Riley McGree
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Riley Patrick McGree (born 2 November 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough and the Australian national team.
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Full name | Riley Patrick McGree[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 25)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gawler, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2011 | Gawler Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | FFSA NTC | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Adelaide United | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Adelaide United NPL | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Adelaide United | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Club Brugge | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Newcastle Jets (loan) | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 27 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Adelaide United | 23 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Charlotte FC | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Middlesbrough | 76 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2013 | Australia U17 | 2 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Australia U23 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Australia | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024 |
Born in Gawler, South Australia, McGree played youth football for Gawler, the FFSA NTC and Adelaide United before starting his professional career with Adelaide United in 2016. He joined Club Brugge of the Belgian top flight in 2017, and spent two loan spells back in Australia with Newcastle Jets and Melbourne City before returning to Adelaide United. That club sold him to Major League Soccer expansion franchise Charlotte FC, who loaned him to English Championship club Birmingham City for eighteen months, before selling him to Middlesbrough in 2022.
McGree was first called up to the Australian national team in 2017, having previously played for the under-17 side in 2013.