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2 unusual facts about Australia national association football team


2009–10 Huddersfield Town F.C. season

On 28 January, Clark made a double signing, Australian international Dean Heffernan signed until the end of the season from A-League side Central Coast Mariners and young striker Nathan Eccleston signed on a month's loan from Liverpool.

Andrea Barzagli

He was called up for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and, while not expecting to play at all, was deployed as a substitute in the second round match against Australia and again for a full 90 minutes in the quarter-final against Ukraine due to the suspension of Marco Materazzi.


Andrew Durante

Durante was selected in Pim Verbeek's Socceroo squad in February 2010 for Australia's 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification match against Indonesia.

Jafar Namdar

When he refereed Australia vs Chile at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian referee (George Suppiah beat him by three days) to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup.

Johnny Warren

Warren made his full international debut for Australia in November 1965 against Cambodia in Phnom Penh.

Max Vieri

He is the son of player Roberto Vieri and brother of Italian star Christian Vieri, and made his international debut for Australia against Turkey in a friendly match in 2004.

Mosie Burton

Burton in June 1923 played one match for Australia against New Zealand in Brisbane.

Oceanian nations at the FIFA World Cup

New Zealand, Australia, Fiji got to group 1 and respectively ranked 1, 2, 5 places.

Robert Zabica

Zabica represented the Australian national football team 28 times in 'A' international matches and also represented Western Australia.

Tony Henderson

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Henderson (born 14 January 1954 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former association footballer who captained Australia five times in the early 1980s.


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