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Archie Thompson

Archie Thompson
Personal information
Full nameArchibald Gerald Thompson
Date of birth23 October 1978(age 32)
Place of birthOtorohanga, New Zealand
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8.5 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubMelbourne Victory
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Archibald Gerald Thompson (born 10 October 1978 in Otorohanga, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional association football player, currently playing for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League, where he holds the League all time scoring record. He holds the all time goal scoring record for most goals in a single international match, 13, against American Samoa.

Archie Thompson Video

Tim Cahill and Archie Thompson interview on rove Live 27 May 2007
8.43 min. | 4.94 user rating		 thx pope
6.68 min. | 4.90 user rating		 The official goal of the year as voted by the FFA. Melbourne Victory vs Gold Coast at Etihad Stadium, round 16. Video thanks to Nostrokeeper.
1.25 min. | 3.5 user rating		 Victory Secure Grand Final Spot ARCHIE Thompson's extra-time strike secured yet another Grand Final for Melbourne Victory as they advanced on aggregate after a cracking 2-2 draw with Sydney FC at the Sydney Football Stadium. With the two-leg tie deadlocked at 3-3 after the Sky Blues finished 2-1 up following the 90 minutes, the Victory struck through Thompson in the 123rd minute to break the stalemate and claim the tie 4-3 on aggregate. Melbourne captain Kevin Muscat caught the Sydney defence napping with his quick free kick to Thompson, who met the pass first time to beat Clint Bolton and send the visitors into their third decider in four years. While the Sky Blues should not have switched off, they may argue the free kick was not warranted in the first place. Sydney now meet Wellington in the preliminary final to decide Melbourne's opponents. Victory took a 2-1 advantage into Sunday's return leg but goals to Karol Kisel (penalty) and Mark Bridge - in reply to Robbie Kruse's early wonder strike for Melbourne - gave the Sky Blues a 2-1 win on the night before 23818 raucous fans. Melbourne, in the midst of a cramped playing schedule, almost found themselves down a goal after just 96 seconds. Alex Brosque's goal-bound header was cleared off the line by Tom Pondeljak in a tangle of arms, legs and torso. The visitors overcame that early scare to open the scoring through Kruse after a quarter of an hour. The slimline striker's season was feared over after he was cut down in a <b>...</b>
4.35 min. | 4.30 user rating		 Archie Thompson scores 5 goals for Melb Victory in the 2006/2007 A-League grand final!
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Opening match of season 2000/01 NSL Season. Archie Thompson scores a double, does a Zidanesque headbutt on Canberra Cosmos' Robbie Hooker, then throws some kung fu moves long before anyone had ever heard of Tim Cahill. Word.
1.48 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory asking fans to Slow it Down - Wipe of 5 First Aired: 2008 Transport Accident Commission Victoria. www.tac.vic.gov.au ====================== "Copyright in thematerial on this website is owned by the TAC and may only be used for non-commercial personal or educational purposes. You may not modify, transmit or revise the contents of this website without the prior written permission of the TAC." Comments may not be published if they do not add to the discussion, are offensive, repetitious, illegal or meaningless, contain clear errors of fact or are in poor taste.
0.55 min. | 4.0 user rating		 Luck has deserted Melbourne Victory in the opening game of its Hyundai A-League championship defence following a shock 2-0 loss to the Central Coast Mariners at Etihad Stadium on Thursday night. In front of a healthy midweek crowd of nearly 19000, the 2008/09 champions went down following two goals in the first 15 minutes from the visitors. And both had an element of luck about them as Melbourne continued its poor record in season opening games now having won in the first round just once in five seasons of the Hyundai A-League. Melbourne began with four changes from the starting line-up from last year's second Grand Final triumph over Adelaide with New Zealand recruit Glen Moss replacing the departed Michael Theoklitos in goal while Grant Brebner, Leigh Broxham and Evan Berger were in for Nick Ward and Billy Celeski, who were on the bench, and Seb Ryall, who is now with Sydney FC. But Moss' first task for his new club was to pick the ball out of the net as the Mariners, who had been widely written off coming into the season following their disappointing Asian Champions League campaign, took an early lead. The former Wellington Phoenix keeper had no chance when a free-kick from John Hutchison was not cleared by the Victory defence and fell invitingly for Matt Simon to smash home from close range in the 10th minute. While Victory should still have done better in terms of clearing the free-kick, the home side was desperately unlucky in that the loose ball fell perfectly for <b>...</b>
1.87 min. | 4.6 user rating		 Check out the bloopers from Melbourne Victory's Intralot and La Ionica TV commercials, featuring Danny Allsopp, Archie Thompson and some of their Melbourne Victory teammates.
1.53 min. | 4.58 user rating		 An emotional Archie Thompson leaving the field after being substituted late in the A-League Grand Final against Adelaide
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Preview: Tianjin Teda v Melbourne Victory - Sportal.com.au Tweet this news
Sportal.com.au--Durakovic has indicated Melbourne will use a 4-4-2 system with Hernandez playing in behind -Archie Thompson- up front, with Isaka Cernak and Tom Pondeljak providing support from out wide. That should allow for a bit more space in attack, w - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:55:25 GMT+00:00
Archie Holds Onto ACL Hope - Australian FourFourTwo Tweet this news
Australian FourFourTwo--MELBOURNE Victory star -Archie Thompson- says he believes his side can still qualify for the AFC Champions League knockout stage despite their poor start in the group. Victory lost their opening two ACL fixtures 5-1 away to Gamba O - Date : Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:28:15 GMT+00:00
The Ballads of Archie Thompson - TheCelebrityCafe.com Tweet this news
TheCelebrityCafe.com--His third studio release, The Ballads of -Archie Thompson-, captures that essence, undoubtedly, with a name derived from a classic prototype of Irish lore, -Archie Thompson- - the name given to the hairy, large-bellied man in every I - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:04:47 GMT+00:00
The Ballad of Archie Thompson - TheCelebrityCafe.com Tweet this news
TheCelebrityCafe.com--His third studio release The Ballads of -Archie Thompson-. captures that essence undoubtedly. With a name derived from a classic proto-type of Irish lore, -Archie Thompson- . The name given to the hairy, large-bellied man in every Ir - Date : Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:10:39 GMT+00:00
For A-League to prosper, competition needs flagship clubs - The Roar Tweet this news
The Roar--As -Archie Thompson- so perfectly put it this week, the club has become “stale”. (http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1048573/Thompson-We-were-stale) Over the last few days I've heard a number of people claim that the time was right for - Date : Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:11:13 GMT+00:00
Merrick gone, but Victory lose again - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--He passed to Tom Pondeljak, who threaded it to -Archie Thompson- in the box, the striker laying off to fellow frontman Allsopp, who sidestepped the defence, then netted a left-footer. Victory's lead lasted just four minutes, be - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:00:42 GMT+00:00
Archie Thompson supports Ernie Merrick decision - Herald Sun Tweet this news
Herald Sun---Archie Thompson- has admitted it's time for a fresh approach at Melbourne Victory. Source: HWT Image Library [To view Flash please enable JavaScript and Flash.] -ARCHIE Thompson- believes Melbourne Victory was right to sack coach Ernie M - Date : Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:40:30 GMT+00:00
Durakovic searches for positives from loss - The Age Tweet this news
The Age--In the second half, if -Archie- [-Thompson-] and Danny [Allsopp] had been able to take those chances, we could have won the game. I am just disappointed with the set pieces and it cost us the game. We made two defensive errors and they scored two - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:19:37 GMT+00:00
Merrick dismissal may freshen us up - Melbourne Victory's Thompson - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--Melbourne Victory striker -Archie Thompson- feels that the loss of long-serving coach Ernie Merrick may be beneficial to the club. Merrick and the Victory parted ways after six years late last week as the two-time champions continue th - Date : Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:58:57 GMT+00:00
Merrick 'stale' as Thompson urges new blood - WA today Tweet this news
WA today--ERNIE Merrick had become stale when he was sacked as Melbourne Victory coach and the club had to look to the next, younger generation of coaches to take the helm, according to the man who shared two premierships with him, -Archie Thompson-. ... - Date : Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:03:19 GMT+00:00

Youth career
YearsClub
Lithgow Rangers
Twin City Wanderers
1994 - 1995NSWIS

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1995 - 1996Bathurst '75169
1996 - 1999Gippsland Falcons4517
1999 - 2000Carlton SC5323
2001Marconi Stallions136
2001 - 2005Lierse SK9027
2005 -Melbourne Victory11153
2006→ PSV Eindhoven (loan)20

National Team
YearsTeamAppsGoals
1998 - 2008Australia U-23101
2001 -Australia3321

International goals :
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)

International goals :
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
Total 111 53 27 9 5 4 5 1 1 125 59 32

Australia squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Schwarzer, Muscat, Moore, Neill, T. Vidmar, Popovic, Emerton, Skoko, Viduka, Cahill, Chipperfield, Petkovic, Wilkshire, Colosimo, Aloisi, Zdrilic, McKain, Kalac, Čulina, Miličević, Elrich, Thompson, Sterjovski
Coach : Farina

Australia squad 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Schwarzer, Neill, Kisnorbo, Cahill, Culina, Beauchamp, Emerton, Wilkshire, Viduka, Kewell, Thompson, Jones, Grella, Holman, Aloisi, Thwaite, Valeri, Petkovic, Carle, Carney, Sterjovski, Milligan, Bresciano
Coach : Arnold

Australia squad 2008 Summer Olympics

Federici, North, Leijer, Milligan, Špiranović, Topor-Stanley, Kilkenny, Musialik, Bridge, Thompson, Carney, McClenahan, Zadkovich, Troisi, Sarkies, Celeski, Rukavytsya, Velaphi, Simon
Coach : Arnold

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1 . Moss 2 . Muscat 3 . Dugandžić 4 . Ferreira 5 . Sukha 6 . Broxham 7 . Kemp 8 . Brebner 10 . Thompson 11 . Angulo 12 . Vargas 14 . Celeski 15 . Pondeljak 16 . Hernández 17 . Foschini 18 . Franjic 19 . Berger 20 . Petkovic 21 . Kruse 22 . Ward 23 . Leijer
. Merrick



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