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Revision as of 04:31, 30 October 2011

Archie Thompson
Personal information
Full name Archibald Gerald Thompson
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 10
Youth career
Lithgow Rangers
Twin City Wanderers
1994–1995 NSWIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Bathurst '75 16 (9)
1996–1999 Gippsland Falcons 45 (17)
1999–2000 Carlton SC 53 (23)
2001 Marconi Stallions 13 (6)
2001–2005 Lierse SK 187 (89)
2005– Melbourne Victory 115 (54)
2006 → PSV Eindhoven (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
1998–2008 Australia U-23 10 (1)
2001– Australia 34 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:47, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Archibald Gerald Thompson (born 23 October 1978 in Otorohanga, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional football (soccer) player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record. He also holds the all time goal scoring record for a single international match, 13, against American Samoa in a 31-0 victory in 2001.

Club career

Archie Thompson began his career as a teenager in Bathurst, breaking into the senior squad in 1995. At the close of the 1996 season, he secured a move to the National Soccer League, signing with the Gippsland Falcons midway through the 1996-97 season. His exceptional pace and skill on the ball were instantly recognisable in a mediocre team, and it wasn't long before he was snapped up by Carlton, becoming a key goalscorer in an attack-minded squad. The demise of Carlton saw a return to Sydney, where he spent the remainder of the 2000-01 season with Marconi, before ultimately signing with Belgium's Lierse SK. A fan favourite, Thompson scored 9 goals in his first season with the Belgian First Division club before injury curtailed his progress. In his fourth season in Belgium, he was the club's leading scorer, with 14 goals in 29 league appearances.

Despite his strong form, he was lured back home to play for Template:ALeague MV in 2005 (the inaugural A-League season), scoring the team's first ever regular season goal. With the A-League season finishing in March and a four month gap between then and Australia's first World Cup group match, Thompson was approached in late 2005 join Dutch team PSV Eindhoven on a temporary loan. PSV was then coached by Guus Hiddink, who was also the Australian national team's head coach, and playing for the team would provide Thompson with the match fitness and exposure to help his chances of being selected in the World Cup team. After negotiations between the Victory and PSV stalled over the financial terms of the deal, Thompson was officially placed on six-month loan to PSV Eindhoven on 13 January 2006. He played what was thought at the time to be his final Template:ALeague MV game against Template:ALeague QR, scoring the only goal as the team's acting captain.[1] This goal took his tally to 8 for the season, which made him Melbourne Victory's inaugural Golden Boot winner. He also tied for the A-League's top goal scorer (the Reebok Golden Boot award) with Alex Brosque, Bobby Despotovski and Stewart Petrie. Thompson made just two appearances for PSV as a substitute. He was informed by the club that they would not be signing him to a further deal, and so he returned to Template:ALeague MV for the A-League 2006-07 season.

Resuming with Template:ALeague MV in domestic football, Thompson formed a deadly partnership in the second season of the A-League with strike partner Danny Allsopp, who both benefited from the attacking skills of Brazilian midfielder Fred. Their quality forward play lead Melbourne to become both premiers and champions of the A-League in 2006-07.

Thompson starred in the 2007 A-League Grand Final on 18 February 2007, scoring 5 goals and helping Template:ALeague MV to a 6-0 thrashing of rivals Template:ALeague AU. In becoming the first player to score more than 3 goals in an A-League match, Thompson exceeded his own expectations, predicting before the game that he would get a hat trick. For his efforts, Thompson was awarded the Joe Marston Medal as the Man of the Match.

Thompson scored the winner against Robbie Fowler's North Queensland Fury in the third game of the 2009-10 A-League season.

During the 2009-2010 Hyundai A League grand final between the Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC and , Archie was stretchered off after only 12 minutes due to tearing his knee ligaments. During the post game interview, Archie confirmed that it looks like he will require a full knee reconstruction, resulting in him being out of action for up to 12 months.

Thompson played his first game in the A-League 2010-11 season loss against Gold Coast United, after coming back from a major knee reconstruction.

International career

Thompson made his first international appearance for Australia on 28 February 2001 in a friendly match against Colombia. He then was included by coach Frank Farina in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification matches played in April 2001. On 9 April 2001, he came on as a substitute and scored his first international goal in Australia's first match against Tonga, which Australia easily won 22–0, breaking the world record for the largest win in an international match.[2] Two days later, in the match against American Samoa, Thompson was named as starter with regular attackers were either rested or omitted from the squad. Australia went on to break their own record by winning 31–0, with Thompson scoring 13 goals, breaking the world record for most goals scored in an international match. American Samoa, who had player eligibility issues, fielded a team with youth players and was not a match to Australia, even though Australia themselves were missing several star players.[3]

A month later, Thompson was named in Australia's squad for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. He made two substitute appearances on the tournament as Australia went on to achieve third place at the competition. In total, Thompson made 7 international appearances in 2001, scoring an impressive 16 goals. However, after 2001, he was not called up by Farina for more than three years before earning a recall in 2004.

On 12 October 2004, he was recalled to the team and made a substitute appearance in the 2004 OFC Nations Cup final, which Australia won. Since then, Thompson was more regularly called up to the national team, although most of his appearances were as a substitute. He was also included in Australia's squad for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, appearing in two matches as a substitute. In 2005, Thompson returned to Australia to play for Template:ALeague MV in the inaugural A-League season. Despite not playing in Europe, he retained his place in the national team and became the only A-League based player in Australia's squad for the qualification matches against Uruguay for a berth in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[4] Australia eventually qualified for the 2006 World Cup. His good form for Melbourne earned Thompson a place in Australia's squad for the World Cup. He was one of three A-League based players in the squad, even though he spent the run-up to the tournament on loan at PSV Eindhoven.[5] However, he did not receive any playing time in the tournament, as Australia was eliminated in the second round.

In 2007, Thompson was once again included in Australia's squad for a major tournament. This time, Thompson participated in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, appearing as a substitute once, in a match against the eventual winners Iraq. In 2008, Thompson was included in Australia's under-23 squad for the 2008 Olympics as one of the three over-age players allowed in the team.[6]

National coach Pim Verbeek described Thompson's performance against Indonesia in February 2009 as "absolutely hopeless".[7]

Goalscoring world record

See also: Australia 31–0 American Samoa

Thompson's 13 goals broke the previous record of 7 goals, which was jointly held by another Australian, Gary Cole, who scored seven goals against Fiji in the 1982 World Cup qualification on 14 August 1981,[8] and Iranian Karim Bagheri, who also scored seven goals against Maldives in the 1998 World Cup qualification on 2 June 1997.[3][9] Some sources mentioned that the previous record was 10 goals, which was achieved by Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen in a 17–1 win against France at the 1908 Olympics and Germany's Gottfried Fuchs in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics.[10] These matches, although fully recognized by FIFA, were played by amateur players. Thompson also equaled the world record for most goals scored in a recognized senior match, set in 1885 when John Petrie scored 13 goals in Arbroath's 36–0 win over Bon Accord in a Scottish Cup tournament.[11]

National team statistics

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International goals

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Goals (Total goals)
9 April 2001 International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour  Tonga 22-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (1)
11 April 2001 International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour  American Samoa 31-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 13 (14)
16 April 2001 International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour  Samoa 11-0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 (16)
12 October 2004 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney  Solomon Islands 6-0 2004 OFC Nations Cup 1 (17)
3 September 2005 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney  Solomon Islands 7-0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (18)
7 September 2005 Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara  Solomon Islands 2-1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (19)
9 October 2005 Craven Cottage, London  Jamaica 5-0 Friendly 1 (20)
22 February 2006 National Stadium, Bahrain  Bahrain 3-1 2007 Asian Cup qualification 1 (21)

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 30 October 2011)

Club Season League Cup Asia Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Melbourne Victory 2005–06 15 8 2 - - - - - - 15 8 2
2006–07 22 15 5 3 2 1 - - - 25 18 6
2007–08 20 6 5 3 1 2 3 1 1 26 8 8
2008–09 19 9 6 3 2 1 - - - 22 11 7
2009–10 26 11 8 - - - 1 0 0 27 11 8
2010-11 9 4 1 - - - 1 0 0 10 4 1
2010-11 4 1 0 - - - 0 0 0 4 1 0
Total 115 54 27 9 5 4 5 1 1 129 60 32

Personal life

Thompson's father is a New Zealander and his mother is from Papua New Guinea, and has three brothers and two sisters.[citation needed] He has two children, Isabella and Axel, and bears one tattoo on each of his inner forearms of his children's names.[citation needed] Archie is the official ambassador for FIFA 08 in Australia and New Zealand.[13] Before every match, Archie listens to "Fix You" by Coldplay in honour of his newly born son.[14]

Thompson is also a fan of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.[15]

In October 2010 his book 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger' was released by Melbourne University Publishing.[16]

Honours

With Australia:

With Melbourne Victory:

Personal Honours:

References

  1. ^ Associated Press (2006) Thompson transfer completed: Victory.
  2. ^ Harris, Nick (10 April 2001). "'Exposed' Tonga lose 22-0". The Independent. London: Independent News and Media Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b Davies, Christopher (11 April 2001). "Australia score 31 without loss in record win". Telegraph.co.uk. London: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Moore left out of Australian squad". CNN.com. Time Warner Company. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Thompson seals PSV deal". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Thompson, Carney, North get Olyroos call". The Age. Melbourne: Fairfax Digital. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Lynch, Michael (12 December 2004). "The all-important Cole difference". TheAge.com.au. Melbourne: The Age Company Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  9. ^ "Iran fanatics keep close eye on the Valley". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  10. ^ Rookwood, Dan (11 April 2001). "Aussie Rules as Socceroos smash world record again". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  11. ^ "On this day - September 12". Daily Mail. London: Associated Newspapers Ltd. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  12. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=436
  13. ^ [2]
  14. ^ "Ralph Mouth - Archie Thompson". Ralph Magazine. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  15. ^ Kicking around Martin Boulton for The Age 11 January 2008
  16. ^ [3]

External links

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