List of Adelaide United FC players

Adelaide United Football Club

File:Adelaide United FC logo.svg Logo of Adelaide United FC
Company type	Professional football club
Industry	Sports
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Hindmarsh, Adelaide , Australia
Area served	Australia
Products	Association football team

Adelaide United Football Club, situated in Hindmarsh, Adelaide, was established in 2003. It stands as the only South Australian team admitted to the A-League Men in 2005, after participating in its first season within the National Soccer League. The club’s senior squad has taken part in numerous domestic and international tournaments, with players who have reached 100 or more appearances detailed below.

The record for the highest number of appearances is held by Eugene Galekovic, who featured in 285 matches between 2007 and 2017. Other distinguished players with over 200 appearances include Isaías and Ryan Kitto. Leading the club’s all-time scoring charts is Craig Goodwin, who scored 60 goals across all competitions from 2014 through 2023.

Key

• Players are arranged by their debut date, followed by alphabetical order.
• Appearances as substitutes are counted.
• Statistics are current up to the match played on 31 July 2024; players who departed after this date have their stats recorded until their exit.

Players

Players shown in bold are currently part of Adelaide United.

Adelaide United FC players with at least 100 appearances

Player	Nationality	Position	Years at club	Starts	Substitute	Total appearances	Goals scored
				Appearances
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2003–2008	113	8	121	7
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2003–2009	98	6	104	6
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2005–2009	102	5	107	0
Template:Sortname	Australia	FW	2005–2011	166	17	183	41
Template:Sortname	Australia	FW	2005–2011	97	32	129	15
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2005–2011	109	29	138	8
Template:Sortname	Australia	FW	2006–2008 2011–2016	132	33	165	44
Template:Sortname	Template:Country data Brazil	DF	2007–2013	145	13	158	11
Template:Sortname	Australia	GK	2007–2017	285	0	285	0
Template:Sortname	Australia	MF	2007–2013	74	42	116	9
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2008–2009 2011–2016	94	16	110	2
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2008–2010 2014–2021	148	45	193	4
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2010–2015	109	5	114	4
Template:Sortname	Australia	MF	2010–2011	77	34	111	1
Template:Sortname	Template:Country data Argentina	MF	2012–2017	111	12	123	27
Template:Sortname	Australia	DF	2013–2018	108	6	114	3
'\'\'\'Template:Sortname'\'\'\'	\\\Template:Country data '\'Spain'\'\'\'	\\\MF'\'\\'	\\\2013–2019 2021–'\'\\'	\4|\264|\10
'\'Jordan Elsey'\'	\Australia'\'	\DF'\'	\2013–2021'\'	\20|\141|\6
'\'\'Ryan Kitto'\'\'	\Australia'\'	\DF'\'	\2013–2015 2016–'\'	\55|\208|\17
'\'Craig Goodwin'\'	\Australia'\'	\FW'\'	\2014–2016 2018–2019 2021–2023'\'	\9|\168|\60
'\'Nikola Mileusnic'\'	\Australia'\'	\FW'\'	\2016–2020'\'	\24|\103|\19
'George Blackwood'	'Australia'	\FW	\2017–2020 2021–2023	\46|\113|\25
'Ben Halloran'	'Australia'	\FW	\2018–2022 2022–2024	\12|\141|\28
'Louis D'Arrigo'	'Australia'	\MF	\2019–2023	\23|\106|\5

Captains

Since its establishment in 2003, Adelaide United has appointed ten different captains, starting with Ross Aloisi who led the team during its initial two seasons. The captain with the longest tenure is Eugene Galekovic, who served from 2011 until 2017. As of 2023, the role of captain is held by Ryan Kitto, following the departure of Craig Goodwin.

Years	Captain
2005–07	Template:Flagathlete
2007–08	Template:Flagathlete
2008–11	Template:Flagathlete
2011	Template:Flagathlete
2011–17	Template:Flagathlete
2017–19	Template:Flagathlete
2019–20	Template:Flagathlete
2020–22	Template:Flagathlete
2022–23	Template:Flagathlete
2023–	Template:Flagathlete