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Australia
Flag of Australia
No. of players 13
First team players 5
International players 6
Biggest purchase
Ryan Williams
£540,000 from Portsmouth
Biggest sale Adrian Leijer
£300,000 to Melbourne Victory
Total transfers paid £1,390,000
Total transfers sold £715,000


Australian players at Fulham[]

To date, there have been a total of thirteen Australian players to have been at Fulham, with five of these having represented Australia at full international level. Five of the players have played for Fulham's first team, and eight others have been at the club without making a first team appearance.

The most notable Australian to have played for Fulham is Mark Schwarzer, who played in goal for five years, accumulating over 200 appearances for the Whites and was an important part of their Europa League cup run to the Final in 2010. He is also one of only three Fulham players to have made an appearance for the first team aged 40.

First team[]

The following is a list of Australian players who have played at least one appearance for Fulham's first team.

FFFFDF Highlighted yellow indicates that the player switched international allegiance to Australia whilst at Fulham
No. Name Fulham career Apps (gls) Debut From To Int. caps (gls)
1 Ahmad Elrich 2005-2007 9 (0) 13 Aug 2005 Flag of South Korea Busan
£500,000
Flag of New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
Free
17 (5)
2 Mark Schwarzer 2008-2013 220 (0) 16 Aug 2008 Flag of England Middlesbrough
Free
Flag of England Chelsea
Free
109 (0)
3 Cameron Burgess 2011-2017 4 (0) 9 Aug 2014 Flag of Australia ECU Joondalup
Compensation
Flag of England Scunthorpe
£135,000
* (*)
4 Ryan Williams 2012-2015 3 (0) 20 Aug 2014 Flag of England Portsmouth
£540,000
Flag of England Barnsley
£180,000
1 (0)
5 Tyrese Francois 2013-2024 11 (0) 27 Aug 2019 Academy Released
Free
Australia U23
8 (0)

Other[]

The following is a list of Australian players who have been at Fulham, but never made an appearance for the first team.

F7E7E7 Highlighted red indicates that the player represented Australia when he joined Fulham, but switched international allegiance at a later date
No. Name Fulham career From To Int. caps (gls)
1 Adrian Leijer 2007-2009 Flag of Australia Melbourne Victory
£400,000
Flag of Australia Melbourne Victory
£300,000
1 (0)
2 Corey Gameiro 2010-2013 Flag of Australia South Coast Wolves
Academy
Flag of Australia Sydney FC
Free
Australia U23
2 (1)
3 Jake Soutter 2014-2017 Flag of Australia Manly Utd
Academy
Released  - 
4 Adam Taggart 2014-2016 Flag of Australia Newcastle Jets
£220,000
Flag of Australia Perth Glory
£100,000
17 (6)
5 Julian Schwarzer 2016-2018 & 2020-2022 Academy Released -
6 Jay Rich-Baghuelou 2018 Trialist  -  Australia U23
5 (0)
7 Riley Warland 2018-2019 Flag of Australia Perth Glory
Academy
Flag of Australia Perth Glory
Free
 - 
8 Chris Donnell 2023-present Flag of Australia Perth Glory
Academy
Australia U20
* (*)

Australian staff at Fulham[]

Managers[]

To date, there have been no Australian managers at Fulham.

Backroom staff[]

The following is a list of Australian backroom staff who have been at Fulham.

No. Name Role(s) Fulham career
1 Jason Palmer Head physio 2001-2008
2 Scott Miller Fitness coach / U21 Assistant manager 2007-2014 /2014-2015
3 Tass Amiridis First team physio 2023-present

Australian opposition[]

Competitive[]

To date, Fulham have never faced Australian opposition in a competitive fixture.

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of Australian football clubs that Fulham have faced in friendly matches.

No. Club Meetings First match Last match Fulham record
1 Gold Coast United 1 8 Jul 2009 8 Jul 2009 W0 D0 L1
2 Melbourne Victory 1 11 Jul 2009 11 Jul 2009 W1 D0 L0
3 Perth Glory 1 15 Jul 2009 15 Jul 2009 W1 D0 L0
TOTAL 3 8 Jul 2009 15 Jul 2009 W2 D0 L1

Fulham personnel in Australia[]

Players[]

The following is a list of Fulham players who have played for an Australian football club. The aforementioned Australian players who have played for Fulham have been omitted.

No. Name Fulham career Australian club(s)
1 Flag of England Len Quested 1947-1951 Auburn (1957-1960), Hakoah (1961) & Awaba (1965)
2 Flag of Wales David Edwards 1952-1964 Sydney City (1965)
3 Flag of England Malcolm Macdonald 1968-1969 South Melbourne Hellas (1977)
4 Flag of Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne 1970-1974 & 1975-1976 Green Gully (1979) & Brisbane City (1980-1983)
5 Flag of Northern Ireland George Best 1976-1977 Brisbane Lions (1983) & Osborne Park Galeb (1983)
6 Flag of England Teddy Maybank 1976-1977 Adelaide City (1986)
7 Flag of England Peter Beardsley 1998 Melbourne Knights (1999)
8 Flag of Netherlands Bobby Petta 2004 Adelaide Utd (2006-2008), Para Hills Knights (2008), Sydney FC (2008),
Heidelberg Utd (2009) & Adelaide Croatia (2009)
9 Flag of New Zealand Chris James 2000-2007 APIA Leichhardt (2011-2012)
10 Flag of Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 2009-2014 Melbourne City (2014-2015)
11 Flag of Northern Ireland Aaron Hughes 2007-2014 Melbourne City (2015-2016)
12 Flag of Senegal Mickaël Tavares 2012-2013 Sydney FC (2015-2016) & Central Coast Mariners (2016-2017)
13 Flag of England Wayne Brown 2002-2010 Newcastle Jets (2016-2018)
14 Flag of Scotland Ross McCormack 2014-2016 Melbourne City (2017-2018) & Central Coast Mariners (2018-2019)

Managers[]

To date, there have been no Fulham managers who have managed a club in Australia.

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