Bruno Fornaroli at the City Football Academy

Melbourne City Football Club, an

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club based in

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, Melbourne, was founded in 2009 as Melbourne Heart. They became the second Victorian member admitted into the

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in 2010 after their local rivals

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

Curtis Good Curtis Edward Good (born 23 March 1993) is an Australian soccer player who currently plays as a centre-back for Buriram United in the Thai League 1. He began his career with the club (then called Melbourne Heart) before signing for Newcastle U ...

holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Melbourne City. Between 2011 and 2024, the Australian defender played 180 times for the club. The club's goalscoring record is held by

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, who has scored 115 goals in all competitions between 2019 and 2024. He surpassed the previous record of 57 goals, held by

Bruno Fornaroli Bruno Fornaroli Mezza (; born 7 September 1987) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Melbourne Victory. Born in Uruguay, he plays for the Australia national team. Club career Nacional Fornaroli ...

in 2021.

Key

* The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order. * Appearances as a substitute are included. * Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on ''6 December 2024''. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Players

Captains

Eight players have captained Melbourne City since it was founded as Melbourne Heart in 2009, first being

Simon Colosimo Simon Colosimo (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a centre back and defensive midfielder. He spent two years playing in Europe with spells in the Premier League with Manchester City and in the Belgian Fir ...

, who captained the team until the end of their inaugural season in 2011. The club's longest-serving captain is

Scott Jamieson Scott Alexander Jamieson (born 13 October 1988) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a left back. Club career Blacktown City Jamieson was born in Auburn, Sydney. He has previously played for the Blacktown City in the New S ...

, who captained the club for five years between 2018 and 2023.

References

General * * Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Melbourne City FC players Lists of soccer players in Australia by club Players Melbourne sport-related lists Association football player non-biographical articles