Jonathan McKain
![]() McKain playing for Wellington Phoenix in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan David McKain | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Centre Back Defensive Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1998 | QAS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2003 | Brisbane Strikers | 67 | (3) |
2003–2005 | Naţional București | 47 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Politehnica Timișoara | 65 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Wellington Phoenix | 37 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Al-Nassr | 21 | (1) |
2011–2014 | Adelaide United | 48 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Kelantan FA | 25 | (2) |
2017 | Souths United | 16 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Rochedale Rovers | 27 | (4) |
Total | 326 | (10) | |
National team‡ | |||
2001 | Australia U-20 | 10 | (0) |
2004 | Australia U-23 | 4 | (0) |
2004–2011 | Australia | 16 | (0) |
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Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2016 |
Jonathan "Jon" McKain (born 21 September 1982) is a Scottish Australian football player who retired from professional football in 2016. He most recently played for the Rochedale Rovers in QPL. He is generally a defender but can also play as a defensive midfielder.[1]
Club career[]
McKain was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School,[1] and he joined Romania club FC Politehnica in the summer of 2005, from fellow Divizia A club FC Naţional București. He had enjoyable success in Romanian and was very well regarded throughout the league by players, coaches, media and fans. He has also played for the Brisbane Strikers in Australia.
McKain signed for the Wellington Phoenix for the 2008–2009 A-League season.[2] Despite several injuries McKain maintained good form when fit. On 14 June 2010, McKain signed a one-year renewable contract for Al-Nassr to be added to Walter Zenga squad.[3] A US$ 1.5 million transfer fee was paid.[4]
After his successful stint in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia club Al-Nassr, McKain returned to Australia, and signed an undisclosed contract with Adelaide United.[5]
In August 2011, McKain was named as Adelaide United's captain ahead of the 2011–12 A-League season.[6] and played for the club for 3 seasons.
In October 2014, McKain signed for Malaysia Super League club Kelantan FA. He quickly impressed the fans with a goal he scored during a match with LionsXII that ended up in 2–0 win in their homeground stadium Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan in 2015[7][8]
McKain announce his retirement from professional football on his Twitter account in 2016, after a 17 year career. He played semi-professional football in 2017 in Brisbane for Souths United and then for 2 seasons for Rochedale Rovers before finishing playing in 2019. [9]
International career[]
McKain has represented Australia and made three appearances at the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany. He also represented Australia at the 2004 Olympics and the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | A-League | Finals Series | Asia | Total | ||||||
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App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
Wellington Phoenix F.C. (A-League) |
2008–09 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
2009–10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |||||
Club Total | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |||||
Career totals | |||||||||||
Last updated 1 June 2010 |
Club | Season | Super League | FA Cup | League Cup | Others | Total | |||||
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App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
Kelantan FA (Malaysia Super League) |
2015 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 |
2016 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | |
Club Total | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 3 | |
Career totals | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 3 | |
Last updated 30 July 2016 |
National team statistics[]
Australia national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2004 | 2 | 0 |
2005 | 8 | 0 |
2006 | 2 | 0 |
2007 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 2 | 0 |
2011 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 16 | 0 |
Honours[]
With Australia:
With Kelantan FA:
- Malaysia FA Cup:2015 (runner up)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ^ Star signings for Phoenix Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ McKain to Saudi Arabia. au.fourfourtwo.com.
- ^ Wellington Phoenix’s McKain set for Saudi Arabia move. tribalfootball.com.
- ^ Migliaccio, Val (19 July 2011). "Stout Australian stopper signs". Adelaide NOW. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ McKain Named Reds Skipper. au.fourfourtwo.com.
- ^ "Forkey Doe, others under threat as Kelantan plan to offload foreign contingent". Insight Newspaper. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "PLAYERS LIST NEW IMPORT Kelantan 2015" (in Malay). Ammboi. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2017/02/02/32229562/former-red-warrior-mckain-announces-his-retirement-from?ICID=SP_TS_2
- ^ McKain, Jon at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[]
- Adelaide United profile
- Jonathan McKain – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jon McKain at Aussie Footballers
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Brisbane
- Australian soccer players
- Adelaide United FC players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Australia international soccer players
- 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
- Brisbane Strikers FC players
- FC Progresul București players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- A-League players
- Wellington Phoenix FC players
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Liga I players
- Expatriate association footballers in New Zealand
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Al-Nassr FC players
- Kelantan FA players
- People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School
- Association football defenders
- Saudi Professional League players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia