Ryan Graham Pun Teague (born 24 January 2002) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

club

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 ...

and the Australia men's national team.

Club career

Sydney FC

Teague joined Sydney FC's academy at its inception, and progressed through the youth ranks, before being awarded a scholarship in September 2018. In September 2019, along with Marco Tilio and Harry van der Saag, Teague was awarded a

Hyundai A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

scholarship contract, and was promoted to the senior squad. On 7 December 2019, Teague made his professional debut, coming off the bench for

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in the 82nd minute of a 5–1 win over

Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's football pyramid. When Queensland Lions F.C. were ...

Jubilee Oval Jubilee Stadium (also known as Kogarah Oval) is a multi-purpose stadium in Carlton, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one of the home grounds of the National Rugby League (NRL) ...

Famalicão

On 30 January 2020, Teague signed for Portuguese side Famalicão. He made his first team debut on 24 July 2021 in a 1–0

Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...

win against Feirense.Ryan Teague
at Liga Portugal

Sporting da Covilhã (loan)

On 1 August 2020, Sporting da Covilhã announced the signing of Teague on a season long loan. His first appearance was in the

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game against Vilafranquense on 23 August 2021.

Melbourne Victory

On 13 September 2023, Teague returned to Australia, signing a three-year contract with

club

International career

Teague featured in the Joeys side from 2017 until the

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was ...

, where he captained the side to the round of 16, playing all 4 games, and culminating in a 4–0 defeat to

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. On 14 March 2025, Teague was called up by Tony Popovic ahead of Australia’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. On 25 March, he made his international debut starting the away match against China. Teague played 76 minutes in Australia’s 0-2 win. Teague was reportedly eligible to represent

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Personal life

Born in Australia, Teague was raised in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney.

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Ryan Teague
at Liga Portugal {{DEFAULTSORT:Teague, Ryan 2002 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian people of Chinese descent Men's association football midfielders Sydney FC players F.C. Famalicão players S.C. Covilhã players Melbourne Victory FC players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players Liga Portugal 2 players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Australian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Soccer players from Sydney 21st-century Australian sportsmen