Total Football Analysis Breakout XI for 2025 includes eight ‘alternates’/’bench players’ who almost made the cut for a full scouting report in the magazine. Those players will still be covered with a mini-data analysis. Our sub left centre-back is Dylan Leonard of Western United. One of the brightest young defenders...
Who is Nestory Irankunda? Some people seem to be destined for greatness, but Nestory Irankunda definitely was not one of them. Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania after his parents had to flee Burundi due to civil war, the young boy's future was in doubt from the start. His...
In 2010, the Central Coast Mariners were pulled from the A-League due to a lack of funding. However, fast forward to the 2023/24 season and Central Coast are back in the A-League and have just completed their return season. Head coach Emily Husband has steered the side to a fifth-place...
Sydney FC currently occupy fifth position in the A-League, having accumulated 34 points from 22 matches, trailing by four points behind the third-placed Melbourne Victory FC, who have garnered 38 points from 23 matches, indicating an additional match played. Defensively, the team's statistics are relatively average, having conceded 34 goals,...
On the 22nd of October 2023, at the age of 14 years and 361 days, Talia Younis broke Sam Kerr’s long-standing record for the youngest-ever A-League debutant by 49 days — before it was again broken by teammate Ischia Brooking just 14 days later. Despite that, Younis has been given...
Macarthur FC endured a curious 2022/23 season. Premier League legend Dwight Yorke was their manager to begin the campaign after guiding them to the Australia Cup in 2022 - their first major trophy ever - but struggled to get a tune out of the team as they won just five...
Since the establishment of the Australian A-League in 2004, Melbourne Victory has been one of the dominant forces in the division, having won three Premiers and have been crowned Champions on four occasions. However, you have to go back to the 2014/15 season for the last time that Victory won...
Daniela Galic is a seventeen-year-old Australian winger of Croatian descent. Having only signed her first professional contract in October 2022 and only played one full season of senior football she has been one of the standout performers for Melbourne City throughout the 2023/24 campaign, as they look to win their...
For Canberra United, the 2023/24 A-League Women season has not been one to write home about thus far, with them losing three of their opening five matches and only tasting victory for the first time at the weekend when Brisbane Roar Women visited McKellar Park. They do still have games...
The Australian A-League is quickly becoming one of the most proficient leagues in terms of youth development. During the 2022/23 season and the current transfer window, leading into the 2023/24 campaign, we have seen quite a few players make the move from Australia to Europe. Garang Kuol swapped Central Coast...
The great thing about being a football fan is that, as one league starts to enter its latter stages, another re-enters the fray. In the women’s game, just such a transition is happening at this very time, with many of the major European seasons entering their final weeks and others...
Christmas is a time when most football fans can sit back, take a breath and reflect on the events of the first half of the season, with players and coaches allowed to enjoy some downtime and recharge ahead of title run-ins or relegation battles. However, not all leagues take the...
Western Sydney Wanderers and Macarthur clashed over the weekend in a game full of tactical retaliation. Dwight Yorke has been only experimenting with his tactics for over six months in his first-ever managerial role. Marko Rudan, the experienced Australian coach has well shaped the team filled with creativity and energy....
Garang Kuol has just had his move to Newcastle United and the Premier League confirmed. The 18-year-old Australian has had a quick rise through his footballing journey, attracting interest from Celtic and Borussia Dortmund. He has also just recently made his international debut for the Socceroos in a friendly against...
Over the last couple of years, one of the most interesting leagues in world football in terms of the improvement on a tactical and competitive level has been the Australian A-League. The quality of domestic players has grown and when combined with some interesting recruitment from other markets we are...
Scoring seven goals in 893 minutes, Central Coast Mariners centre-forward Alou Kuol has the third-best goals per 90 ratio (0.71) of any A-League player for the 2020/21 campaign. His clinical nature in front of goal caught Stuttgart sporting director Sven Mislintat’s eye and now, the 177cm (5’10”), 72kg (159lbs) 19-year-old...
