Marquee player (A-League)


A marquee player—officially a designated player from the 2019–20 season—is a player whose wage is paid outside the A-League salary cap.

History

Current marquees

PlayerNationalityCurrent clubSeason signed
as marquee
Perth Glory2015–16
Central Coast Mariners2017–18
Western United2019–20
Perth Glory2019–20
Wellington Phoenix2019–20
Melbourne Victory2019–20
Sydney FC2019–20
Melbourne City2019–20
Macarthur FC2020–21

Notes
Notes

Brisbane Roar

Central Coast Mariners

Gold Coast United

Macarthur FC

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

New Zealand Knights

Newcastle Jets

North Queensland Fury

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western Sydney Wanderers

Western United

Marquees by nationality

NumberCountryPlayers
34John Aloisi, Paul Agostino, Oliver Bozanic, Alex Brosque, Tim Cahill, Nick Carle, Jason Culina, Daniel De Silva, Ahmad Elrich, Brett Emerton, Eugene Galekovic, Brett Holman, Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Robbie Kruse, Stan Lazaridis, Jamie Maclaren, Matt McKay, Mark Milligan, Craig Moore, Aaron Mooy, Jade North, Tommy Oar, Paul Okon, Josip Skoko, Matthew Spiranovic, Mile Sterjovski, Archie Thompson, Michael Thwaite, James Troisi, Tony Vidmar, Dario Vidosic, David Williams, Ned Zelic
6Bobô, Guilherme Finkler, Fred, Mário Jardel, Juninho, Ricardinho
5Michael Bridges, Brian Deane, Robbie Fowler, Emile Heskey, Gary Hooper
5Alessandro Del Piero, Alessandro Diamanti, Massimo Maccarone, Federico Piovaccari, Fabio Vignaroli
4Marcelo Carrusca, Nicolás Colazo, Marcos Flores, Nicolás Martínez
4Álvaro Cejudo, Diego Castro, Luis García, Oriol Riera
3Siem de Jong, Orlando Engelaar, Gerald Sibon
2Li Yan, Qu Shengqing
2Éric Bauthéac, William Gallas
2Thomas Broich, Alexander Meier
2Keisuke Honda, Shinji Ono
2Kosta Barbarouses, Shane Smeltz
2Ross McCormack, Scot Gemmill
2Nebojša Marinković, Miloš Ninković
1Marc Janko
1Ritchie De Laet
1Pablo Contreras
1Edmundo Zura
1Panagiotis Kone
1Sergio van Dijk
1Besart Berisha
1Marcin Budziński
1Baba Diawara
1Filip Hološko
1Robert Koren
1Ola Toivonen
1Dwight Yorke
1Bruno Fornaroli
1Ronald Vargas