Jackson Alexander Irvine (born 7 March 1993) is an Australian professional
soccer
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player who plays as a
central midfielder
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for
Bundesliga
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club
FC St. Pauli
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, whom he
captains
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Celtic
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,
Kilmarnock
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, Ross County, Burton Albion, Hull City and Hibernian.
Irvine played for Scotland at under-19 level, but subsequently chose to represent the Australia national team at senior level, and was selected in their
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and
2022 FIFA World Cup
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Melbourne
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, Australia, where he attended The Knox School. and where he played for clubs in the Victorian League structure. While growing up, Irvine met Curtis Good when "they were both ten and lived two minutes from each other and grew up together". They also "ran cross countries together, played for Knox City (in Melbourne) as juniors". He won the Frankston Pines player of the year award in 2009, his first season of senior football.
He signed with
Celtic
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in December 2010 after a successful trial period. During the 2011–12 season, Irvine played for Celtic in the NextGen Series, a pan-European competition for youth teams, he also captained the under 19-side that won the
Scottish Youth Cup
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Scottish Premier League
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debut on 1 September 2012, when he came on as a half-time substitute in a 2–2 draw against Hibernian. Having made his first team debut he also captained the club's new under-20 side.
Kilmarnock (loan)
At the start of the 2013–14 season, Irvine joined
Scottish Premiership
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side
Kilmarnock
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on a six-month loan following interest from manager Allan Johnston.
Two days after signing for the club, Irvine made his debut, in a 1–1 draw against St Mirren. Irvine then went on to earn regular playing time in the starting eleven. After making six appearances at the club, Irvine scored a "stunning strike from a short Barry Nicholson free-kick" in a 2–0 victory over Ross County on 19 October 2013, giving Johnston his first win for Kilmarnock since arriving at the club as manager. Several weeks later, on 9 November 2013, Irvine was sent-off for receiving a second bookable offence, in a 3–1 loss against St Johnstone. In January 2014, Irvine's loan spell with Kilmarnock was extended until the end of the season.
Ross County
On 1 September 2014, Irvine was sent out on loan again, this time to Ross County. He made his debut on 13 September 2014, in a 2–1 home defeat against Motherwell. On 28 July 2015, Ross County signed Irvine on a two-year permanent deal from Celtic for a development fee.
Burton Albion
On 15 July 2016, Irvine signed for English
Championship
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club Burton Albion for a reported fee of £330,000, with the club saying they had broken their transfer record to sign him. He made his debut for the club on 13 August against
Bristol City
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. Three days later he scored his first goal, helping Burton Albion beat
Sheffield Wednesday
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3–1. This marked the start of a run of four goals in his first six league games for the club. Irvine was named Burton's Player of the Year for 2016–17 after scoring 10 goals in 43 games and helping the club to avoid relegation.
Hull City
On 30 August 2017, Irvine signed a three-year deal with Hull City. On 8 September 2017, he made his debut for the club when he came off the bench after 70-minutes to replace Jon Toral in a 5–0 away loss to
Derby County
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.
On 9 December 2017, Irvine scored his first goal for the club when he netted Hull's final goal in
a 3–2 home win against
Brentford
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.
Irvine was released by Hull City in June 2020.
Hibernian
On 12 January 2021, Irvine joined Scottish side Hibernian until the end of the 2020–21 season.
FC St. Pauli
On 5 July 2021, Irvine signed for German club
FC St. Pauli
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, playing in the 2. Bundesliga. For the 2022–23 season, he became team co-captain, sharing the captaincy with Leart Paqarada. After Paqarada left the club in July 2023 Irvine became the sole captain for the 2023–24 season.
In August 2024, a day before FC St. Pauli's first match in the
Bundesliga
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after promotion, Irvine agreed a contract extension with the club.
International career
Irvine represented Scotland at the under-19 international level, although he said in October 2011 that he was still interested in playing for Australia. Irvine was eligible to play for Scotland because his father was born in
Aberdeen
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, although he reiterated his desire to play for his native Australia in September 2012. On 11 October 2012, he made his debut for the Australia under-20 team in a friendly match against
Portugal
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. He represented Australia at the
2012 AFC U-19 Championship
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in
United Arab Emirates
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and at the
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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in
Turkey
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.
In September 2013, Irvine received his first Australia senior national team call-up and was selected for two matches. After being on the bench for one game, Irvine made his debut coming on as a substitute for Mile Jedinak in the 83rd minute, in a 3–0 win over
Canada
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on 15 October 2013.
In May 2018, he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the
2018 World Cup
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in Russia.
In November 2022, he was named in his second
World Cup
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squad, and was named in the starting team of the opening match against
France
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as a right midfielder.
On 28 March 2023, Irvine became the 63rd captain of Australia in a friendly against
Ecuador
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at
Docklands Stadium
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. In December 2023, he was called up for the
Asian Cup
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in Qatar. On 18 January 2024, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over
Syria
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, which qualified his country to the knockout phase.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Irvine goal''.
Honours
Ross County
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Scottish League Cup
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2023
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