POSTED: Tuesday August 11th 2009
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Invincible joins Qantas Socceroos

Qantas Socceroos Head Coach adds 30-year old midfielder Danny Invincible to his squad for upcoming international friendly

Qantas Socceroos Head Coach, Pim Verbeek, added 30-year old midfielder Danny Invincible overnight to his squad for the upcoming international friendly match against the Republic of Ireland in Limerick on Wednesday 12 August 2009.

 
It is Invincible’s first call up to the Qantas Socceroos squad, although he has previously been a standby player on a number of occasions.

 
Brisbane born and bred, Invincible began his professional football career in 1997 with the Brisbane Strikers in the former National Soccer League before moving to the Marconi Stallions.  Invincible moved overseas in 2000 to join Swindon Town in the English Second Division where he stayed for three seasons before moving north to Kilmarnock in Scotland where has been since 2003 making 169 appearances and scoring 17 goals.

 
The Qantas Socceroos trained in Portmarnock (Dublin) on Monday and travel to Limerick on Tuesday local time to finalise their preparations for the match which is broadcast live and exclusive on FOX Sports.

 
Wednesday’s match against the Republic of Ireland will be the first for the Qantas Socceroos since completing their Asian group qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in June, and is the first of seven matches over the next eight months.

 
QANTAS SOCCEROOS SQUAD – Monday 10 August 2009 (local)
 

NAME SURNAME CLUB COUNTRY A-International matches (goals)

Oliver BOZANIC Cheltenham Town FC ENGLAND -

Mark BRESCIANO U.S. Citta di Palermo ITALY 49 (11)

Tim CAHILL Everton ENGLAND 33 (16)

Nick CARLE Crystal Palace FC ENGLAND 9 (0)

David CARNEY Sheffield United FC ENGLAND 19 (2)

Ante COVIC IF Elfsborg SWEDEN 2 (0)

James HOLLAND AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS 3 (0)

Brett HOLMAN AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS 25 (1)

DannY INVINCIBLE Kilmarnock SCOTLAND -

Mile JEDINAK Genclerbirligi SK TURKEY 5 (0)

Harry KEWELL Galatasaray SK TURKEY 41 (13)

Patrick KISNORBO Leeds United FC ENGLAND 14 (0)

Adrian MADASCHI Portogruaro-Summaga ITALY 4 (2)

Scott MCDONALD Celtic FC SCOTLAND 13 (0)

Aaron MOOY Bolton Wanderers FC ENGLAND -

Lucas NEILL uncontracted  50 (0)

Jade NORTH Incheon United FC KOREA REPUBLIC 26 (0)

Nikita RUKAVYTSYA FC Twente NETHERLANDS -

Mark SCHWARZER Fulham FC ENGLAND 68 (0)

Matthew SPIRANOVIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 2 (0)

Dario VIDOSIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 1 (0)

RhyS WILLIAMS Middlesbrough FC ENGLAND 1 (0)

Luke WILKSHIRE FK Dinamo Moscow RUSSIA 34 (0)

 
Match Details

International Friendly
Republic of Ireland v Qantas Socceroos
Wednesday 12 August 2009

Kick-off 7:30pm local (4.30am AEST, Thursday 13 August)
Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland

 

Match Broadcast live on FOX SPORTS 3 from 4:00am AEST

Time Code:
WEST = Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
UTC= Universal Time, Coordinated

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Keywords · Qantas Socceroos · Pim Verbeek · Danny Invincible · Republic of Ireland · Brisbane Strikers · Swindon Town

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