Alex Tobin

Alex Tobin

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Hugh Tobin
Date of birth	(1965-11-03) 3 November 1965 (age 46)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners (Youth)
Youth career
	West Torrens
–	Birkella
–	Adelaide City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–2000	Adelaide City	436	(27)
2001–2002	Parramatta Power	48	(4)
2002–2003	Northern Spirit	38	(0)
–	Career Total	522	(31)
National team‡
1985	Australia U-20
1988–1998	Australia	87	(2)
Teams managed
2008–present	Central Coast Mariners (Youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2006. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 November 2006

Alexander ("Alex") Hugh Tobin (born 3 November 1965) is a former Australian football (soccer) player. Tobin is the second most capped player for the Australia national football team with 87 'A' appearances, including many as captain. He made his international debut on 9 March 1988 in an Olympic qualifying match against Taiwan (3-2) in Adelaide.^[1]

Club career

Tobin spent his entire club career playing in Australia. He played most of his club career as a defender with Adelaide City in the National Soccer League. Alex left Adelaide City in 2000, after sixteen years with the club, to join Parramatta Power. He finished his career with Northern Spirit. Tobin played a total of 522 senior club games in Australia.

Tobin currently works for the Central Coast Mariners as assistant first team coach.^[2]

Currently playing Over 35's with Castle Hill United in the Granville District.

International career

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 March 1988	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Taiwan	1-0	3-2	1988 Olympics qualification
2	21 September 1996	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa	Kenya	0-4	0-4	Friendly

The Alex Tobin Medal

In 2008, the PFA Tobin Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Professional Footballers Association (PFA). It is to be awarded annually by the PFA to a current, or a former, player based on four attributes demonstrated by Alex Tobin throughout his career and which reflect the philosophy of the PFA. Leadership, achievement as a player, commitment to ones fellow professionals and (service and dedication to the game. The first two medals were conferred on Joe Marston and, posthumously, Johnny Warren.^[3]

Honours

With Australia:

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997 (Runners-Up)
• OFC Nations Cup: 1996

With Adelaide City:

• NSL Championship: 1986, 1991–1992, 1993–1994
• NSL Cup: 1989, 1991–1992

Personal Honours:

• FFA Hall of Champions Inductee - 2007
• Joe Marston Medal: 1991-1992, 1993–1994 with Adelaide City

References

External links

• Central Coast Mariners profile
• FFA - Hall of Fame profile
• Oz Football profile

Australia Squads v t e Australia squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Olver 2 van Egmond 3 Jennings 4 Yankos 5 Dunn 6 Wade 7 Farina 8 Petersen 9 Arnold 10 Kosmina 11 Crino 12 Davidson 13 Tobin 14 Hunter 15 Koczka 16 Bozinovski 17 Slater 18 Mitchell 19 Ollerenshaw 20 Gibson Coach: Arok v t e Australia squad – 1996 OFC Nations Cup Winners (2nd Title) Tobin Edwards Marth Foster Mori Tiatto Tapai Jurić Polak Spiteri Markovski Trajanovski Bingley Blagojevic Ivanović Trimboli Wade Hooker Enes Cranney Popovic Spink Kalac Coach: Thomson and Blanco (caretaker) v t e Australia squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Bosnich 2 Horvat 3 Lazaridis 4 Ivanović 5 Tobin 6 Zelić 7 Slater 8 Foster 9 Viduka 10 A. Vidmar 11 Kewell 12 Bingley 13 Hooker 14 T. Vidmar 15 Skoko 16 Trimboli 17 Mori 18 Aloisi 19 Tapai 20 Kalac 21 Muscat Coach: Venables v t e Australia squad – 1998 OFC Nations Cup Runners-up Tobin Ceccoli Maloney Veart Mori Longo Tapai De Amicis Gwynne Lozanovski Petkovic Wehrman Trajanovski Babic Trimboli Trajkovski Chipperfield Colosimo Halpin Coach: Farina