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Mathew David Ryan (born 8 April 1992) is an Australian professional
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who plays as a
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for Danish club
F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure o ...
and captains the
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. Born in Sydney, Ryan played youth football for
Marconi Stallions Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...
,
Blacktown City Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blackto ...
and
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The ...
. He made his senior debut for Blacktown before moving to the Mariners' senior squad in 2010. In 2013, Ryan moved to
Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.
, where he played for two years before joining
Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
. He made his senior international debut in 2012, and has since established himself as Australia's first-choice goalkeeper, effectively succeeding his childhood idol
Mark Schwarzer Mark Schwarzer (; born 6 October 1972) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Australia at international level from 1993 to 2013, and was selected for both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups ...
. He played at the
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and
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World Cups as well as the 2015 and 2019 Asian Cups, winning the Best Goalkeeper award at the 2015 tournament which his country won on home soil.


Early life

Ryan was born in
Plumpton, New South Wales Plumpton is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History Following European settlement of Australia in 1788, ...
and attended
Westfields Sports High School , motto_translation = Courage and Valour , established = , location = 406A Hamilton Road, Fairfield West, Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , type = Government-funded co-educational comprehensiv ...
. He took up football at the age of four and played youth football for
Blacktown City Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blackto ...
and
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The ...
before making his senior debut with Blacktown City. After moving to Central Coast Mariners in 2010, Ryan moved to
Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.
in 2013. In addition to holding an Australian passport, Ryan also has a UK passport.


Club career


Central Coast Mariners

Ryan played for the Central Coast Mariners youth team in the 2009–10 season, and after several call-ups to the senior team, he was given a 3-year senior contract. Despite starting the
2010–11 A-League The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 ...
as the Mariners' substitute keeper, an
anterior cruciate ligament injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...
to first-choice
Jess Vanstrattan Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan (born 19 July 1982) is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Vanstrattan was born in Gosford and started his senior career with Central Coast. He played the majority of his career in ...
saw Ryan elevated into the starting eleven. Ryan made his
A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...
debut for the Mariners on 28 August 2010 in a 1–1 draw against
Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was f ...
, but fumbled a cross which allowed
Rhyan Grant Rhyan Bert Grant (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian professional football player who plays for A-League club Sydney FC and the Australia national team. Born in Canowindra, New South Wales, Grant played youth football at the Australian I ...
to score Sydney's goal. While coach
Graham Arnold Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Ar ...
was happy with Ryan's debut, there was competition between Ryan and newly-signed
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for the regular starting spot. Over the next several months Ryan retained his spot in the starting lineup and earned significant plaudits, including the A-League Young Player of the Month award for December 2010. The Mariners season ended with a penalty shootout loss to
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat. Brisba ...
in the
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, however, Ryan was awarded the
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for man of the match in that game. He was also named
A-League Young Footballer of the Year The A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year is an annual association football award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who has been judged to have had the best season of any young player in the A-League Men. It is ...
for 2010–11. In October 2011, Ryan was named 2011 Male U20 Player of the Year at the FFA Australian Football Awards. He continued to put in a number of strong performances in the
2011–12 A-League The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury wer ...
, including a man of the match performance in a 1–0 win over
Melbourne Heart Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Cranbourne East, that plays in the A-League, the top level of Australian soccer, under licence from Australian Profession ...
on 17 January 2012 after pulling off a number of saves. This contributed to Ryan being named A-League Young Player of the Month for January 2012. The Mariners won the 2011–12 Premiership following a win over
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...
in the final round of the regular season. However, they were eliminated in the Preliminary Final against
Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...
on penalties, despite Ryan scoring his penalty in the shootout. In April 2012, Ryan was named A-League Young Footballer of the Year for the second successive season and A-League Goalkeeper of the Year. He was also awarded the Mariners Medal for club player of the season, and named in the PFA's A-League Team of the Season. He was also awarded the Harry Kewell Medal for the outstanding Australian under-23-year-old player in June 2012. Ryan was again central to the Mariners'
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season. In November 2012, he was again awarded FFA Male U20 Player of the Year. On 2 March 2012, Ryan took a penalty in a match against
Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...
which was saved by
Ante Covic Ante Covic (born 13 June 1975) is an Australian former soccer goalkeeper. Covic is a member of the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and represented Australia on two occasions. Personal life Covic is of Croatian h ...
; the Wanderers won the match 1–0 to move above the Mariners on the A-League table. Coach Graham Arnold revealed after the game that Ryan had been practising penalty-taking in the lead-up to that match following a number of missed penalties from other players in the side. The Mariners were victorious in the
2013 A-League Grand Final The 2013 A-League Grand Final was the eighth A-League Grand Final, which took place at the Sydney Football Stadium on 21 April 2013. The match was won by Central Coast Mariners, who beat Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0, in front of 42,102 people. ...
over the Wanderers, their first win in their four A-League Grand Finals played, with Ryan dedicating the win to the three previous Mariners teams to have lost at that stage.


Club Brugge

It was confirmed on 30 May 2013 that Ryan had completed a move to
Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 tea ...
side
Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.
for an undisclosed fee, despite his contract at Central Coast Mariners expiring the following day. On 27 July 2013 Ryan made his debut for Brugge in the first game of the season at home to Sporting Charleroi and kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 win. In a match against K.A.A. Gent on 23 December 2013 Ryan saved a penalty in the 67th minute that would have resulted in game being level at 2–2. Brugge went on to win the game 3–1 and reports after the match confirmed that Ryan had been offered a new lucrative deal with the club involving a substantial pay increase and contract extension. On 26 November 2014, it was announced that Ryan had agreed to terms with Club Brugge, to extend his contract until 2018. After a string of fantastic performances, it was reported that European giants
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had sent scouts to the
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to watch the goalkeeper. On 22 March 2015, Ryan won the
Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
after keeping the post and helping Club Brugge to a 2–1 victory over Anderlect in the
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.


Valencia

On 21 July 2015, Ryan signed a six-year deal with
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side
Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...
. He was expected to assume the starting goalkeeper role, at least in the medium term, with regular starter
Diego Alves Diego Alves Carreira (born 24 June 1985), known as Diego Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career at Atlético Mineiro, he spent most of it in Spain in the service of Almería and Valenc ...
out with an
anterior cruciate ligament injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...
. He made his unofficial debut in a friendly against
PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...
on 25 July 2015. On 22 August 2015, Ryan made his
La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Banco Santander, Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaL ...
debut in Valencia's opening game of the season, keeping a clean sheet in a scoreless draw with
Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...
. His run in the starting side extended until September, when he sustained a
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in a draw with
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, forcing him to have surgery and miss over a month of football. A series of good performances from his replacement, Jaume Domènech, led to suggestions that Ryan would not return to the starting side after his return from injury. Indeed, it was not until late November that Ryan was re-promoted to the starting side for a game against
Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
. Ryan continued to be rotated with Jaume and the returning Alves for the remainder of the season, eventually making 21 appearances for Valencia in all competitions. Ryan was back in Valencia's starting lineup for the opening matches of the
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, with Alves rumored to be seeking an overseas move. However, Alves stayed at Valencia and Ryan subsequently lost his starting position. By January 2017, a number of clubs were interested in Ryan.


Racing Genk (loan)

On 30 January 2017, Ryan returned to Belgium after he was loaned to
Racing Genk Koninklijke Racing Club Genk (), commonly known as KRC Genk, Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgium, Belgian professional association football, football club based in the city of Genk in Limburg (Belgium), Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays ...
. He entered the starting squad straight away, playing his first match in a 1–0 loss to Oostende in the
Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...
on 31 January 2017. Ryan stated in April 2017 that he was not planning to stay in Belgium after the season and would instead return to Valencia. Ryan played a number of games for Genk in multiple competitions, with the side reaching the quarterfinals of the
2016–17 UEFA Europa League The 2016–17 UEFA Europa League was the 46th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The 2017 UEFA Eu ...
, and the final of the Belgian Europa League playoff.


Brighton & Hove Albion

On 16 June 2017, it was announced that Ryan would sign for newly-promoted
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club
Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...
on 1 July 2017 on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He cited the prospect of playing in the Premier League as a main reason for the transfer. Ryan made his debut for Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 August 2017 against
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in a 2–0 defeat. Ryan was in goal for Brighton's first ever Premier League win which came at home against West Brom on 9 September 2017. Ryan played in every single minute of the league in the 2017–18 season keeping 10 clean sheets, one of which coming in a 1–0 home win over
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on 4 May 2018 in which secured Premier League status for the Sussex club. Ryan kept his first clean sheet of the 2018–19 season in a 1–0 home win over
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on the 8th league game of the season. He made two more clean sheets in the next two games, one in a 1–0 away win against
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East En ...
and the other in a 1–0 home win against
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. In late December and the best part of January Ryan left Brighton for international duty representing
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in the
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. His first game back came in a 4–2 away defeat to
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on 29 January. He made his
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debut in an eventful match away to
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on 17 March. It finished 2–2 with Brighton winning 5–4 on penalties.


2020–21 season: Loan to Arsenal

Ryan was told by Brighton manager
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in December 2020 that teammate Robert Sánchez would be given an extended run as goalkeeper in the Premier League for the rest of the 2020–21 season and that Ryan would be free to leave in January should the right offer come along. On 22 January 2021, he joined
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on loan until the end of the season. He was given the number 33 jersey, formerly worn by Matt Macey and
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at the club. On 6 February, Ryan made his debut for Arsenal covering for suspended Bernd Leno in a 1–0 away loss at
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. It was more than two months until Ryan's next appearance with Leno being dropped to the bench. Ryan was beaten when
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conceded a penalty with
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converting from the spot in an eventual 1–1 home draw against a struggling
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on 18 April. Ryan played a role in Arsenal's equaliser after going up for a corner. Ryan kept his first ''Gunners'' clean sheet in his first win in an Arsenal shirt in a 2–0 away victory at
Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East En ...
on 2 May, again being chosen over Leno for the second time in four matches.


Real Sociedad

Ryan joined La Liga side
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on undisclosed terms on 12 July 2021. He made his debut on 23 September, helping Sociedad to a 3–2 away win over
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.


Copenhagen

On 9 August 2022, Ryan joined Superliga side
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on a two-year contract.


International career


Youth

Despite not having featured for the side previously, Ryan's strong form in the
2010–11 A-League The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 ...
led to suggestions he would be called up for the Australian under-20 team for the
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in mid-2011. However, he missed the tournament after suffering a serious knee injury. Ryan was first called up for the Australian under-23 side in November 2011. He made his debut for the side in a scoreless draw with
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on 22 November 2011. The Olyroos failed to qualify for the
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.


Senior

Ryan received his first call-up to the Socceroos squad for a
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match against
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in February 2012. Later that year, he was selected in the squad for the second preliminary round of the
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012. Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF c ...
. He made his senior international debut in a 1–1 draw with
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on 5 December 2012. In November 2013, longtime Australian goalkeeper
Mark Schwarzer Mark Schwarzer (; born 6 October 1972) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Australia at international level from 1993 to 2013, and was selected for both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups ...
announced his international retirement following the appointment of new coach
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, leaving Ryan as one of the contenders to be the new first-choice keeper. Postecoglou identified Ryan and fellow young keeper Mitch Langerak as two of the main candidates for the role. Ryan was selected in May 2014 in the Australian squad for the
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. He played in all three of Australia's games as they were eliminated in the group stage after losses to the
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,
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and
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. Ryan's own performances in the tournament were mixed, and he described the matches as a "massive learning curve" for himself. Months later, Ryan was selected for the Australian
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squad, to be played in Australia in early 2015. He put in a number of strong performances throughout the tournament as Australia conceded just two goals in reaching the
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against
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. Australia claimed their first
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title after winning 2–1 in extra time. Ryan was named the official Best Goalkeeper for the tournament. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man
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for the
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in Russia. On 15 October 2019, Mathew Ryan captained Australia for the first time, becoming the 62nd player to captain Australia in a 7-1 win over
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. During this game Ryan also became Australia's 2nd most capped Goalkeeper with 58 caps, surpassing
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.


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Central Coast Mariners *
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Premiership: 2011–12 *A-League Championship:
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Club Brugge *
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: 2014–15 Belgian Cup, 2014–15 Australia *
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: 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 Individual * PFA Footballer of the Year: 2014–15, 2018–19 *
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:
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, 2011–12 * A-League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2011–12 * Belgium Pro League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2013–14, 2014–15 * FFA U20 Male Player of the Year: 2011, 2012 * PFA Harry Kewell Medal: 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15 * PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2011–12 *
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:
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* Mariners Medal: 2011–12 *
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Golden Glove: 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 *
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Dream Team: 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 *
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AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020 * IFFHS AFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020


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External links


Maty Ryan writes on PlayersVoice
at Aussie Footballers *
Mathew Ryan profile
Socceroos.com.au * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Mathew 1992 births Living people Australian people of Irish descent Soccer players from Sydney Australian soccer players Association football goalkeepers Marconi Stallions FC players Blacktown City FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players Club Brugge KV players Valencia CF players Real Sociedad footballers K.R.C. Genk players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players F.C. Copenhagen players A-League Men players Belgian First Division A players La Liga players Premier League players Danish Superliga players Australia international soccer players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup-winning players Australian expatriate soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England 2022 FIFA World Cup players