Michael Thwaite

**Michael Thwaite** (born 2 May 1983) is a former Australian soccer player. He has played for the Australia national team.

### Club

|-
|2002–03||rowspan="2"|Marconi Stallions||rowspan="2"|National Soccer League||16||0
|-
|2003–04||20||0

|-
|2004–05||rowspan="2"|Naţional Bucureşti||rowspan="2"|Divizia A||25||0
|-
|2005–06||9||0

|-
|2006–07||rowspan="2"|Wisła Kraków||rowspan="2"|Ekstraklasa||5||0
|-
|2007–08||1||0

|-
|2008||Brann||Tippeligaen||2||0

|-
|2008–09||Melbourne Victory||A-League||16||0
|-
|2009–10||Gold Coast United||A-League||||
52||0
34||0
6||0
2||0
94||0
|}

### International

|-
|2005||1||0
|-
|2006||2||0
|-
|2007||3||0
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!Total||6||0
|}

## Honours

**Wisła Kraków**
- Ekstraklasa: 2007–08

**Melbourne Victory**
- A-League Men Championship: 2009
- A-League Men Premiership: 2008–2009

**Individual**
- Gold Coast United Player of the Year: 2010–2011
- Gold Coast United Player's Player of the Year: 2009–2010
- Gold Coast United Member's Player of the Year: 2009–2010
- Perth Glory Most Glorious Player: 2013–14 Perth Glory FC season
- Perth Glory Member's Ultimate XI 1996–2016
- A-League All Stars Game participant: 2014
- Gold Coast United Player of the Year: Queensland NPL season 2019
- Queensland NPL All Stars and Queensland State team: 2020

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Michael Thwaite
- **image**: Thwaite-20171008.jpg
- **image size**: 220
- **caption**: Thwaite playing for Western Sydney Wanderers FC in 2018
- **fullname**: Michael Errol Thwaite
- **birth place**: Brisbane, Australia
- **position**: Defender (football), Centre back
Midfielder (football), Defensive midfielder
- **years1**: 2002
- **clubs1**: Sydney Uni SFC, Sydney University
- **caps1**: 22
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 2002–2004
- **clubs2**: Marconi Stallions
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2004–2006
- **clubs3**: Naţional București
- **caps3**: 36
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2006–2008
- **clubs4**: Wisła Kraków
- **caps4**: 6
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2008–2009
- **clubs5**: SK Brann
- **caps5**: 2
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2008–2009
- **clubs6**: → Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory (loan)
- **caps6**: 16
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2009–2012
- **clubs7**: Gold Coast United FC, Gold Coast United
- **caps7**: 78
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2012–2016
- **clubs8**: Perth Glory FC, Perth Glory
- **caps8**: 85
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2016
- **clubs9**: Liaoning Whowin F.C., Liaoning Whowin
- **caps9**: 25
- **goals9**: 3
- **years10**: 2017–2018
- **clubs10**: Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Western Sydney Wanderers
- **caps10**: 21
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2019–2020
- **clubs11**: Gold Coast United FC, Gold Coast United
- **caps11**: 45
- **goals11**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam1**: Australia national under-20 soccer team, Australia U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2004
- **nationalteam2**: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team, Australia U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2013
- **nationalteam3**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia
- **nationalcaps3**: 13
- **nationalgoals3**: 0