Archie Gerald Thompson (born 23 October 1978) is an Australian former professional

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who played as a forward. He is also currently serving as a club ambassador for

Melbourne Victory FC Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under North American professional sports leag ...

. Born in New Zealand, Thompson played youth football at the New South Wales Institute of Sport before going on to play numerous seasons in the

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and

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. After eleven seasons with Melbourne Victory, he moved on to play for Heidelberg United in 2016. Thompson also played overseas, for

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side Lierse and for Dutch

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side

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. Thompson has played over 50 times for the Australian national team, scoring 28 goals. He was in the squad for the

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, the

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and

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s, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the

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and the successful

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. He holds the all time goal scoring record for a single international match, where he scored 13 goals in a 31–0 victory against

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in 2001. In that same qualification campaign, Thompson scored 16 goals, which made him the top scorer. As of November 2024, Thompson is Melbourne Victory's all time top goalscorer, with 97 goals in all competitions, and is Melbourne Victory's most capped forward of all time, with 262 appearances in all competitions.

Club career

Early career

Archie Thompson began his career as a teenager with Bathurst '75 FC, breaking into the senior squad in 1995. At the close of the 1995 season, he secured a move to the

, signing with the Gippsland Falcons midway through the 1996–97 season. His exceptional pace and skill on the ball were instantly recognisable in a mediocre team, and it wasn't long before he was snapped up by Carlton, becoming a key goalscorer in an attack-minded squad. The demise of Carlton saw a return to Sydney, where he spent the remainder of the 2000–01 season with Marconi, before ultimately signing with Belgium's Lierse SK. A fan favourite, Thompson scored 9 goals in his first season with the

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club before injury curtailed his progress. In his fourth season in Belgium, he was the club's leading scorer, with 14 goals in 29 league appearances.

Melbourne Victory

Due to his strong form, he was lured back home to play for

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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

on a temporary loan. PSV was then coached by

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, 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

game against

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, scoring the only goal as the team's acting captain. 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,

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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

for the A-League 2006-07 season. Resuming with

in domestic football, Thompson formed a deadly partnership in the second season of the

with strike partner Danny Allsopp, who both benefited from the attacking skills of

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ian midfielder

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. Their quality forward play lead Melbourne to become both premiers and champions of the A-League in 2006–07. Thompson starred in the 2007 A-League Grand Final on 18 February 2007, scoring 5 goals and helping

to a 6–0 thrashing of rivals Adelaide United. In becoming the first player to score more than 3 goals in an A-League match, Thompson exceeded his own expectations, predicting before the game that he would get a

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. For his efforts, Thompson was awarded the Joe Marston Medal as the Man of the Match. Thompson scored the winner against Robbie Fowler's North Queensland Fury in the third game of the

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season. 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. 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). On 12 September 2016, Thompson was appointed as a club ambassador of Melbourne Victory.

National Premier Leagues Victoria

On 6 August 2016, Thompson signed a short-term, two-game deal with

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team Heidelberg United. In something of a homecoming, Thompson signed up for a full season with Murray United FC, based in

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, home of his parents, ahead of the 2017

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season. He made his debut for Murray United as a 57th-minute substitute against Melbourne City FC NPL.

Racing Murcia

On 20 August 2019, Thompson signed a contract for fifth division Spanish side Racing Murcia. The club has high ambitions as they aim for promotion to

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, the top division in Spain, within five years. Thompson made his debut on 2 September 2019 coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute against CD Abarán. In a video documenting the progress of the club uploaded to SBS The World Game, it was announced that Thompson had left the club and returned home to Australia.

International career

Thompson made his first international appearance for

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on 28 February 2001 in a friendly match against

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. He then was included by coach

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in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification matches played in April 2001. On 9 April 2001, he came on as a substitute and scored his first international goal in Australia's first match against

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, which Australia easily won 22–0, breaking the world record for the largest win in an international match. Two days later, in the match against

, Thompson was named as starter with regular attackers either rested or omitted from the squad. Australia went on to break their own record by winning 31–0, with Thompson scoring 13 goals, breaking the world record for most goals scored in an international match. American Samoa, who had player eligibility issues, fielded a team with youth players and was not a match to Australia, even though Australia themselves were missing several star players. A month later, Thompson was named in Australia's squad for the

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. 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

final, which Australia won. Since then, Thompson was more regularly called up to the national team, although most of his appearances were as a substitute. He was also included in Australia's squad for the

, appearing in two matches as a substitute. In 2005, Thompson returned to Australia to play for

in the inaugural

season. Despite not playing in Europe, he retained his place in the national team and became the only A-League based player in Australia's squad for the qualification matches against

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for a berth in the

. Australia eventually qualified for the 2006 World Cup. His good form for Melbourne earned Thompson a place in Australia's squad for the World Cup. He was one of three A-League based players in the squad, even though he spent the run-up to the tournament on loan at

. However, he did not receive any playing time in the tournament, as Australia was eliminated in the second round. In 2007, Thompson was once again included in Australia's squad for a major tournament. This time, Thompson participated in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, appearing as a substitute once, in a match against the eventual winners

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. In 2008, Thompson was included in Australia's under-23 squad for the

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as one of the three over-age players allowed in the team. National coach

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described Thompson's performance against

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in February 2009 as "absolutely hopeless". Thompson returned to the national team in 2012 and scored in a 3–0 win against

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, his first international goal in 6 years. Three days later, he scored in a 2–1 loss to

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. His goal scoring form continued as he scored a last-gasp winner in a 2–1 victory over

in a must-win

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qualifier. Thompson was selected in the squad to take part in East Asian Cup qualification in Hong Kong, and Thompson was crowned top-goalscorer of the 2013 East Asian Cup. On 5 November, he scored against

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in a 1–1 draw. Two days later, he scored one of the fastest

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in history after coming on as a substitute and scoring the three in between the 58th and 65th minutes in a 9–0 win over

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. This meant that Thompson has scored 28 international goals, one behind the 29 of

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and 22 behind the Australian record of 50, held by

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Goalscoring world record

Thompson's 13 goals broke the previous record of 7 goals, which was jointly held by another Australian,

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, who scored seven goals against

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in the 1982 World Cup qualification on 14 August 1981, and

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ian

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, who also scored seven goals against

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in the 1998 World Cup qualification on 2 June 1997. Some sources mentioned that the previous record was 10 goals, which was achieved by

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's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen in a 17–1 win against

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at the

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and

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in a 16–0 win against

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at the

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. These matches, although fully recognised by

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, were played by amateur players. Thompson also equaled the world record for most goals scored in a recognised senior match, set in 1885 when

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scored 13 goals in Arbroath's 36–0 win over Bon Accord in a

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to a New Zealand father of

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descent and а Papua New Guinean mother. He has three brothers and two sisters. He has two children, Isabella and Axel, and bears one tattoo on each of his inner forearms of his children's names. Archie was the official ambassador for ''

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'' in Australia and New Zealand. Thompson is a fan of the

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in the

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. In October 2010, his book ''What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger'' was released by Melbourne University Publishing. Thompson is currently a pundit for

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and

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's coverage of the A-League and a panellist on A-League review show ''A-Leagues Download''.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thompson goal.''

Honours

Melbourne Victory *

Championship: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15 Australia *

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: 3rd place,

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Individual * A-League Golden Boot: 2005–06 * Joe Marston Medal:

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* 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

match: 5 * Most

appearances: 261 * Most

goals: 97

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile

FFA – Socceroo profile

Yahoo World Cup profile

Hat Trick against Adelaide United
on World Football Register

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Archie 1978 births Living people Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Olympic soccer players for Australia Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics A-League Men players Belgian Pro League players Eredivisie players Carlton SC players Lierse S.K. players Marconi Stallions FC players Melbourne Victory FC players Racing Murcia FC players PSV Eindhoven players People from Ōtorohanga New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni New Zealand emigrants to Australia Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Falcons 2000 SC players Heidelberg United FC players Marquee players (A-League Men) Association footballers from Waikato Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Sportspeople from Albury Soccer players from New South Wales New Zealand Māori sportspeople Australian people of Māori descent New Zealand people of Papua New Guinean descent