Mathew Leckie
Mathew Allan Leckie (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian soccer player. He plays for Melbourne City in the A-League Men and for the Australia men's national soccer team (nicknamed the "Socceroos"). Leckie is a fast and quick-moving player. He usually plays on the wing. But in the past, he has also played as a midfielder, a striker or second striker, and sometimes even as a wing-back.[3][4]
Leckie with Hertha BSC in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathew Allan Leckie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1991
(aged 34)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Forward, winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Melbourne City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brimbank Stallions | |||
| 2007 | Bulleen Lions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Bulleen Lions | 27 | (15) |
| 2009–2011 | Adelaide United | 35 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 10 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → FSV Frankfurt II (loan) | 5 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | → FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | FSV Frankfurt | 31 | (10) |
| 2014–2017 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 94 | (10) |
| 2017–2021 | Hertha BSC | 68 | (7) |
| 2019 | Hertha BSC II | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Melbourne City | 45 | (16) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Australia U20 | 13 | (3) |
| 2012– | Australia | 76 | (14) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:25, 30 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
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Leckie with Adelaide United in 2010
Leckie with Hertha BSC in pre-season, 2019.
Leckie with Melbourne City in 2022
Leckie playing for Australia against Cameroon at the 2017 Confederations Cup.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mathew Leckie". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ "Mathew Leckie: 'Anything can happen at the Asian Cup'" (in en-GB). The Guardian. 2018-11-13. . https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/14/mathew-leckie-anything-can-happen-at-the-asian-cup. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ↑ "Matthew Leckie happy to move on from wing back role in Bert Van Marwijk's 4-2-3-1 change-up". The Courier Mail. March 23, 2018. Retrieved 2025-05-06.