John Warwick Iredale (born 1 August 1999) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a striker for

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club

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and the Australia national team.

Club career

Iredale is a youth academy graduate of

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. He made his senior debut for the club on 2 August 2017 in a 8–0

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win against Darwin Rovers. On 26 August 2021,

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

announced the signing of Iredale on a season long loan deal. He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August in a 4–2 league defeat against

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. On 2 August 2022, he joined the club on a permanent basis by signing a two-year contract. On 8 July 2024, Iredale joined

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club AaB. On 7 January 2025, Iredale joined

International career

John Iredale is a former Australian youth international. He was member of the team which reached quarter-finals at the

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. On 30 August 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior team for a training camp which was held in Turkey. In December 2023, Iredale was included in his first ever Socceroos squad, being named in Australia's 26-man team for the

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. However, he remained as an unused substitute throughout Australia's Asian Cup campaign, with the Socceroos falling short to South Korea 2-1 in the quarter finals. On 21 March 2024, Iredale made his international debut in a 2-0 win against Lebanon, coming on for

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in the 67th minute. He proceeded to score his first international goal five days later against the same opponent, this time with the match ending in a 5-0 win for Australia.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

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* 1999 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney Men's association football forwards Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Australia men's youth international soccer players Sydney FC players SC Paderborn 07 players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players AaB Fodbold players Seoul E-Land FC players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Danish Superliga players K League 2 players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea 2023 AFC Asian Cup players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footy-forward-stub