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James Troisi is an Australian professional football player who plays for Western Sydney in the A-League. Troisi has also played for the Australian national team, the Socceroos.
Troisi joined the Wanderers after an extensive career both domestically and internationally in the Turkish Super Liga, Serie A and Saudi Pro League which has seen him play in 250 matches and score 49 goals.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER:
After a successful 2006–07 season with the Newcastle reserve side, Troisi made his debut for the Australia U23 team (the "Olyroos"), on 18 April 2007 against Saudi Arabia in an Olympic qualifier. He followed up a good performance against the Saudis with a goal in the all-important clash with Iran in his hometown of Adelaide.
Troisi made his full international debut for Australia in a goalless friendly against Singapore on 22 March 2008, playing in left midfield.
Ange Postecoglou included Troisi in the Australia squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.2015 AFC Asian Cup squad. He started Australia's first match of the tournament against Kuwait, scoring Australia's fourth and final goal of the match in the 92nd minute of the match, helping Australia to a 4–1 win.
Troisi played for Australia in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final against South Korea, coming on as a second-half substitute for Robbie Kruse. He scored Australia's second goal of the match in the first period of extra time, the winning goal of the Asian Cup Final.
He was selected in Australia's squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. He scored against Chile, and was awarded FIFA Man of the Match.
In May 2018 he was named in Australia's preliminary 26-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2007 Contracted to Newcastle United
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2015 Scored the winning goal in the AFC Asian Cup
INTERESTING FACTS
- Born in Adelaide to a Greek mother and Italian father
- Identifies as Greek Orthodox
- Was the first Greek Australian to play at the World Cup
Listen to James' Story on the Unlaced Podcast:
James scoring the winner in the 2015 Asian Cup Final:
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