Connor Metcalfe
![]() Metcalfe with Australia at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Connor Isaac Metcalfe | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 5 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | FC St. Pauli | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
South Cardiff | |||||||||||||||||
NNSW NTC | |||||||||||||||||
FFV NTC | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Melbourne City | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Melbourne City NPL | 32 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Melbourne City | 73 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | FC St. Pauli | 60 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Australia U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Australia U23 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Australia | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:57, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Connor Isaac Metcalfe (born 5 November 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli and the Australia national team.
Club career
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Having joined Melbourne City's youth system in 2014, Metcalfe first trained with the senior team during the 2016–17 season.[2] On 18 July 2017, he came into the Melbourne City squad by a scholarship.[2] He made his first appearance coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw against Central Coast Mariners for Nathaniel Atkinson.[3]
On 6 March 2021, Metcalfe scored a brace in Melbourne City's 6–0 away win over City rivals Melbourne Victory.[4]
He was voted in the Professional Footballers Australia's A-League's Team of the Season in June 2021.[5][6] In August, he was awarded the Harry Kewell Medal, the award for Australia's men's young player of the year, for the 2020–21 season.[7][8]
In February 2022, it was announced Metcalfe would join 2. Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli in the summer.[9] He agreed a three-year deal with the German side.[9]
International career
[edit]In October 2018, Metcalfe was called up to the Australia U20 squad to compete in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia.[10] He made his international debut for the senior national team on 7 June 2021 in a World Cup Qualifier against Chinese Taipei.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 1 July 2023
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Melbourne City NPL | 2017[12] | NPL Victoria 2 | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
2018[12] | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||||
Total | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | 32 | 3 | |||||
Melbourne City | 2017–18[13][14] | A-League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19[13][14] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
2019–20[13][14] | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 3 | |||
2020–21[13][14] | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 5 | ||||
2021–22[13][14] | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Total | 68 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 84 | 11 | ||
FC St. Pauli | 2022–23[14] | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||
2023–24[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Career total | 130 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 147 | 17 |
International
[edit]- As of match played 26 March 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Australia | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 0 | |
2024 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Melbourne City
FC St. Pauli
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "Conor Metcalfe profile at Melbourne City". Melbourne City FC. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b "City adds Scholarship Players Roberts, Metcalfe and Najjarine to A-League squad". Melbourne City. 18 July 2017.
- ^ Davutovic, David (15 January 2018). "Melbourne City substitutes praised for sparking comeback against Central Coast". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory 0–6 Melbourne City". Melbourne City FC. 6 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b "PFA reveals LUCRF Super A-League Team of the Season". Professional Footballers Australia. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b Curulli, Chris (24 June 2021). "Six Socceroos named in PFA A-League Team of the Season squad". MyFootball. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b Jackson, Ed (26 August 2021). "Carpenter pips Kerr to PFA award double". 7News. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "🏅 Carpenter, Maclaren and Metcalfe claim 2021 PFA Players' Awards". Professional Footballers Australia. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b Jackson, Ed (17 February 2022). "Socceroo Metcalfe to make Germany move". FTBL. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Update to Young Socceroos squad for AFC U19 Championship". Football Federation Australia. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Graham Arnold lauds impact of inexperienced Socceroos". Football Federation Australia. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Player statistics for Connor Metcalfe". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Connor Metcalfe at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e f g "Connor Metcalfe » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ Chadband, Ian (20 May 2024). "Newlywed Irvine seals love affair with champs St Pauli". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "PFA reveals player-voted Austraffic A-League Men Team of the Season on eve of Grand Final". Professional Footballers Australia. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Connor Metcalfe at Soccerway
- Connor Metcalfe at Olympedia
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Australian men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Wollongong
- Men's association football midfielders
- Australia men's international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players for Australia
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- A-League Men players
- National Premier Leagues players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Melbourne City FC players
- FC St. Pauli players
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Australian soccer midfielder stubs