| Kevin Muscat | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Kevin Vincent Muscat | |
| Date of birth | August 7, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Crawley, England | |
| Height | 1. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Crawley ( is a town and Local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Right Back, Central Midfielder, Centre Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Melbourne Victory | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1989–1990 1990–1991 |
Sunshine George Cross AIS |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1991–1992 1992–1996 1996–1997 1997–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–present |
Heidelberg United South Melbourne FC Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers Rangers Millwall Melbourne Victory |
18 (0) 53 (2) 180 (14) 22 (0) 53 (0) 52 (18) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1991–1993 1992–1996 1994–2008 |
Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia |
51 (10) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Vincent Muscat (born 7 August 1973 in Crawley, England) is an Australian soccer player, who currently plays for, and is captain of, Melbourne Victory in the Australian Hyundai A-League. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Crawley ( is a town and Local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Melbourne Victory Football Club is a football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Melbourne, Victoria. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition He is of Maltese descent. The Maltese people or Maltese are a Southern European Nation and Ethnic group native to Malta, an island nation consisting of an archipelago
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Club career
He has spent most of his career in Britain, playing for Crystal Palace, Wolves, Rangers and Millwall. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. Millwall Football Club are an English professional football team based at The New Den, referred to by fans as The Den in Bermondsey, In 2004, he captained Millwall to the FA Cup Final for the first time in their history. He missed the final itself, after suffering a knee ligament injury in the semi-final against Sunderland, although the Millwall manager Dennis Wise insisted on him being presented with a medal. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in Dennis Frank Wise (born 16 December 1966 in Kensington, West London) is an English former football manager and player and is He left Millwall for a return to Australia to become Melbourne Victory's inaugural captain in the 2005/6 season. Under Victory manager Ernie Merrick, Muscat, who has been known as a defender for virtually his entire career, moved to the midfield for the 2006-7 season. He is the club's primary penalty taker, and (as of 1 January 2008) has astoundingly never missed a penalty in the history of the Hyundai A-League, striking 16 penalty goals from 16 attempts. In fact, he has only ever missed one penalty and that was while playing for Millwall.
International career
Muscat made his international debut for Australia on the 24 September 1994 against Kuwait. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. He represented Australia in the U/23 football competition in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Final results for the Football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Birmingham Alabama; Washington D He also represented Australia in the U/20 1993 World Youth Cup Finals in Australia. The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of Association football for male players under the age of When playing for Australia in 2001, they faced Uruguay in a playoff for a spot in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. In the first leg in Melbourne, Australia won 1-0 thanks to a penalty from Kevin Muscat. However Australia went down 3-0 in Montevideo to miss out on qualifying for the World Cup.
Despite being a regular in the Australian national team, Muscat found himself dropped from the squad when coach Guus Hiddink took over in 2005. Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager, currently the manager of the He played no part in Australia's qualification for the 2006 World Cup.
In August 2006, Muscat was given a lifeline back into the national team. Lacking experienced players for the Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait, coach Graham Arnold recalled Kevin Muscat and handed him the captaincy. Graham James Arnold (born August 3 1963 in Sydney New South Wales) is a former coach of the Australian national football (soccer team. Australia won the match 2-0 to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup. The Asian Football Confederation 's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from July 7 to July 29, 2007.
On January 2, 2008, when Muscat's international career appeared all but over, newly appointed Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek selected Muscat in a squad of 22 A-League based players to train at Marconi Stadium in preparation for Australia's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions Pim Verbeek (derived from his first name Peter and second name Tim Verbeek (born March 12, 1956 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition Marconi Stadium is an association football (soccer Stadium in Fairfield New South Wales, Australia. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, an international tournament for football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and
Reputation
Muscat was branded a “lowlife” and a “nobody” by ex-England striker Ian Wright, then of Nottingham Forest, in September 1999. Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is an English former professional footballer who won the Golden Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Wright claimed he was about to shoot when he heard Dougie Freedman, Forest's other striker, shout "leave it". Douglas "Dougie" Freedman (born 25 May 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays as Wright stepped over the ball to allow Freedman to hit it, but instead Muscat (who had, according to Wright, merely impersonated Freedman) appeared to clear the ball.
Muscat has a reputation as a football 'hard man', and was dubbed the "most hated man in football" by then Birmingham City player Martin Grainger in 2000. Birmingham City Football Club is an English Professional football club based in the city of Birmingham. Martin Grainger (born August 23, 1972 in Enfield, England) is a former English football player he was a defender who ended his playing This was due to his many encounters with opposing players with the view being that he was unnecessarily physical and dirty in his play. He has previously seriously injured both Craig Bellamy and Christophe Dugarry, the latter in a friendly international between Australia and France in 2001 with a sliding tackle from behind. Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Rumney, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer He plays for West Christophe Dugarry (born March 24 1972 in Lormont, France) is a former French football forward. The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The French manager Roger Lemerre dubbed the tackle "an act of brutality", particularly given the friendly status of the match which was designed to prepare Australia for the two-legged playoff against Uruguay. Roger Lemerre (born 18 June 1941 in Bricquebec, Manche) is a French football manager and former football player Dugarry was sidelined with a serious knee ligament injury for several months. [1]
In 2004, a lawsuit on Muscat brought by former Charlton player Matty Holmes resulted in a settlement of £250,000 plus costs in favour of Holmes, bringing the estimated settlement to around £750,000. Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Matthew " Matty " Holmes (born August 1, 1969 in Luton, Bedfordshire) was an English footballer Holmes had to have four operations on his leg following a tackle by Muscat in 1998, and there were initial fears that his leg might have to be amputated. The claim was settled at the High Court without any admission of liability. [2][3]
In December 2005, he was banned for three matches by the A-league disciplinary panel on grounds of "violent conduct", the first player to be suspended in such a manner.
During his time at Rangers, he was never selected for inclusion in an Old Firm encounter, due to the tense and aggressive nature of the match. The term Old Firm refers to the rivalry between the Scottish football teams Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow
In September 2006, Iwan Roberts admitted in his book All I Want For Christmas that he had deliberately stamped Muscat as an act of revenge in a match against Norwich City over his attempt to seriously injure Craig Bellamy back in 1999. Iwan Wyn Roberts (born 26 June, 1968 in Bangor, Gwynedd) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Like the Roy Keane scandal over Alf-Inge Haaland, Roberts was charged by the FA for bringing the game into disrepute. Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971 in Mayfield, Cork) is an Irish former professional footballer and the current manager of Alf-Inge Rasdal "Alfie" Håland (born 23 November 1972 in Stavanger) is a retired Norwegian Football defender. The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey
On Sunday the 15 October 2006 Muscat was involved in an incident with then Adelaide United coach John Kosmina. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Adelaide United Football Club is a Football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Adelaide, South Australia. Alexander John Kosmina (born August 17, 1956) known as John Kosmina, is a former Australian international Football (soccer Muscat entered Adelaide's technical area and knocked Kosmina over while he was retrieving the ball from under his chair. Kosmina responded by grabbing Muscat by the throat. Kosmina was sent to the stands and Muscat received a yellow card. Kosmina was later suspended for a further four matches.
As of November 2006, Muscat has been suspended twice in the A-League 2006-07 season for four yellow cards and a red card. His dominant personality and aggressive style has equally won him admirers and detractors back home in the A-League. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition [4]
Honours
With Australia:
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997 (Runners-Up)
- OFC Nations Cup: 2000, 2004
With Melbourne Victory:
With Rangers FC:
SPL Championship: 2002-2003- Scottish Cup: 2002-2003
With Millwall:
FA Cup: Finalist 2004
Personal Honours:
- NSL Papasavas Medal (U-21): 1991-1992
- Melbourne Victory Victory Medal: 2005-2006, 2006-2007
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| Preceded by Paul Okon |
NSL U21 Player of the Year 1991/92 |
Succeeded by Steve Corica |
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