Connor Metcalfe (born 5 November 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a

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club FC St. Pauli.

Club career

Having joined Melbourne City's youth system in 2014, Metcalfe first trained with the senior team during the 2016–17 season. On 18 July 2017, he came into the Melbourne City squad by a scholarship. He made his first appearance coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw against

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. On 6 March 2021, Metcalfe scored a brace in Melbourne City's 6–0 away win over City rivals

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. He was voted in the Professional Footballers Australia's A-League's Team of the Season in June 2021. In August, he was awarded the

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, the award for Australia's men's young player of the year, for the 2020–21 season. In February 2022, it was announced Metcalfe would join

club FC St. Pauli in the summer. He agreed a three-year deal with the German side.

International career

In October 2018, Metcalfe was called up to the Australia U20 squad to compete in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship held in Indonesia. He made his international debut for the senior national team on 7 June 2021 in a World Cup Qualifier against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Melbourne City *

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Premiership:

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Individual *

: 2021 * A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2020−21, 2021–22

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* 1999 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Soccer players from Wollongong Men's association football midfielders Australia men's international soccer players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia 2023 AFC Asian Cup players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players 2. Bundesliga players Melbourne City FC players FC St. Pauli players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub