Marquee player (A-League Men)

A marquee player is a player whose wage is paid outside the A-League Men salary cap, with an unlimited salary.^[1] Furthermore, there are designated players since the 2021–22 A-League Men season, who are players whose wage is paid outside the salary cap, but have to be in the $300,000 to $600,000 range.^[2]

History

Current marquees

As of 17 September 2024

Player	Nationality	Current club	Season signed as marquee
Douglas Costa	Brazil	Sydney FC	2024–25
Juan Mata	Spain	Western Sydney Wanderers	2024–25

Notes

• Table indicates when players signed a marquee contract with their current club, not necessarily their first year in the A-League Men or with the club.

Club marquee history

As of 17 September 2024

Notes

• The below list indicates players who have had their contract assigned as a marquee contract during their time in the A-League Men. Players may have not always have had a marquee contract, or have later had their contract negotiated below a marquee contract. Their listed "Years as marquee" indicates what seasons they were active as a marquee for that club only. Players in bold are currently signed to a marquee contract by their club.

Adelaide United

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Paul Agostino	Australia	2007–09	[3][4][5]
Marcelo Carrusca	Argentina	2014–17	[6][7]
Baba Diawara	Senegal	2018–19	[8][9]
Eugene Galekovic	Australia	2014–17	[6][10]
Qu Shengqing	China	2005–07	[11][12]
Sergio van Dijk	Indonesia	2010–12	[13]
Dario Vidosic	Australia	2011–13	[14][15]

Brisbane Roar

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Éric Bauthéac	France	2018–19	[16][17]
Thomas Broich	Germany	2012–17	[18][19]
Brett Holman	Australia	2017–18	[20][21]
Massimo Maccarone	Italy	2017–18	[22][23]
Matt McKay	Australia	2013–17	[24][25]
Craig Moore	Australia	2007–09	[26][27]
Tommy Oar	Australia	2017	[28][29]

Central Coast Mariners

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Daniel De Silva	Australia	2017–21	[30][31][32][33]
Luis García	Spain	2016	[34][35]
Ross McCormack	Scotland	2018–19	[36][37]
Tony Vidmar	Australia	2006–08	[38]

Gold Coast United

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Jason Culina	Australia	2009–11	[39][40]

Macarthur FC

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Mark Milligan	Australia	2020–21	[41][42]

Melbourne City

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Marcin Budziński	Poland	2017–18	[43][44]
Tim Cahill	Australia	2016–17	[45][46]
Nicolás Colazo	Argentina	2016–17	[47][48]
Ritchie De Laet	Belgium	2018–19	[49][50]
Orlando Engelaar	Netherlands	2013–14	[51][52]
Fred	Brazil	2011–13	[53][54]
Bruno Fornaroli	Uruguay	2016–19	[55][56]
Joshua Kennedy	Australia	2015	[57][58]
Robert Koren	Slovenia	2014–16	[59][60]
Jamie Maclaren	Australia	2019–24	[61][62]
Aaron Mooy	Australia	2015–16	[63][64]
Gerald Sibon	Netherlands	2010–11	[65][66]
Josip Skoko	Australia	2010–11	[67][68]
David Williams	Australia	2013–14	[69][70]

Melbourne Victory

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Besart Berisha	Kosovo	2014–18	[71][72]
Oliver Bozanic	Australia	2015–17	[73][74]
Pablo Contreras	Chile	2013–14	[75][76]
Marcos Flores	Argentina	2012–13	[77][78]
Keisuke Honda	Japan	2018–19	[79][80][81]
Chris Ikonomidis	Australia	2021–24	[82][83]
Harry Kewell	Australia	2011–12	[84][85]
Robbie Kruse	Australia	2019–21	[86][82]
Mark Milligan	Australia	2014–15 2017–18	[87][88] [89][90]
Nani	Portugal	2022–23	[91][92]
Ricardinho	Brazil	2010–11	[93][94][95][96]
Marco Rojas	New Zealand	2021–22	[82][97]
Archie Thompson	Australia	2005–14	[98][99]
Ola Toivonen	Sweden	2019–20	[100][101]
James Troisi	Australia	2018–19	[102][103]

New Zealand Knights

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Scot Gemmill	Scotland	2006–07	[104][105]
Li Yan	China	2006–07	[106]

Newcastle Jets

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Michael Bridges	England	2010–11	[107][108]
Emile Heskey	England	2012–14	[109][110]
Mário Jardel	Brazil	2007–08	[111][112]
Paul Okon	Australia	2006–07	[113][114]
Ronald Vargas	Venezuela	2017–19	[115][116]
Fabio Vignaroli	Italy	2009–10	[117][118]
Ned Zelic	Australia	2005–06	[119][113]
Edmundo Zura	Ecuador	2008	[120][121]

North Queensland Fury

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Robbie Fowler	England	2009–10	[122][123]

Perth Glory

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Diego Castro	Spain	2015–21	[124][125]
Brian Deane	England	2005	[126]
Bruno Fornaroli	Australia	2019–22	[127][128][129]
Robbie Fowler	England	2010–11	[130][131]
William Gallas	France	2013–14	[132][133]
Stan Lazaridis	Australia	2006–08	[134][135][136]
Nebojša Marinković	Serbia	2014–15	[137][138]
Shane Smeltz	New Zealand	2011–14	[139][140][141]
Mile Sterjovski	Australia	2009–12	[142][143]
Daniel Sturridge	England	2021–22	[144][145]
Michael Thwaite	Australia	2014–16	[137][138][146]

Sydney FC

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
John Aloisi	Australia	2008–10	[147][148]
Bobô	Brazil	2016–18	[149][150]
Alex Brosque	Australia	2014–16	[151][152][153]
Nick Carle	Australia	2010–12	[154][155]
Douglas Costa	Brazil	2024–	[156]
Siem de Jong	Netherlands	2018–19	[157][158]
Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	2012–14	[159][160]
Brett Emerton	Australia	2011–14	[161][162]
Filip Hološko	Slovakia	2015–17	[163][164]
Marc Janko	Austria	2014–15	[165][166]
Juninho	Brazil	2007–08	[167]
Adam Le Fondre	England	2019–20	[168][169][170]
Miloš Ninković	Serbia	2017–19	[171][172]
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	2005–06	[173][174]

Wellington Phoenix

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Kosta Barbarouses	New Zealand	2016–17	[175][176]
Ahmad Elrich	Australia	2007–08	[177][178]
Guilherme Finkler	Brazil	2016–17	[179][180]
Tomer Hemed	Israel	2020–21	[181][182]
Gary Hooper	England	2019–20	[183][184]
Jade North	Australia	2010–11	[185][186]

Western Sydney Wanderers

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Álvaro Cejudo	Spain	2017–18	[187][188]
Nicolás Martínez	Argentina	2016–17	[189][190]
Juan Mata	Spain	2024–	[191]
Alexander Meier	Germany	2019–20	[192][193]
Shinji Ono	Japan	2012–14	[194][195]
Federico Piovaccari	Italy	2015–16	[196][197]
Oriol Riera	Spain	2017–19	[198][199]
Matthew Spiranovic	Australia	2014–15	[200][201]
Dario Vidosic	Australia	2015–16	[202][203]

Western United

Player	Nationality	Years as marquee	Reference
Alessandro Diamanti	Italy	2019–23	[204][205]
Panagiotis Kone	Greece	2019–20	[206][207]

Marquees by nationality

Number	Country	Players
35	Australia	John Aloisi, Paul Agostino, Oliver Bozanic, Alex Brosque, Tim Cahill, Nick Carle, Jason Culina, Daniel De Silva, Ahmad Elrich, Brett Emerton, Eugene Galekovic, Brett Holman, Chris Ikonomidis, Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Robbie Kruse, Stan Lazaridis, Jamie Maclaren, Matt McKay, Mark Milligan, Craig Moore, Aaron Mooy, Jade North, Tommy Oar, Paul Okon, Josip Skoko, Matthew Spiranovic, Mile Sterjovski, Archie Thompson, Michael Thwaite, James Troisi, Tony Vidmar, Dario Vidosic, David Williams, Ned Zelic
7	Brazil	Bobô, Douglas Costa, Guilherme Finkler, Fred, Mário Jardel, Juninho, Ricardinho
6	England	Michael Bridges, Brian Deane, Robbie Fowler, Emile Heskey, Gary Hooper, Daniel Sturridge
5	Italy	Alessandro Del Piero, Alessandro Diamanti, Massimo Maccarone, Federico Piovaccari, Fabio Vignaroli
5	Spain	Álvaro Cejudo, Diego Castro, Luis García, Juan Mata, Oriol Riera
4	Argentina	Marcelo Carrusca, Nicolás Colazo, Marcos Flores, Nicolás Martínez
3	New Zealand	Kosta Barbarouses, Shane Smeltz, Marco Rojas
3	Netherlands	Siem de Jong, Orlando Engelaar, Gerald Sibon
2	China	Li Yan, Qu Shengqing
2	France	Éric Bauthéac, William Gallas
2	Germany	Thomas Broich, Alexander Meier
2	Japan	Keisuke Honda, Shinji Ono
2	Scotland	Ross McCormack, Scot Gemmill
2	Serbia	Nebojša Marinković, Miloš Ninković
1	Austria	Marc Janko
1	Belgium	Ritchie De Laet
1	Chile	Pablo Contreras
1	Ecuador	Edmundo Zura
1	Greece	Panagiotis Kone
1	Indonesia	Sergio van Dijk
1	Israel	Tomer Hemed
1	Kosovo	Besart Berisha
1	Poland	Marcin Budziński
1	Portugal	Nani
1	Senegal	Baba Diawara
1	Slovakia	Filip Hološko
1	Slovenia	Robert Koren
1	Sweden	Ola Toivonen
1	Trinidad and Tobago	Dwight Yorke
1	Uruguay	Bruno Fornaroli
1	Venezuela	Ronald Vargas

See also

• Marquee player
• A-League Men#Squad formation and salary cap

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57. Lynch, Michael (6 November 2014). "Josh Kennedy inks deal to become City's Australian marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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63. "Aaron Mooy promoted to marquee status with Melbourne City". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 August 2015.
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76. Hassett, Sebastian (26 January 2014). "Melbourne Victory's Chilean international Pablo Contreras to retire at the end of the season". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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88. "Milligan's Baniyas move a done deal". The World Game. SBS. 23 June 2015.
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99. "Archie Thompson, Adrian Leijer sign new deals with Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 2 May 2014. Victory's first ever signing, and scorer, will join up with new marquee Besart Berisha next season, after agreeing a new deal with the club that takes him inside the salary cap
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102. "Melbourne Victory sign Swedish World Cup star Ola Toivonen". Fox Sports. 31 August 2018. With James Troisi and Keisuke Honda already signed on as the champions' marquee for the new season...
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104. "SOCCER: Knights stars face cream of the Bay". The New Zealand Herald. 15 June 2006. Knights unveil their marquee signing for the 2006/07 season. Son of the legendary Archie Gemmill, [Scot Gemmill]
105. "Scot Gemmill | The first ever televised Premier League game, Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool: where are they now?". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2017. Eventually called time on his career in 2007 after spending a season with the New Zealand Knights.
106. "Soccer: Chinese pair add firepower to NZ Knights". The New Zealand Herald. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2020. A-League head of operations Matt Carroll has signed off on former Chinese international Li Yan becoming a marquee player for the Knights
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119. "Ned Zelic signs with Newcastle Jets". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 April 2005.
120. Gardiner, James (31 July 2008). "Newcastle Jets unveil Edmundo Zura as marquee signing". The Newcastle Herald.
121. Dillon, Robert; Gardiner, James (2 November 2008). "Exit Edmundo: Zura bids Jets farewell". The Newcastle Herald.
122. Hannah, Matthew (4 February 2009). "Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler fancies Fury as he heads off to Queensland". The Daily Telegraph.
123. "Furious Robbie Fowler vows to sue North Queensland Fury". BBC Sport. 15 June 2010.
124. "Castro Perth Glory's new marquee player". The World Game. SBS. 6 August 2015.
125. Paquette, Catherine (2 October 2021). "'Extremely disappointing': Diego Castro's Perth Glory A-League career over". FTBL.
126. Davidson, John (17 August 2017). "Deane: I had to wash my own kit at Glory". FTBL. Deane was Perth's marquee signing for the first season of the new competition in 2005.[...] Deane's spell at the Glory was short-lived, with the centre forward departing mid-season
127. Taylor, Nick (22 March 2019). "Perth Glory recruit Bruno Fornaroli faces baptism of fire against Manchester United". The West Australian. Fornaroli, a marquee signing for the next two seasons
128. Taylor, Nick (15 June 2021). "Marquee striker Bruno Fornaroli calls Perth Glory home for another two A-League seasons". The West Australian.
129. Morgan, Gareth (28 October 2022). "Fornaroli contract terminated by mutual consent". Perth Glory.
130. Quartermain, Braden (27 April 2010). "Robbie Fowler signs with Perth Glory". The Sunday Times. Fowler's signing as a second marquee player...
131. "Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler to play in Thailand with Muang Thong United". The Daily Telegraph. 7 July 2011. Fowler left Australian club Perth Glory in June citing family reasons
132. Quartermaine, Braden (10 November 2013). "Perth Glory marquee signing William Gallas arrives in Perth". news.com.au.
133. Lawrence, Amy (22 October 2014). "William Gallas was a great player who let his defending do the talking". The Guardian. But he retired at 37 after one season, and 15 appearances, in Perth
134. Cockerill, Michael (14 December 2006). "Sydney stars on the radar as Smith goes Glory seeking". The Sydney Morning Herald. One player who will still be at the Glory next season is marquee signing Stan Lazaridis
135. Cockerill, Michael (15 March 2007). "Lazaridis drug case is splitting hairs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Lazaridis returned from more than a decade in England to become Perth Glory's marquee player last season.
136. "Lazaridis cut loose by Glory". The World Game. SBS. 21 April 2008.
137. Gorman, Joe; Bossi, Dominic (15 December 2014). "Perth Glory made Nebojsa Marinkovic and Michael Thwaite marquee players". The Sydney Morning Herald.
138. @perthgloryfc (15 September 2015). ""Diego Castro and Michael Thwaite are our two marquee players."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
139. "Glory days ahead for Smeltz". The World Game. SBS. 20 March 2011.
140. Quatermaine, Braden (17 May 2014). "Marquee striker Shane Smeltz in talks with rival clubs after quitting Perth Glory". The Daily Telegraph.
141. Lewis, Dave (14 May 2014). "Smeltz faces pay cut to stay at Glory". The World Game. SBS.
142. "Three Year Deal For Sterj". FTBL. 12 June 2009.
143. Washbourne, Michael (28 February 2012). "Mile Sterjovski to leave Perth Glory for Chinese club Dalian Aerbin". The Sunday Times.
144. Morgan, Gareth (1 October 2021). "Glory in sensational swoop for former Liverpool and England star Sturridge". Perth Glory. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
145. Morgan, Gareth (3 June 2022). "Player departures confirmed". Perth Glory.
146. Lewis, Dave (18 January 2016). "Thwaite to face Cahill in China after securing deal". The World Game. SBS.
147. "Sydney FC put players on notice". Fox Sports. 3 March 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Aloisi, 32, signed a lucrative two-year deal as the marquee player...
148. "Heart signs John Aloisi". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 March 2010.
149. Bossi, Dominic (17 August 2016). "Sydney FC sign Brazilian striker Bobo as new A-League marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
150. Bungard, Matt (7 July 2018). "Sydney FC in Torres hunt after departure of Mierzejewski and Bobo". The Sydney Morning Herald.
151. "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2014.
152. Smithies, Tom (21 August 2016). "Sydney FC set to unveil new $1 million marquee striker Bobo". The Daily Telegraph. Bobo will replace Alex Brosque as the club's second marquee,
153. Bossi, Dominic (4 March 2017). "Alex Brosque tells Sydney FC 're-sign everyone else and leave me to last'". The Sydney Morning Herald. After a lengthy career playing in Japan, the UAE, Belgium and Australia, including two years as Sydney's marquee, Brosque...
154. "Sydney FC gets their marquee man, Carle joins Champions". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 27 May 2010.
155. "Nick Carle has signed a new deal with Sydney FC to return to the A-League". news.com.au. 16 May 2013. It's understood Carle will return to Sydney within the salary cap as Italian star Alessandro Del Piero and Brett Emerton occupy the club's allocation of marquee positions.
156. Rugari, Vince (26 August 2024). "Biggest since Del Piero: Sydney FC sign former Bayern Munich, Juventus star". The Sydney Morning Herald. Costa has signed a two-year marquee contract
157. "Sydney FC Sign Dutch International". Sydney FC. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
158. Rugari, Vince (27 May 2019). "Sydney FC cut ties with three imports as Corica plots A-League defence". The Sydney Morning Herald. the Sky Blues have cut ties with foreigners Siem de Jong
159. "Alessandro Del Piero joins Sydney FC after turning down other clubs". The Guardian. 5 September 2012.
160. Bossi, Dominic (28 April 2014). "Alessandro Del Piero hangs up boots at Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
161. Cockerill, Michael (25 August 2011). "History as Emerton swaps EPL for Sydney". The Age. Emerton has signed a three-year deal to fill the Sky Blues' second marquee spot
162. Hassett, Sebastian (16 January 2014). "Brett Emerton calls time on a brilliant career". The Sydney Morning Herald.
163. Cohen, Kate (22 July 2015). "Sydney FC sign Filip Holosko: What you need to know about the new marquee man at Sydney FC". Fox Sports.
164. Smithies, Tom (22 May 2017). "A-League champions Sydney FC end relationship with marquee Filip Holosko after two seasons". The Daily Telegraph.
165. Decent, Tom (31 July 2014). "Marc Janko announced as Sydney FC's marquee signing". The Sydney Morning Herald.
166. "Marc Janko to leave Sydney FC with no contract extension on offer". The Guardian. 24 May 2015.
167. Cockerill, Michael (1 August 2007). "Sydney FC end marquee mess with Juninho swoop". The Sydney Morning Herald.
168. Bossi, Dominic (3 December 2019). "Salary cap pressure could force break-up of Sydney FC squad". Brisbane Times. Le Fondre has been registered as a designated player (marquee) this season sitting outside the cap...
169. Noronha, Anselm (3 October 2020). "ISL: Mumbai City FC agree terms with English forward Adam le Fondre". Goal.
170. "Sydney FC Agree To Le Fondre Loan". Sydney FC. 7 October 2020.
171. Kemp, Emma (9 May 2017). "Milos Ninkovic signs Sydney FC marquee deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
172. Bossi, Dominic (7 June 2019). "How Sydney FC squeezed 'marquee' Barbarouses inside the salary cap". The Sydney Morning Herald. The club has two free marquee spots after the departure of Siem de Jong, and Ninkovic moving back into the salary cap on a reduced deal this season.
173. "Yorke goes Down Under". The Guardian. 30 June 2005. The former Manchester United, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Birmingham striker is Sydney's marquee player
174. "Yorke confirms Sunderland move". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 September 2006.
175. Hyslop, Liam (8 March 2016). "Kosta Barbarouses signs for Wellington Phoenix". Stuff.co.nz.
176. "A-League transfer news: Kosta Barbarouses released by Wellington Phoenix". Fox Sports. 5 June 2017.
177. Maddaford, Terry (13 May 2008). "Soccer: Phoenix patient for marquee player". The New Zealand Herald. Of the marquee player - they had Socceroo Ahmad Elrich filling that role for the latter part of last season...
178. "Star signings for Phoenix". Wellington Phoenix. Football Federation Australia. 29 February 2008. The Phoenix have released marquee player Ahmad Elrich
179. Davutovic, David (23 March 2016). "Gui Finkler leaves A-League champions Melbourne Victory to sign with Wellington Phoenix". Herald Sun.
180. "Finkler leaves Wellington Phoenix". The World Game. SBS. 8 December 2017.
181. Chapman, Grant (30 November 2020). "A-League: Wellington Phoenix sign Israeli striker Tomer Hemed as marquee player". Newshub.
182. Rollo, Phillip (10 July 2021). "Wellington Phoenix announce departure of marquee striker Tomer Hemed". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
183. Rollo, Phillip (17 October 2019). "Former Premier League striker Gary Hooper Wellington Phoenix's new marquee man". Stuff.co.nz.
184. Radbourne, Lucas (12 September 2020). "More departures show A-League can no longer compete financially with India". FTBL.
185. "Phoenix Swoop To Sign Jade". FTBL. 30 July 2010.
186. Ormond, Aidan (14 December 2011). "Jade North's Unforgettable 2011". FTBL. North, who joined the club just before the start of the J2 season from Wellington Phoenix
187. Smithies, Tom (24 July 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Alvaro Cejudo from Real Betis as a marquee for new A-League season". The Daily Telegraph.
188. "Western Sydney Wanderers announce departures of Jack Clisby, Michael Thwaite, Alvaro Cejudo". Fox Sports. 27 April 2018.
189. Smithies, Tom (6 September 2016). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Argentine attacker Nicolas Martinez as marquee for upcoming A-League season". The Daily Telegraph.
190. "Wanderers captain one of eight to depart club". FTBL. 11 May 2017. Meanwhile, Argentine marquee Nicolás Martinez and midfielder Terry Antonis will return to parent clubs Olympiacos and PAOK respectively following the conclusion of their loan deals with the Wanderers.
191. Bone, Alyssa (14 September 2024). "Western Sydney Wanderers' marquee signing Juan Mata 'hungry to play' as 10-minute feature in Japan raises questions". Wide World of Sports. Nine Network.
192. Rugari, Vince (19 September 2019). "Wanderers to sign 'football god' as new marquee A-League striker". The Sydney Morning Herald.
193. Rugari, Vince (16 January 2020). "Wanderers replace dumped marquee Meier with ex-Premier League striker". The Sydney Morning Herald.
194. Bossi, Dominic (28 September 2012). "Ono signs as Wanderers first marquee player". The Sydney Morning Herald.
195. "Shinji Ono returning to Japan at end of Western Sydney Wanderers contract to be closer to family". ABC News. 16 January 2014.
196. Hassett, Sebastian (27 July 2015). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Italian striker Federico Piovaccari as new marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
197. "Transfer news: Wanderers announce player exits". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 5 May 2016.
198. Bossi, Dominic (5 July 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign La Liga regular Oriol Riera as first marquee player". The Sydney Morning Herald.
199. Adno, Carly (27 April 2019). "Alexander Baumjohann and Oriol Riera won't return to the Western Sydney Wanderers". Fox Sports.
200. Smithies, Tom (21 May 2014). "Western Sydney Wanderers release club captain Michael Beauchamp, defender Jerome Polenz". The Daily Telegraph. Western Sydney last week signed Matthew Spiranovic as their Australian marquee
201. Adno, Carly; Windley, Matt (30 July 2015). "A-League clubs set to be allowed two foreign marquee players". The Advertiser. Western Sydney Wanderers who have signed Federico Piovaccari as their international marquee, but are without an Australian marquee after losing Matthew Spiranovic
202. "Dario Vidosic returns to A-League with Western Sydney Wanderers". The Guardian. 21 September 2015.
203. Bennett, Josh (23 June 2016). "Transfer report: Vidosic to Chinese Super League club". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
204. Greco, John (25 July 2019). "Signing news: ex-Italian international Diamanti joins Western United FC". A-League. Football Federation Australia. United have lured the 36-year-old on a one-year marquee deal
205. Hughes, Nick (24 April 2023). "Italian superstar Alessandro Diamanti announces retirement". Western United.
206. "The Western Melbourne Group have secured Greek international Panagiotis Kone as their first player signing". Fox Sports. 1 February 2019.
207. "Western United marquee Kone quits club". The World Game. SBS. 13 July 2020.