List of Adelaide United FC players

This article is about Adelaide United players with at least 100 appearances. For Adelaide United players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Adelaide United FC players (25–99 appearances). For Adelaide United players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Adelaide United FC players (1–24 appearances). For the current Adelaide United first-team squad, see Adelaide United § First-team squad.

Travis Dodd is Adelaide United's third-highest all-time goalscorer.

Adelaide United Football Club, an association club based in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, was founded in 2003. They became the only South Australian member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005, after they spent their inaugural season in the National Soccer League. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Eugene Galekovic holds the record for greatest number of appearances for Adelaide United. Between 2007 and 2017, he played 285 times for the club. Isaías and Ryan Kitto  are the other players to have reached over 200 appearances. The club's goal scoring record is held by Craig Goodwin, who scored 60 goals in all competitions between 2014 and 2023.

## Key

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* 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 31 July 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

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 National Soccer League regular season and finals series, A-League Men regular season and finals series, Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Australia Cup, AFC Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

## Players

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Isaías has the most appearances for a non-Australian player with 263. Early player Angelo Costanzo has played 107 times. Cássio has the highest number of appearances for a Brazilian player with 158, scoring 11 goals.[1] Eugene Galekovic has the most appearances as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United with 285 games played.[2] From 2007 to 2013, Fabian Barbiero played 116 times for Adelaide United with 9 goals.

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

List of Adelaide United FC players with 100 or more appearances  Player  | Nationality  | Pos  | Club career  | Starts  | Subs  | Total  | Goals

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Appearances
Richie Alagich |  Australia  | DF | 2003–2008 | 113 | 8 | 121 | 7
Michael Valkanis |  Australia  | DF | 2003–2009 | 98 | 6 | 104 | 6
Angelo Costanzo |  Australia  | DF | 2005–2009 | 102 | 5 | 107 | 0
Travis Dodd |  Australia  | FW | 2005–2011 | 166 | 17 | 183 | 41
Lucas Pantelis |  Australia  | FW | 2005–2011 | 97 | 32 | 129 | 15
Robert Cornthwaite |  Australia  | DF | 2005–2011 | 109 | 29 | 138 | 8
Bruce Djite |  Australia  | FW | 2006–2008
2011–2016 | 132 | 33 | 165 | 44
Cássio  |  Brazil  | DF | 2007–2013 | 145 | 13 | 158 | 11
Eugene Galekovic |  Australia  | GK | 2007–2017 | 285 | 0 | 285 | 0
Fabian Barbiero |  Australia  | MF | 2007–2013 | 74 | 42 | 116 | 9
Osama Malik |  Australia  | DF | 2008–2009
2011–2016 | 94 | 16 | 110 | 2
Michael Marrone |  Australia  | DF | 2008–2010
2014–2021 | 148 | 45 | 193 | 4
Nigel Boogaard |  Australia  | DF | 2010–2015 | 109 | 5 | 114 | 4
Cameron Watson |  Australia  | MF | 2010–2011 | 77 | 34 | 111 | 1
Marcelo Carrusca |  Argentina  | MF | 2012–2017 | 111 | 12 | 123 | 27
Tarek Elrich |  Australia  | DF | 2013–2018 | 108 | 6 | 114 | 3
Isaías  |  Spain  | MF | 2013–2019
2021– | 260 | 4 | 264 | 10
Jordan Elsey |  Australia  | DF | 2013–2021 | 121 | 20 | 141 | 6
Ryan Kitto |  Australia  | DF | 2013–2015
2016– | 153 | 55 | 208 | 17
Craig Goodwin |  Australia  | FW | 2014–2016
2018–2019
2021–2023 | 159 | 9 | 168 | 60
Nikola Mileusnic |  Australia  | FW | 2016–2020 | 79 | 24 | 103 | 19
George Blackwood |  Australia  | FW | 2017–2020
2021–2023 | 67 | 46 | 113 | 25
Ben Halloran |  Australia  | FW | 2018–2022
2022– 2024 | 129 | 12 | 141 | 28
Louis D'Arrigo |  Australia  | MF | 2019–2023 | 83 | 23 | 106 | 5

## Captains

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Ten players have captained Adelaide United since it was founded in 2003, first being Ross Aloisi, who captained the team for Adelaide United's first two seasons. The club's longest-serving captain is Eugene Galekovic, who captained the club for 7 years between 2011 and 2017. The current captain is Ryan Kitto, who took over from Craig Goodwin in 2023 who left the club.

Years[3] | Captain

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2005–07  |  Ross Aloisi (AUS)
2007–08  |  Michael Valkanis (AUS)
2008–11  |  Travis Dodd (AUS)
2011  |  Jonathan McKain (AUS)
2011–17  |  Eugene Galekovic (AUS)
2017–19  |  Isaías (ESP)
2019–20  |  Michael Jakobsen (DEN)
2020–22  |  Stefan Mauk (AUS)
2022–2023  |  Craig Goodwin (AUS)
2023–  |  Ryan Kitto (AUS)

## References

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General

* "Complete Player Listing". aleaguestats.com.
* "Adelaide United: All Players". Ultimate A-League.
* "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers.

Specific

1. ^ "Reds release Cassio". Adelaide United. Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2014.
2. ^ "Galekovic returns home as Goalkeeping Coach". Adelaide United. Football Federation Australia. 16 October 2019.
3. ^ "Ultimate A-League: Adelaide United". Ultimate A-League.

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