Mark Bresciano

Mark Bresciano
	Bresciano with Australia in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Mark Bresciano
Date of birth	11 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder / Winger
Youth career
1986–1996	Bulleen Lions
1997	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Bulleen Lions
1997–1999	Carlton
1999–2002	Empoli
2002–2006	Parma
2006–2010	Palermo
2010–2011	Lazio
2011–2012	Al Nasr
2012–2015	Al-Gharafa
Total
National team
1997	Australia U17
1998–1999	Australia U20
1998–2000	Australia U23
2001–2015	Australia
Teams managed
2019–	Australia (Board member)
Honours
Representing Australia
Men's Association football
AFC Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mark Bresciano (/brɛˈʃɑːnoʊ/ breh-SHAH-noh; Italian: [breʃˈʃaːno];^[3] born 11 February 1980) is an Australian former professional football player who played as a midfielder.

Career statistics change

Club	Season	Division	League			Cup			Europe			Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Carlton	1997–98	NSL	10	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	14	3	0
	1998–99	NSL	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	4	0
	Total		28	6	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	32	7	0
Empoli	1999–2000	Serie B	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	2	1
	2000–01		30	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	31	6	4
	2001–02		33	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	10	8
	Total		80	17	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	81	18	13
Parma	2002–03	Serie A	24	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	27	0	0
	2003–04		33	8	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	37	9	5
	2004–05		34	3	7	3	0	1	9	0	0	46	3	8
	2005–06		32	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	35	8	2
	Total		123	19	14	10	1	1	12	0	0	145	20	15
Palermo	2006–07	Serie A	34	6	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	39	6	6
	2007–08		26	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	30	1	2
	2008–09		26	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	4	0
	2009–10		18	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	20	1	2
	Total		104	12	9	6	0	1	6	0	0	116	12	10
Lazio	2010–11	Serie A	20	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	23	1	2
Al-Nasr	2011–12	UAE Pro-League	17	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	10	0
Al-Gharafa	2012–13	Qatar Stars League	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0
	2013–14		11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	15	1	0
	2014–15		21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	2	0
	Total		51	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	54	4	0
Career total			423	67	36	24	4	4	22	1	0	469	72	40

Cup includes domestic cups, promotion/relegation playoffs and NSL/VPL Finals series

Source:^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia U17^[5]	1997	5	5
Australia U20^[6]	1998	4	0
Australia U20^[6]	1999	3	0
Australia U23^[7]	1998	3	0
	1999	4	0
	2000	8	0

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.^[8]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2003	Madejski Stadium, Reading, England	Jamaica	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	30 March 2004	Loftus Road, London, England	South Africa	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	21 May 2004	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Turkey	1–1	1–3	Friendly
4.	29 May 2004	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	2004 OFC Nations Cup
5.	26 March 2005	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Iraq	1–1	2–1	Friendly
6.	9 October 2005	Craven Cottage, London, England	Jamaica	1–0	5–0	Friendly
7.	16 November 2005	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	11 October 2006	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Bahrain	2–0	2–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
9.	24 March 2007	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou, China	China	2–0	2–0	Friendly
10.	6 February 2008	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Qatar	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	19 November 2008	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	15 August 2012	Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland	1–0	1–3	Friendly
13.	11 June 2013	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Jordan	1–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification