Matthew Spiranovic — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

9

clubs played for

06/07

debut season

0.03

goals / match

Hangzhou Greentown

top club · 48 apps

Career highs

€800k

peak value · 2011

€1.39m

top transfer fee · 15/16

2

best season · 09/10

56 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Carlo Vecchione

Midfield - Attacking Midfield · Retired

Samir Lacheheb

Attack - Second Striker · Without Club

Sergio Blancas

Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Tae-yeon Kim

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Without Club

Shares 1988-06-27 · 6 players total

231Appearances

7Goals

6Assists

40Yellow cards

0Red cards

39Full matches (90′)

Full name	Matthew Spiranovic
Name in home country	Matthew Thomas Špiranović
Date of birth	1988-06-27 (37 yrs)
Place of birth	Geelong, Australia
Citizenship	Australia Croatia
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	188.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2023-02-02
Contract expires	—
Agent	Nikola Mandic

Feb 2023

Transfer: Melb. Victory → Retired

22/23 · Transfer

Jul 2022

22/23 — Melbourne Victory

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2021

Transfer: Without Club → Melb. Victory

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

2021 — Melbourne Victory

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2021

21/22 — Melbourne Victory

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2019

Transfer: Perth Glory → Without Club

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — Perth Glory

15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: Without Club → Perth Glory

18/19 · Transfer

Jan 2018

Transfer: ZJ Greentown → Without Club

17/18 · Transfer

Jul 2017

2017 — Hangzhou Greentown

16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2016

2016 — Hangzhou Greentown

24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2015

Transfer: Western Sydney → HZ Greentown

15/16 · Transfer · €1.39m

Jul 2015

2015 — Western Sydney Wanderers, Hangzhou Greentown

9 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 — Western Sydney Wanderers

18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Oct 2013

Transfer: Al-Arabi SC → Western Sydney

13/14 · Transfer

Jul 2013

13/14 — Western Sydney Wanderers

25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Urawa Reds → Al-Arabi SC

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Al-Arabi SC

12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2012

2012 — Urawa Red Diamonds

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2011

2011 — Urawa Red Diamonds

28 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2011

Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → Urawa Reds

10/11 · Transfer · €450k

Dec 2010

Transfer: Urawa Reds → 1.FC Nuremberg

10/11 · Return from loan

Sep 2010

Injury: unknown

13 games missed

Jul 2010

2010 — Urawa Red Diamonds

18 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2010

Transfer: 1.FC Nuremberg → Urawa Reds

09/10 · Loan

Oct 2009

Injury: unknown

3 games missed

Jul 2009

09/10 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II

9 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Nov 2008

Injury: unknown

11 games missed

Jul 2008

08/09 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II

12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2008

Injury: unknown

10 games missed

Oct 2007

Injury: unknown

4 games missed

Jul 2007

07/08 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nuremberg II

10 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2007

Transfer: FFA C. of Excel → 1.FC Nuremberg

06/07 · Transfer · €50k

Jul 2006

06/07 — 1.FC Nuremberg, 1.FC Nürnberg U19

13 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2005

Transfer: Melb. Victory → FFA C. of Excel

05/06 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €800k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Melbourne Victory 0.0%

Hangzhou Greentown 19.8%

Western Sydney Wanderers 6.0%

Urawa Red Diamonds 28.1%

Perth Glory 0.0%

Al-Arabi SC 28.3%

1.FC Nuremberg 0.0%

1.FC Nuremberg II 10.0%

1.FC Nürnberg U19 7.7%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Melbourne Victory	3	2021	22/23	20	0	0	0
Hangzhou Greentown	3	2015	2017	48	1	0	694
Western Sydney Wanderers	3	13/14	2015	44	1	0	210
Urawa Red Diamonds	3	2010	2012	48	1	5	984
Perth Glory	1	18/19	18/19	15	0	0	0
Al-Arabi SC	1	12/13	12/13	12	1	0	990
1.FC Nuremberg	4	06/07	09/10	28	0	1	0
1.FC Nuremberg II	3	07/08	09/10	13	2	0	351
1.FC Nürnberg U19	1	06/07	06/07	3	1	0	270

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
22/23	A-League Men	Melbourne Victory	4	0	0	0	0
21/22	A-League Fin.	Melbourne Victory	2	0	0	0	0
21/22	A-League Men	Melbourne Victory	11	0	0	1	0
21/22	AFC CL-Qualification	Melbourne Victory	1	0	0	0	0
2021	FFA Cup	Melbourne Victory	2	0	0	0	0
2017	League One	Hangzhou Greentown	16	0	0	1	0
2016	Super League	Hangzhou Greentown	24	0	0	1	0
2015	Club World Cup	Western Sydney Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0
2015	Super League	Hangzhou Greentown	8	1	0	1	694
2012	J. League Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	2	0	0	1	0
2012	J.League Div.1	Urawa Red Diamonds	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Emperor's Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	0	0	0	0	0
2011	J. League Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	0	0	0	0
2011	J.League Div.1	Urawa Red Diamonds	25	0	1	7	0
2010	J. League Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	5	0	1	2	0
2010	J.League Div.1	Urawa Red Diamonds	13	1	3	1	984
18/19	A-League	Perth Glory	13	0	0	3	0
18/19	A-League Finals	Perth Glory	2	0	0	0	0
14/15	A-League	Western Sydney Wanderers	13	0	0	2	0
14/15	AFC Champions League	Western Sydney Wanderers	5	0	0	0	0
13/14	A-League	Western Sydney Wanderers	16	0	0	5	0
13/14	A-League Fin.	Western Sydney Wanderers	2	1	0	0	210
13/14	AFC Champions League	Western Sydney Wanderers	7	0	0	2	0
12/13	Stars League	Al-Arabi SC	12	1	0	3	990
09/10	Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	1	0	0	0	0
09/10	Regionalliga Süd	1.FC Nuremberg II	8	2	0	2	351
08/09	2. Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	8	0	0	0	0
08/09	DFB-Pokal	1.FC Nuremberg	1	0	0	0	0
08/09	Regionalliga Süd	1.FC Nuremberg II	3	0	0	1	0
07/08	Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	7	0	1	2	0
07/08	Ligapokal	1.FC Nuremberg	0	0	0	0	0
07/08	Oberliga Bayern	1.FC Nuremberg II	2	0	0	2	0
07/08	UEFA Cup	1.FC Nuremberg	1	0	0	1	0
06/07	Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	8	0	0	1	0
06/07	DFB-Pokal	1.FC Nuremberg	2	0	0	1	0
06/07	U19-Bundesliga S/SW	1.FC Nürnberg U19	3	1	0	0	270

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
22/23		Melb. Victory	Retired	Transfer	250000	—
05/06	2005-07-01	Melb. Victory	FFA C. of Excel	Transfer	0	—
06/07	2007-01-01	FFA C. of Excel	1.FC Nuremberg	Transfer	50000	€50k
09/10	2010-01-07	1.FC Nuremberg	Urawa Reds	Loan	700000	—
10/11	2010-12-31	Urawa Reds	1.FC Nuremberg	Return from loan	550000	—
10/11	2011-01-01	1.FC Nuremberg	Urawa Reds	Transfer	550000	€450k
12/13	2012-07-10	Urawa Reds	Al-Arabi SC	Transfer	450000	—
13/14	2013-10-01	Al-Arabi SC	Western Sydney	Transfer	500000	—
15/16	2015-07-16	Western Sydney	HZ Greentown	Transfer	750000	€1.39m
17/18	2018-01-01	ZJ Greentown	Without Club	Transfer	700000	—
18/19	2018-07-01	Without Club	Perth Glory	Transfer	700000	—
19/20	2019-07-01	Perth Glory	Without Club	Transfer	700000	—
21/22	2021-07-20	Without Club	Melb. Victory	Transfer	0	—
22/23	2023-02-02	Melb. Victory	Retired	Transfer	250000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
07/08	Ligament stretching	2007-10-20	2007-11-05	17	4
07/08	Torn muscle fiber	2008-03-09	2008-05-02	55	10
08/09	Syndesmotic ligament tear	2008-11-12	2009-02-15	96	11
09/10	muscular problems	2009-10-12	2009-10-26	15	3
10/11	Tendon rupture	2010-09-25	2010-11-25	62	13

Current—

Peak€800k

Low—

Δ since start−€50k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€250k
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€525k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€350k
Jan 1, 1970	€650k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€450k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€550k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #53845	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #32269	—	3	—	—	former national player
Team #22976	—	14	—	—	former national player
Team #3433	#6	36	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Tomi Juric	1	0	0
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	1	0	0
Po-Liang Chen	1	0	0
Genki Haraguchi	1	0	0
Jason Davidson	2	0	0
Denilson Gabionetta	1	0	0
Jing Luo	1	0	0
Brendon Santalab	2	0	0
Anselmo Ramon	1	0	0
Dehai Zou	1	0	0
Xiao Chen	1	0	0
Jake Brimmer	2	0	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
09/10	Regionalliga Süd	1.FC Nuremberg II	2	8
06/07	U19-Bundesliga S/SW	1.FC Nürnberg U19	1	3
12/13	Stars League	Al-Arabi SC	1	12

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2010	J.League Div.1	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	13
2010	J. League Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	5
07/08	Bundesliga	1.FC Nuremberg	1	7

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
10/11	2010-12-31	Urawa Reds	1.FC Nuremberg	Return from loan	—	€550k
09/10	2010-01-07	1.FC Nuremberg	Urawa Reds	Loan	—	€700k

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
06/07	Senior debut season
06/07	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
21/22	14	0	1	0	0
2017	16	0	1	0	0
2016	24	0	1	0	0
2015	9	694	1	1	0.26
2012	2	0	1	1	0
2011	28	0	7	0	0
2010	18	984	3	0	0.27
18/19	15	0	3	0	0
14/15	18	0	2	1	0
13/14	25	210	7	0	3
12/13	12	990	3	0	0.27
09/10	9	351	2	0	0.51
08/09	12	0	1	0	0
07/08	10	0	5	0	0
06/07	13	270	2	0	0.67