List of Western United FC players

Western United Football Club, an association football club based in Truganina, Victoria, was founded in 2018 as Western Melbourne.

Tomoki Imai holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Western United. Between 2020 and the 2024, the Japanese defender played 110 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record is held by Besart Berisha, who scored 26 goals in all competitions between 2019 and 2021.

  • 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 24 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 and Australia Cup.

Players

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Besart Berisha is Western United's highest all-time goalscorer.[1]
 
Alessandro Diamanti joined Western United in their inaugural season.[2]

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

List of Western United FC players
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals Ref.
Appearances
Kwabena Appiah   New Zealand FW 2019–2020 3 3 6 1 [3]
Jonathan Aspropotamitis   Australia DF 2019–2020 3 6 9 0 [4]
Besart Berisha   Kosovo FW 2019–2021 45 5 50 26 [5]
Max Burgess   Australia MF 2019–2021 14 11 25 6 [6]
Connor Chapman   Australia MF 2019 8 0 8 0 [7]
Alessandro Diamanti   Italy FW 2019–2023 58 25 83 11 [8]
Andrew Durante   New Zealand DF 2019–2021 43 2 45 2 [9]
Ersan Gülüm   Turkey DF 2019 9 0 9 0 [10]
Dario Jertec   Croatia MF 2019–2020 13 2 15 0 [11]
Panagiotis Kone   Greece MF 2019–2020 15 0 15 2 [12]
Filip Kurto   Poland GK 2019–2021 36 0 36 0 [13]
Scott McDonald   Australia FW 2019–2020 8 1 9 1 [14]
Connor Pain   Australia FW 2019–2023 102 6 108 10 [15]
Josh Risdon   Australia DF 2019–2024 93 3 96 4 [16]
Dylan Pierias   Australia DF 2019–2023 42 56 98 10 [17]
Aaron Calver   Australia DF 2019–2021 27 7 34 1 [18]
Brendan Hamill   Australia DF 2019–2021 12 8 20 0 [19]
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos   Australia FW 2019–2020 2 10 12 0 [20]
Jerry Skotadis   Australia MF 2019–2022 20 25 45 0 [21]
Valentino Yuel   South Sudan FW 2019–2020 2 7 9 0 [22]
Joshua Cavallo   Australia MF 2019–2021 2 7 9 0 [23]
Thiel Iradukunda   Australia MF 2019–2020 1 3 4 0 [24]
Sebastian Pasquali   Australia MF 2019– 29 17 46 0 [25]
Oskar Dillon   Australia DF 2020 7 0 7 0 [26]
Tomislav Uskok   Australia DF 2020–2021 33 0 33 2 [27]
Tomoki Imai   Japan DF 2020– 112 2 114 1 [28]
Steven Lustica   Australia MF 2020–2024 76 13 89 7 [29]
Luke Duzel   Australia MF 2020–2021 10 7 17 0 [30]
Ryan Scott   Australia GK 2020–2023 19 3 22 0 [31]
Patrick Antelmi   Australia FW 2020 0 1 1 0 [32]
Ayom Majok   Australia FW 2020 0 1 1 0 [33]
Nicolas Milanovic   Australia FW 2020–2023 6 33 39 5 [34]
Víctor Sánchez   Spain MF 2020–2021 15 3 18 3 [35]
Ivan Vujica   Australia DF 2020–2021 5 7 12 1 [36]
Lachlan Wales   Australia FW 2020–2024 100 13 113 18 [37]
Iker Guarrotxena   Spain FW 2021 17 5 22 3 [38]
Kaine Sheppard   England FW 2021 0 7 7 0 [39]
Brad Inman   Australia MF 2021 0 5 5 0 [40]
Dalibor Markovic   Australia DF 2021 2 2 4 0 [41]
Adisu Bayew   Australia FW 2021–2023 6 21 27 2 [42]
Manyluak Aguek   South Sudan FW 2021 0 2 2 0 [43]
Ben Garuccio   Australia DF 2021– 76 0 76 6 [44]
Léo Lacroix    Switzerland DF 2021–2023 50 2 52 3 [45]
Neil Kilkenny   Australia MF 2021–2023 46 2 48 1 [46]
Aleksandar Prijović   Serbia FW 2021–2023 38 6 44 19 [47]
Dylan Wenzel-Halls   Australia FW 2021–2023 21 16 37 5 [48]
Jamie Young   England GK 2021–2023 59 0 59 0 [49]
Nikolai Topor-Stanley   Australia DF 2021–2023 32 5 37 1 [50]
Ben Collins   Australia DF 2021–2023 2 3 5 0 [51]
Daniel Di Francesco   Australia DF 2021 1 0 1 0 [52]
Sabit James   Australia FW 2021 0 1 1 0 [53]
Christian Theoharous   Australia FW 2021–2022 2 3 5 0 [54]
Rene Krhin   Slovenia MF 2022 12 5 17 1 [55]
Noah Botic   Australia FW 2022– 27 20 47 12 [56]
Rhys Bozinovski   Australia MF 2022– 5 23 28 0 [57]
Jalil Regague   Australia DF 2022 0 1 1 0 [58]
Tongo Doumbia   Mali MF 2022–2023 18 2 20 2 [59]
James Troisi   Australia MF 2022–2023 14 4 18 0 [60]
Jacob Tratt   Australia DF 2022–2024 19 7 26 1 [61]
Connor O'Toole   Australia DF 2023–2024 2 7 9 1 [62]
Michael Ruhs   Australia FW 2023– 20 14 34 5 [63]
Ramy Najjarine   Australia FW 2023– 2 13 15 0 [64]
Max Bisetto   Australia MF 2023 0 2 2 0 [65]
Riku Danzaki   Japan MF 2023– 18 6 24 3 [66]
James Donachie   Australia DF 2023– 14 0 14 1 [67]
Tom Heward-Belle   Australia GK 2023– 26 0 26 0 [68]
Jake Najdovski   Australia FW 2023– 0 7 7 0 [69]
Angus Thurgate   Australia MF 2023– 31 0 31 1 [70]
Oliver Lavale   Australia FW 2023– 3 4 7 1 [71]
Daniel Penha   Brazil MF 2023–2024 20 3 23 7 [72]
Kane Vidmar   Australia DF 2023– 12 1 13 0 [73]
Nikita Rukavytsya   Australia FW 2023–2024 2 13 15 2 [74]
Matthew Grimaldi   Australia MF 2023– 11 15 26 6 [75]
Zach Lisolajski   Australia DF 2024 1 5 6 0 [76]
James York   Australia MF 2024– 1 2 3 0 [77]
Jordan Lauton   Australia MF 2024– 0 2 2 0 [78]
Charbel Shamoon   Iraq DF 2024– 3 2 5 0 [79]
Luke Vickery   Australia FW 2024– 0 4 4 0 [80]
Khoder Kaddour   Australia DF 2024– 4 1 5 0 [81]
Matt Sutton   Australia GK 2024– 5 0 5 0 [82]
Abel Walatee   Australia FW 2024– 0 4 4 1 [83]
Tate Russell   Australia DF 2024– 1 0 1 0 [84]
Hiroshi Ibusuki   Japan FW 2024– 0 1 1 0 [85]
Mark Leonard   Australia FW 2024– 0 1 1 0 [86]
Luka Coveny   New Zealand DF 2024– 0 1 1 0 [87]

Captains

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Dates Captain
2019–2023   Alessandro Diamanti (ITA)
2023–2024   Josh Risdon (AUS)
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References

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General

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

Specific

  1. ^ "Besart Berisha is back with a bang. And his A-League revival has only just begun". Fox Sports. 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Western United seal Diamanti deal". FTBL. 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Kwabena Appiah". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Aspropotamitis". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Besart Berisha". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Max Burgess". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Connor Chapman". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Alessandro Diamanti". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Andrew Durante". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Ersan Gülüm". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Dario Jertec". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Panagiotis Kone". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Filip Kurto". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Scott McDonald". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Connor Pain". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Josh Risdon". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Dylan Pierias". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Aaron Calver". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Brendan Hamill". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Apostolos Stamatelopoulos". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Jerry Skotadis". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  22. ^ "Valentino Yuel". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Joshua Cavallo". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Thiel Iradukunda". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Sebastian Pasquali". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  26. ^ "Oskar Dillon". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Tomislav Uskok". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  28. ^ "Tomoki Imai". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  29. ^ "Steven Lustica". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  30. ^ "Luke Duzel". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  31. ^ "Ryan Scott". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  32. ^ "Patrick Antelmi". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  33. ^ "Ayom Majok". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  34. ^ "Nicolas Milanovic". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  35. ^ "Víctor Sánchez". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  36. ^ "Ivan Vujica". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  37. ^ "Lachlan Wales". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  38. ^ "Iker Guarrotxena". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  39. ^ "Kaine Sheppard". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  40. ^ "Brad Inman". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  41. ^ "Dalibor Markovic". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  42. ^ "Adisu Bayew". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  43. ^ "Manyluak Aguek". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  44. ^ "Ben Garuccio". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  45. ^ "Léo Lacroix". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  46. ^ "Neil Kilkenny". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  47. ^ "Aleksandar Prijović". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  48. ^ "Dylan Wenzel-Halls". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  49. ^ "Jamie Young". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  50. ^ "Nikolai Topor-Stanley". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  51. ^ "Benjamin Collins". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  52. ^ "Daniel Di Francesco". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  53. ^ "Sabit James". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  54. ^ "Christian Theoharous". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  55. ^ "Rene Krhin". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  56. ^ "Noah Botic". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  57. ^ "Rhys Bozinovski". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  58. ^ "Jalil Regague". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  59. ^ "Tongo Doumbia". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  60. ^ "James Troisi". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  61. ^ "Jacob Tratt". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  62. ^ "Connor O'Toole". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  63. ^ "Michael Ruhs". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  64. ^ "Ramy Najjarine". ALeagueStats.com.
  65. ^ "Max Bisetto". ALeagueStats.com.
  66. ^ "Riku Danzaki". ALeagueStats.com.
  67. ^ "James Donachie". ALeagueStats.com.
  68. ^ "Tom Heward-Belle". ALeagueStats.com.
  69. ^ "Jake Najdovski". ALeagueStats.com.
  70. ^ "Angus Thurgate". ALeagueStats.com.
  71. ^ "Oliver Lavale". ALeagueStats.com.
  72. ^ "Daniel Penha". ALeagueStats.com.
  73. ^ "Kane Vidmar". ALeagueStats.com.
  74. ^ "Nikita Rukavytsya". ALeagueStats.com.
  75. ^ "Matthew Grimaldi". ALeagueStats.com.
  76. ^ "Zach Lisolajski". ALeagueStats.com.
  77. ^ "James York". ALeagueStats.com.
  78. ^ "Jordan Lauton". ALeagueStats.com.
  79. ^ "Charbel Shamoon". ALeagueStats.com.
  80. ^ "Luke Vickery". ALeagueStats.com.
  81. ^ "Khoder Kaddour". ALeagueStats.com.
  82. ^ "Matt Sutton". ALeagueStats.com.
  83. ^ "Abel Walatee". ALeagueStats.com.
  84. ^ "Tate Russell". ALeagueStats.com.
  85. ^ "Hiroshi Ibusuki". ALeagueStats.com.
  86. ^ Mark Leonard at Soccerway
  87. ^ Luka Coveny at Soccerway
  88. ^ "Western United (Honour Roll) :: Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League.