Archie Thompson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Archie Gerald Thompson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Ōtorohanga, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Striker / Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Lithgow Rangers | |||
Twin City Wanderers | |||
1994–1995 | NSWIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Bathurst '75 | 16 | (9) |
1996–1999 |
Gippsland Falcons | 43 | (10) |
1999–2000 | Carlton SC | 53 | (23) |
2001 |
Marconi Stallions | 13 | (6) |
2001–2005 | Lierse | 90 | (28) |
2005–2016 | Melbourne Victory | 224 | (90) |
2006 | → PSV (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Heidelberg United | 2 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Murray United | 38 | (12) |
2019 | Racing Murcia | 1 | (1) |
2020 | Essendon Royals | 0 | (0) |
Total | 482 | (179) | |
International career | |||
1998–2001 |
Australia U-23 | 8 | (1) |
2008 |
Australia Olympic (O.P. ) | 2 | (0) |
2001–2013 |
Australia | 54 | (28) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Archie Gerald Thompson (born 23 October 1978) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also currently serving as a club ambassador for Melbourne Victory FC.[3]
Born in New Zealand, Thompson played youth football at the
Thompson has played over 50 times for the Australian national team, scoring 28 goals. He was in the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the 2001 and 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the successful 2004 OFC Nations Cup.
He holds the all time goal scoring
Club career
Early career
Archie Thompson began his career as a teenager with
Melbourne Victory
Due to his strong form, he was lured back home to play for Melbourne Victory in 2005 (the inaugural A-League season), scoring the team's first ever regular season goal. With the A-League season finishing in March and a four-month gap between then and Australia's first World Cup group match, Thompson was approached in late 2005 join Dutch team PSV Eindhoven on a temporary loan. PSV was then coached by Guus Hiddink, who was also the Australian national team's head coach, and playing for the team would provide Thompson with the match fitness and exposure to help his chances of being selected in the World Cup team. After negotiations between the Victory and PSV stalled over the financial terms of the deal, Thompson was officially placed on six-month loan to PSV Eindhoven on 13 January 2006. He played what was thought at the time to be his final Melbourne Victory game against Queensland Roar, scoring the only goal as the team's acting captain.[5] This goal took his tally to 8 for the season, which made him Melbourne Victory's inaugural Golden Boot winner. He also tied for the A-League's top goal scorer (the Reebok Golden Boot award) with Alex Brosque, Bobby Despotovski and Stewart Petrie. Thompson made just two appearances for PSV as a substitute. He was informed by the club that they would not be signing him to a further deal, and so he returned to
Resuming with
Their quality forward play lead Melbourne to become both
Thompson starred in the
Thompson scored the winner against
During the 2009–2010 Hyundai A League grand final between the Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC, Archie was stretchered off after only 12 minutes due to tearing his knee ligaments. During the post game interview, Archie confirmed that it looks like he will require a full knee reconstruction, resulting in him being out of action for up to 12 months.
Thompson played his first game in the A-League 2010–11 season loss against Gold Coast United, after coming back from a major knee reconstruction.
He went on to win the 2014–15 A-League and 2015 FFA Cup with Victory.[6]
On 30 April 2016, Melbourne Victory announced they hadn't renewed Thompson's contract with Thompson departing the club at the end of their 2016 ACL campaign. Thompson spent 11 seasons with the club, scoring 90 goals, 10 of them in finals matches (both numbers being records at the time of his departure from the club).[7]
On 12 September 2016, Thompson was appointed as a club ambassador of Melbourne Victory.[3]
National Premier Leagues Victoria
On 6 August 2016, Thompson signed a short-term, two-game deal with National Premier Leagues Victoria team Heidelberg United.
In something of a homecoming, Thompson signed up for a full season with
Racing Murcia
On 20 August 2019, Thompson signed a contract for fifth division Spanish side
International career
Thompson made his first international appearance for
A month later, Thompson was named in Australia's squad for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. He made two substitute appearances in the tournament as Australia went on to achieve third place at the competition. In total, Thompson made seven international appearances in 2001, scoring an impressive 16 goals. However, after 2001, he was not called up by Farina for more than three years before earning a recall in 2004.
On 12 October 2004, he was recalled to the team and made a substitute appearance in the
In 2007, Thompson was once again included in Australia's squad for a major tournament. This time, Thompson participated in the
Thompson returned to the national team in 2012 and scored in a 3–0 win against
Goalscoring world record
Thompson's 13 goals broke the previous record of 7 goals, which was jointly held by another Australian,
Personal life
Thompson was born in
Thompson is a fan of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.[26]
In October 2010, his book What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger was released by Melbourne University Publishing.[27]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 8 October 2018[28]
Club | Division | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Gippsland Falcons
|
National Soccer League | 1996–97 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||
1997–98 | 22 | 4 | – | – | 22 | 4 | ||||
1998–99 | 15 | 4 | – | – | 15 | 4 | ||||
Total | 43 | 10 | – | – | 43 | 10 | ||||
Carlton SC | National Soccer League | 1998–99 | 10 | 5 | – | – | 10 | 5 | ||
1999–2000 | 35 | 12 | – | – | 35 | 12 | ||||
2000–01 | 8 | 6 | – | – | 8 | 6 | ||||
Total | 53 | 23 | – | – | 53 | 23 | ||||
Marconi Stallions
|
National Soccer League | 2000–01 | 13 | 6 | – | – | 13 | 6 | ||
Lierse | Belgian First Division
|
2001–02 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | – | 34 | 11 | |
2002–03 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
2003–04 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 | 5 | |||
2004–05 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | – | 33 | 16 | |||
Total | 90 | 27 | 9 | 5 | – | 99 | 32 | |||
PSV Eindhoven | Eredivisie | 2005–06 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Melbourne Victory | A-League
|
2005–06 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | – | 19 | 10 | |
2006–07 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | – | 27 | 17 | |||
2007–08 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 | ||
2008–09 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 9 | |||
2009–10 | 26 | 11 | – | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | |||
2010–11 | 9 | 4 | – | 6 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
2011–12 | 27 | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |||
2012–13 | 22 | 9 | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | |||
2013–14 | 24 | 9 | – | 5 | 0 | 29 | 9 | |||
2014–15 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | 28 | 12 | |||
2015–16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 2 | ||
Total | 224 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 262 | 97 | ||
Heidelberg United
|
NPL Victoria | 2016 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Murray United[29] | NPL Victoria 2 | 2017 | 21 | 7 | – | – | 21 | 7 | ||
2018 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
Total | 26 | 7 | – | – | 26 | 7 | ||||
Career total | 453 | 163 | 24 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 500 | 175 |
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[30]
Australia
| ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2001 | 7 | 16 |
2002 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | 8 | 3 |
2006 | 7 | 1 |
2007 | 5 | 0 |
2008 | 2 | 0 |
2009 | 2 | 0 |
2010 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | 1 | 0 |
2012 | 12 | 7 |
2013 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 54 | 28 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 April 2001 | Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia | Tonga | 18–0 | 22–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 11 April 2001 | Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia | American Samoa | 2–0 | 31–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 8–0 | |||||
4 | 10–0 | |||||
5 | 11–0 | |||||
6 | 12–0 | |||||
7 | 14–0 | |||||
8 | 15–0 | |||||
9 | 16–0 | |||||
10 | 20–0 | |||||
11 | 22–0 | |||||
12 | 23–0 | |||||
13 | 29–0 | |||||
14 | 30–0 | |||||
15 | 16 April 2001 | Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia | Samoa | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
16 | 10–0 | |||||
17 | 12 October 2004 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | Solomon Islands | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2004 OFC Nations Cup |
18 | 3 September 2005 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia | Solomon Islands | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
19 | 6 September 2005 | Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara, Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
20 | 9 October 2005 | Craven Cottage, London, England | Jamaica | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
21 | 22 February 2006 | Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain | Bahrain | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
22 | 7 September 2012 | Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon | Lebanon | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
23 | 11 September 2012 | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman , Jordan |
Jordan | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
24 | 16 October 2012 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Iraq | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
25 | 5 December 2012 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | North Korea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup |
26 | 7 December 2012 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | Guam | 5–0 | 9–0 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup |
27 | 6–0 | |||||
28 | 7–0 |
Honours
Melbourne Victory
Australia
- OFC Nations Cup: 2004
Individual
- A-League Golden Boot: 2005–06
- Joe Marston Medal: 2007
- Victory Medal: 2007–08, 2009–10
- A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13
- A-League PFA Team of the Decade: 2005–2015
Records
- Most goals in an international match: 13
- Most goals in an A-Leaguematch: 5
- Most Melbourne Victory appearances: 261
- Most Melbourne Victory goals: 97
See also
References
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External links
- Melbourne Victory profile Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Oz Football profile
- FFA – Socceroo profile
- Yahoo World Cup profile
- Hat Trick against Adelaide United on World Football Register
- Article written for The Age