Mark Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer (born 6 October 1972) is a former Australian football player who played as a goalkeeper. As of 2020, he holds the record for playing the most no. of matches in the history of the national football team of Australia.

Throughout his career, Schwarzer played at the world level in football and received appreciations for his consistency, leadership, sportsmanship and skill. Despite playing for average teams for the major part of his career, he managed to have a very successful career and set up many records. In addition to being the oldest player to have ever played for Chelsea, Leicester City and Australia, he is the only footballer in Australian history to have played for more than 20 years. He also holds the record for the most clean sheets by any Australian goalkeeper.

Club career statistics
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|1990/91||rowspan="4"|Marconi Fairfield||rowspan="4"|National Soccer League||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
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|1991/92||9||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0
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|1992/93||23||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0
|-
|1993/94||25||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2:|-||25||0

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|1994/95||Dynamo Dresden||Bundesliga||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0
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|1995/96||Kaiserslautern||Bundesliga||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||0

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|1996/97||Bradford City||First Division||13||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
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|1996/97||rowspan="12"|Middlesbrough||Premier League||7||0||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
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|1997/98||First Division||35||0||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||45||0
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|1998/99||rowspan="10"|Premier League||34||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||35||0
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|1999/00||37||0||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||43||0
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|2000/01||31||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||34||0
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|2001/02||21||0||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||25||0
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|2002/03||38||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||39||0
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|2003/04||36||0||1||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||44||0
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|2004/05||31||0||2||0||0||0||10||0||43||0
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|2005/06||27||0||6||0||3||0||11||0||47||0
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|2006/07||36||0||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||42||0
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|2007/08||34||0||5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||39||0
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|2008/09||rowspan="5"|Fulham||rowspan="5|Premier League||38||0||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||44||0
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|2009/10||37||0||5||0||0||0||18||0||60||0
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|2010/11||31||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||32||0
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|2011/12||30||0||0||0||1||0||12||0||43||0
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|2012/13||36||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||39||0
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|2013/14||rowspan="2"|Chelsea||rowspan="2"|Premier League||4||0||2||0||3||0||3||0||12||0
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|rowspan="2"|2014/15||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|rowspan="2"|Leicester City||rowspan="2"|Premier League||6||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||8||0
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|2015/16||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||3||0
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58||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||58||0
6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
562||0||51||0||36||0||54||0||703||0
626||0||51||0||36||0||54||0||767||0
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International career statistics
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|1993||2||0
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|1994||2||0
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|1995||0||0
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|1996||1||0
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|1997||0||0
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|1998||0||0
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|1999||0||0
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|2000||4||0
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|2001||10||0
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|2002||0||0
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|2003||3||0
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|2004||6||0
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|2005||8||0
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|2006||8||0
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|2007||8||0
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|2008||11||0
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|2009||10||0
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|2010||9||0
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|2011||12||0
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|2012||9||0
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|2013||6||0
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!Total||109||0
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Honours

Club 
Sources: 

Marconi Stallions
National Soccer League: 1992/93

Kaiserslautern
DFB-Pokal (German Cup): 1995/96

Middlesbrough
EFL Cup: 2003/04; runner-up: 1996/97, 1997/98
FA Cup: runner-up: 1996/97
EFL Championship: runner-up: 1997/98
UEFA Europa League: runner-up: 2005/06

Fulham
UEFA Europa League: runner-up: 2009/10

Chelsea
International Champions Cup: runner-up: 2013 
UEFA Super Cup: runner-up: 2013/14

Leicester City
Premier League: 2015/16

International 
Sources: 
OFC Nations Cup: 2004
AFC Asian Cup: runner-up: 2011
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001 (3rd place, Bronze Medal)

Personal awards 
FFA Australian Football Awards: Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010
Fulham Player of the Season: 2008-09
PFA Australian Footballer of the Year Awards: Men's Footballer of the Year: 2010; Alex Tobin OAM Medal: 2014
Order of Australia: 2009
Premier League Player of the Month: February 2010

References

Other websites 
 

1972 births
Living people
Australian footballers
Sportspeople from Sydney