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More and more Ozzies are playing soccer overseas

At the forefront of Australians competing in professional football abroad are Tim Cahill and Mark Schwarzer, alongside seven players active in the Barclays Premier League and another seven in the Championship.

It would be intriguing to witness a match featuring two Australian teams: one comprising players who play internationally and another made up of Australians competing domestically.

While the overseas players might demonstrate superior quality, I’m curious about who would display greater hunger for victory.

EUROPE
England
Barclays Premier League
Tim Cahill (Everton)
Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers)
Vince Grella (Blackburn Rovers)
Chris Herd (Aston Villa)
Brad Jones (Liverpool)
Shane Lowry (Aston Villa)
Mark Schwarzer (Fulham)

Championship
Adam Federici (Reading)
Richard Garcia (Hull City)
Danny Ireland (Coventry City)
Neil Kilkenny (Bristol City)
Patrick Kisnorbo (Leeds United)
Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough)
Dylan Tombides (West Ham United)
Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough)

Croatia
Steven Lustica (Hajduk Split)
Ljubo Milicevic (Hajduk Split)

Czech Republic
Karem Bulut (Mlada Boleslav)

Denmark
Nathan Coe (SonderjyskE)
Brent McGrath (Brondby IF)

Germany
Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund)
Robbie Kruse (Fortuna Dusseldorf)
Matthew Leckie (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Nikita Rukyvytsya (Hertha Berlin)

Greece
Nathan Burns (AEK Athens)

Iceland
Dylan MacAllister (Breidablik)

Italy
Mark Bresciano (Lazio)
Carl Valeri (Sassuolo)
Adrian Madaschi (Portogruaro)

Netherlands
Tommy Oar (FC Utrecht)
James Holland (AZ Alkmaar)
Adam Sarota (FC Utrecht)
Michael Zullo (FC Utrecht)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar)

Portugal
Jason Davidson (Pacos de Ferreira)

Russia
Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow)

Scotland
Aaron Mooy (St Mirren)

Sweden
Ante Covic (IF Elfsborg)

Switzerland
Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel)

Turkey
James Troisi (Kayserispor)

ASIA
China
Dino Djulbic (Shaanxi Chanba)
Adam Griffiths (Hangzhou Greentown)
Joel Griffiths (Beijing Guoan)
Dean Heffernan (Liaoning Whowin)
Jonas Salley (Chengdu Blades)
Brendon Santalab (Chengdu Blades)

Indonesia
Steve Pantelidis (Bintang Medan)
Milan Susak (Minangkabau FC)

Japan
Eddy Bosnar (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Alex Brosque (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus)
Mark Milligan (JEF United Ichihara)
Jade North (FC Tokyo)
Matthew Spiranovic (Urawa Red Diamonds)

South Korea
Robert Cornthwaite (Chunnam Dragons)
Luke DeVere (Gyeongham FC)
Iain Fyfe (Busan I’Park)
Sasa Ognenovski (Seongham Ilhwa)

by Buford Balony

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