List of Gold Coast United FC players

Gold Coast United Football Club was an Australian professional football (soccer) club based on the Gold Coast of Queensland. The club was formed in 2008, and played their first competitive match in August 2009 in the A-League. The club played its home matches at Robina Stadium. More than 50 players appeared for the Gold Coast side in their three seasons, those players are listed here.

Gold Coast United's record appearance-maker is Michael Thwaite, who played 82 matches for the club.

List of players

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, in the A-League.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Table headers

• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• Gold Coast United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Gold Coast United to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of games started.
• Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

List of Gold Coast United FC players

Name	Nationality	Position	Gold Coast United career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
Culina, JasonJason Culina	Australia	3 !MF	2009–2010	44	0	44	8	[1]
Griffiths, AdamAdam Griffiths	Australia	2 !DF	2009	1	0	1	0	[2]
Higgins, ScottScott Higgins	Australia	1 !GK	2009–2010	12	1	13	0	[3]
Minniecon, TahjTahj Minniecon	Australia	4 !FW	2009–2012	17	22	39	1	[4]
Osman, MatthewMatthew Osman	Australia	5 !U	2009–2010	5	10	15	0	[5]
Piorkowski, DanielDaniel Piorkowski	Australia	2 !DF	2009	2	0	2	0	[6]
Porter, JoelJoel Porter	Australia	4 !FW	2009–2011	30	13	43	7	[7]
Robson	Brazil	3 !MF	2009–2011	27	9	36	2	[8]
Smeltz, ShaneShane Smeltz	New Zealand	4 !FW	2009–2011	38	0	38	28	[9]
Thwaite, MichaelMichael Thwaite	Australia	2 !DF	2009–2012	82	0	82	1	[10]
van den Brink, BasBas van den Brink	Netherlands	2 !DF	2009–2011	48	3	51	3	[11]
Rees, KristianKristian Rees	Australia	2 !DF	2009–2012	63	10	73	4	[12]
Pantelidis, SteveSteve Pantelidis	Australia	2 !DF	2009–2011	37	12	49	1	[13]
Milson	Brazil	4 !FW	2009	1	8	9	0	[14]
Caravella, ZenonZenon Caravella	Australia	3 !MF	2009–2011	46	6	52	1	[15]
Fitzsimmons, SteveSteve Fitzsimmons	Australia	5 !U	2009–2011	17	17	34	2	[16]
Traore, AdamaAdama Traoré	Ivory Coast	2 !DF	2009–2012	67	2	69	3	[17]
Anderson	Brazil	2 !DF	2009–2011	39	9	48	0	[18]
Mebrahtu, GolgolGolgol Mebrahtu	Australia	4 !FW	2009–2012	14	12	26	0	[19]
Vanstrattan, JessJess Vanstrattan	Australia	1 !GK	2009–2010	18	0	18	0	[20]
Lustica, StevenSteven Lustica	Australia	3 !MF	2009–2011	1	3	4	0	[21]
Barisic, AndrewAndrew Barisic	Australia	4 !FW	2009–2011	3	14	17	2	[22]
Brown, JamesJames Brown	Australia	3 !MF	2009–2012	27	11	38	9	[23]
Byrnes, MarkMark Byrnes	Australia	2 !DF	2009	0	1	1	0	[24]
Jefferson	Brazil	3 !MF	2009	1	0	1	0	[25]
Bevan, MitchMitch Bevan	Australia	3 !MF	2009–2012	3	5	8	0	[26]
Anderson, ZacZac Anderson	Australia	2 !DF	2009–2012	12	5	17	1	[27]
Wearing, BenBen Wearing	Australia	2 !DF	2009	1	0	1	0	[28]
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	Scotland	3 !MF	2009–2010	8	2	10	1	[29]
Djulbic, DinoDino Đulbić	Australia	2 !DF	2010–2011	37	3	40	4	[30]
Moss, GlenGlen Moss	New Zealand	1 !GK	2010–2011	41	0	41	0	[31]
Curtis, JohnJohn Curtis	England	2 !DF	2010–2011	12	7	19	1	[32]
Halloran, BenBen Halloran	Australia	3 !MF	2010–2012	22	4	26	4	[33]
Djite, BruceBruce Djite	Australia	4 !FW	2010–2011	23	0	23	10	[34]
Broadfoot, ChrisChris Broadfoot	Australia	4 !FW	2010–2011	0	5	5	0	[35]
Harold, ChrisChris Harold	Australia	4 !FW	2010–2012	10	14	24	2	[36]
Brillante, JoshuaJoshua Brillante	Australia	5 !U	2010–2012	11	3	14	0	[37]
Tyson, JerradJerrad Tyson	Australia	1 !GK	2010–2012	14	1	15	0	[38]
Perchtold, PeterPeter Perchtold	Germany	3 !MF	2011	10	0	10	0	[39]
Kim Sung-kil	South Korea	3 !MF	2011	1	0	1	0	[40]
Beekmans, PaulPaul Beekmans	Netherlands	2 !DF	2011–2012	14	0	14	0	[41]
Jungschlager, PeterPeter Jungschläger	Netherlands	3 !MF	2011–2012	21	1	22	2	[42]
Macallister, DylanDylan Macallister	Australia	4 !FW	2011–2012	11	4	15	3	[43]
Macgowan, DylanDylan McGowan	Australia	2 !DF	2011–2012	14	4	18	0	[44]
Rozic, AnteAnte Rožić	Croatia	2 !DF	2011–2012	10	0	10	0	[45]
Severino, DanielDaniel Severino	Australia	3 !MF	2011–2012	0	12	12	1	[46]
Rigters, MaceoMaceo Rigters	Netherlands	4 !FW	2011–2012	19	3	22	4	[47]
Yosief, AmbesagerAmbesager Yosief	Eritrea	2 !DF	2011	0	3	3	0	[48]
Salley, JonasJonas Salley	Ivory Coast	3 !MF	2011–2012	12	0	12	0	[49]
Bowles, DanielDaniel Bowles	Australia	2 !DF	2011–2012	8	4	12	2	[50]
Lucas, ChrisChris Lucas	Australia	4 !FW	2012	0	1	1	0	[51]
OConnor, ChrisChris O'Connor	Australia	1 !GK	2012	3	0	3	0	[52]
Bragg, DanielDaniel Bragg	Australia	3 !MF	2012	1	2	3	0	[53]
Barker-Daish, JakeJake Barker-Daish	Australia	3 !MF	2012	4	3	7	0	[54]
Cooper, MitchMitch Cooper	Australia	3 !MF	2012	5	1	6	1	[55]

Club captains

Two players held the position of captain of Gold Coast United. The first club captain was Jason Culina, who was captain from 2009 to 2011. After Culina left the club, Michael Thwaite was named captain, a position he held until the end of the club's final season in 2012.

Dates	Name	Notes
2009–2011	Jason Culina	Longest-serving captain in Gold-Coast's history
2011–2012	Michael Thwaite

Notes

• ^ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

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