German midfielder Thomas Broich played 203 games, scoring 22 goals for the club.
 
Ivan Franjic made 139 appearances for Brisbane Roar in two stints for the club.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Brisbane Roar.

List of Brisbane Roar players with 100 or more appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Josh McCloughan   Australia DF 2005–2010 90 10 100 5
Matt McKay   Australia MF 2005–2019 300 3 303 26
Massimo Murdocca   Australia MF 2005–2013 148 35 183 4
Mitch Nichols   Australia MF 2007–2013 91 47 138 25
Luke DeVere   Australia DF 2008–2019 116 5 121 6
Henrique   Brazil FW 2009–2016
2018–2019
105 72 177 46
Ivan Franjic   Australia DF 2009–2014
2017–2018
132 7 139 13
Luke Brattan   Australia MF 2009–2015 79 26 105 4
Thomas Broich   Germany MF 2010–2017 192 11 203 22
Matt Smith   Australia DF 2010–2014 118 1 119 6
Shane Stefanutto   Australia DF 2010–2016 135 3 138 1
Michael Theo   Australia GK 2010–2018 170 0 170 0
Jack Hingert   Sri Lanka DF 2011– 250 38 288 4
Corey Brown   Australia DF 2011–2018
2020–
147 22 169 6
Jade North   Australia DF 2013–2018 127 3 130 4
Dimitri Petratos   Australia FW 2013–2017 80 22 102 15
Jamie Young   Australia GK 2014–2021 162 1 163 0
Tom Aldred   Scotland DF 2019–2024 115 0 115 3
Scott Neville   Australia DF 2019– 104 4 108 4
Jay O'Shea   Ireland MF 2019– 139 4 143 27
Kai Trewin   Australia DF 2020–2024 100 12 112 1

Captains

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Dates Captain
2005–06   Chad Gibson (AUS)
2006–07   Stuart McLaren (AUS)
2007–09   Chad Gibson (AUS)
2009–11   Matt McKay (AUS)
2011–15   Matt Smith (AUS)
2015–19   Matt McKay (AUS)
2019–   Tom Aldred (SCO)
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References

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General

  • "Complete Player Listing". ALeagueStats.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  • "Brisbane Roar: All Players". Ultimate A-League. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  • "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

Specific

  1. ^ Howe, Andrew. "Isuzu UTE A-League 2023-24 Season Guide" (PDF). Australian Professional Leagues. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Berisha closes in on record". Football Federation Australia. Football Australia. 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ Greco, John (18 April 2019). "Roar skipper McKay to retire at season's end". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
  4. ^ "Brisbane Roar :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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