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Australian Dual Nationals 🇦🇺🏳️

Quicky

Quicky

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The national team has always been heavily influenced and shaped by dual nationals.

Here is a list of Australian dual nationals to keep an eye on. I'll edit the list to add new names so shout out if you know any that have been missed.

Player (Club) / Country / Position

Christian Volpato (Sassuolo) / Australia, Italy / Attacking Midfielder

Liam Chipperfield (Sion) / Australia, Switzerland / Attacking Midfielder

Alex Robertson (Cardiff) / Australia, Peru, Scotland, England / Midfielder

Mohamed Toure (Randers) / Australia, Liberia, Guinea / Striker

Alhassan Toure (AC Ajaccio) / Australia, Liberia, Guinea / Striker

Musa Toure (Clermont Foot) / Australia, Liberia / Striker

Matteo Mazzone (Holstein Kiel) / Australia, Italy / Striker

Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) / Australia, Serbia / Striker

Noah Slunjski (Hajduk Split) / Australia, Croatia / Left Winger

Danilo Treffiletti (Monza) / Australia, Italy / Midfielder

Will Millwood (Partizan) / Australia, Serbia / Midfielder

Noa Skoko (Hajduk Split) / Australia, Croatia / Midfielder

Nickolas Alfaro (Sydney FC) / Australia, Peru / Attacking Midfielder

Paul Okon (Benfica) / Australia, Italy, Belgium / Midfielder

Jayden Necovski (Melbourne City) / Australia, North Macedonia / Centre Back

Anthony Pavlesic (Bayern Munich) / Australia, Croatia / Goalkeeper

Jason Vescan-Kodor* (Lecce) / Australian, Romanian / Striker

Note: Australian citizen but only eligible if he plays four years in Australia. Interpretation of the rules is open to challenge.

Amlani Tatu** (Adelaide United) / Australian, Burundi / Left Winger

Tete Yengi (Livingston) / Australia, South Sudan / Striker

Panashe Madanha (Adelaide United)/ Australia, Zimbabwe / Right back, right winger

Kealey Adamson (Macarthur)/ Australia, Tanzania / Right back

Jing Reec (Melbourne Victory) / Australia, South Sudan / Striker

Macklin Freke (Brisbane Roar) / Australia, New Zealand / Goalkeeper

Joel Anasmo (Perth Glory), Australia, South Sudan / Striker, winger

Aydan Hammond (Western Sydney Wanderers) / Australia, Peru / Right winger

Nathan Grimaldi (Newcastle Jets) / Australia, Philippines/ Centre-back

Khoa Ngo** (Perth Glory) / Australia, Vietnam / winger

Daniel Hall (Auckland FC) / Australia, Fiji / CB

Anthony Kalik (Hajduk Split) / Australia / Croatia - Midfielder

Jonny Yull (Adelaide United) / Australia, England / Attacking Midfielder

Joseph Lacey (Sydney FC) / Australia, England, Wales / Midfielder

Wataru Kamijo (Sydney FC) / Australia, Japan, Korea / Defensive Midfielder

Max Anastasio (Angers) / Australia, Italy / Attacker

Jake Girdwood-Reich (Sydney FC) / Australia, Scotland / Centre Back

Dylan Leonard (Western United) / Australia, Scotland / Centre Back

* Unsure if eligible for Australia
** Unsure if eligible for other country

Credit - I used the below article as a starting resource and built on it: https://www.theroar.com.au/2024/05/...can-learn-from-morocco-for-socceroos-success/

Credit to @AUFC_Fan @NicCarBel @sportaddict @Beretta for their input which has informed the OP.
 
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Aussie scout reckons paul okon is a game changer. He is technical enough to be a single pivot playing out and rugged enough to defend as a single pivot

It would allow us to play two cams against teams parking the bus
 
grazorblade said:
Aussie scout reckons paul okon is a game changer. He is technical enough to be a single pivot playing out and rugged enough to defend as a single pivot

It would allow us to play two cams against teams parking the bus
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We have so much depth in that position but that would be something.
 
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I've said this before but with so much emugration between England and Australia I'd be very surprised if there weren't a lot of eligible footballers in England that perhaps we're unaware of.

I wonder if Football Australia does anything to idrntify and scout duel nationals that aren't so obvious?
 
What I want for Christmas:

1. A complete database of every player in the world eligible for Australia.
2. A complete database of every club in Australia. Names, home grounds, colours, origins, logos etc.
 
Quicky said:
We have do much depth in that position but that would be something.
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He reckons all our other options require another pivot besides them (including teague who he said isnt rugged enough)

Triantis however is pretty rugged and a decent technician...
 
HappyGuus said:
What I want for Christmas:

1. A complete database of every player in the world eligible for Australia.
2. A complete database of every club in Australia. Names, home grounds, colours, origins, logos etc.
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Option 2 being sorted on criteria 1, 2 and 5
 
JS96 said:
It's early for me so I can't read if you've responded with a word play or not. Spelling with duel (fighting) rather than dual (two)
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Oh damn I should have picked that!
 
HappyGuus said:
What I want for Christmas:

1. A complete database of every player in the world eligible for Australia.
2. A complete database of every club in Australia. Names, home grounds, colours, origins, logos etc.
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Out of interest, how would national federations go about knowing all dual nationals that might be eligible for them? Is there some sort of FIFA database or something they'd utilise? For every pro player out there, do they need to at some point register all of the details about their family origins? I wouldn't think so. I feel like there must be so many players out there who are potentially eligible but unknown to Football Australia. What would be the system that they'd be using? Is there any entity out there that is working within this space. How do people like AussieScout get their intel on these random players with Aussie grandparents? I feel like there's scope to really excel at dual national player identification.
 
Further to that, can anyone post the current guidance that qualifies a player to play for a given country (I feel like this has changed a lot over the years)?
 
verrelli said:
Out of interest, how would national federations go about knowing all dual nationals that might be eligible for them? Is there some sort of FIFA database or something they'd utilise? For every pro player out there, do they need to at some point register all of the details about their family origins? I wouldn't think so. I feel like there must be so many players out there who are potentially eligible but unknown to Football Australia. What would be the system that they'd be using? Is there any entity out there that is working within this space. How do people like AussieScout get their intel on these random players with Aussie grandparents? I feel like there's scope to really excel at dual national player identification.
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I haven't registered for a club in over 10 years, so I cannot remember for the life of me what goes on the FFA/FNSW registration forms.
verrelli said:
Further to that, can anyone post the current guidance that qualifies a player to play for a given country (I feel like this has changed a lot over the years)?
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This is what I use when I try to research things. It's basically an official FIFA document explaining their regulations.
 
NicCarBel said:
I haven't registered for a club in over 10 years, so I cannot remember for the life of me what goes on the FFA/FNSW registration forms.


This is what I use when I try to research things. It's basically an official FIFA document explaining their regulations.
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There's also another rule.
I was born overseas but arrived in Australia when I was a year old.I got naturalised when I turned 18.
I moved to Germany after spending over 40 years in Australia.
My son was born in Germany and has dual Australian nationality but can't play for Australia as I wasn't born in Australia.
I was informed by the Fifa legal department that since he is already an Australian passport holder he would need to play an official international junior game first.
Then he could switch allegiance and the Parent/Grandparent born in Australia rule would not be applicable.
 
VOLKIRA said:
There's also another rule.
I was born overseas but arrived in Australia when I was a year old.I got naturalised when I turned 18.
I moved to Germany after spending over 40 years in Australia.
My son was born in Germany and has dual Australian nationality but can't play for Australia as I wasn't born in Australia.
I was informed by the Fifa legal department that since he is already an Australian passport holder he would need to play an official international junior game first.
Then he could switch allegiance and the Parent/Grandparent born in Australia rule would not be applicable.
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So glad you're over here. How's Noah's progress going?
 
JS96 said:
So glad you're over here. How's Noah's progress going?
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He got called up twice last season to the German National U15 selections.Played an unofficial game for Germany where 3 goalkeepers played 30mins each.
But wasn't picked in the final squad.
Then towards the end of the season he had Patella tendanitis and ended up missing the U16 Preseason with Eintracht Frankfurt and the first 8 weeks of the U17 Hessenliga.
But he's back now playing but has to fight to reclaim his spot as the other keeper built a good relationship with the new trainer team.
 
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