 Luongo with Australia in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Massimo Corey Luongo[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1992[2] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Ipswich Town | |||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Tottenham Hotspur | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Swindon Town | 73 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Queens Park Rangers | 145 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sheffield Wednesday | 64 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Ipswich Town | 62 | (5) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Australia | 45 | (6) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Massimo Corey Luongo (/ˈmæsɪmoʊ luˈɒŋɡoʊ/ MASS-ih-moh loo-ONG-goh;[4][5] born 25 September 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Ipswich Town and the Australian national team.
Born in Sydney, Luongo played youth football for APIA Leichhardt Tigers before moving to England to play for Tottenham Hotspur, where he started his professional career. Following a loan spell at Ipswich Town, he played on loan at Swindon Town, a move which was eventually made permanent. After four years at Queens Park Rangers, he joined Sheffield Wednesday in 2019.
Luongo played for the Australia national team from 2014 until December 2023, making 45 appearances in total before announcing his retirement from international football. He was a member of the squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and played a central role in Australia winning the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, where he scored in the final and was named player of the tournament. He also went to the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Sheffield Wednesday" (PDF). English Football League. p. 63. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Massimo Luongo". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ AFC Asian Cup (31 January 2015), Most Valuable Player presented by Toyota: Massimo Luongo, retrieved 17 November 2017
- ^ AFC Asian Cup (31 January 2015), Most Valuable Player presented by Toyota: Massimo Luongo, retrieved 17 November 2017