After a successful loan spell with Sydney FC, Joel King has been called up to the Socceroos for their friendly against World Cup Champions, Argentina.
King made 13 appearances since joining in January from Odense BK in Denmark and nailed down a starting spot from the home game against Perth Glory in mid April until the end of the season.
The left back was part of the Australian squad that took on Argentina at the World Cup and Kind made his National Team debut in Melbourne in a 4-0 victory over Vietnam. Since then he has made a further three appearances and despite not getting on the park in Qatar, took valuable experience away from the tournament.
The Socceroos will take on Argentina in Beijing and will be landing in China this week ahead of the first training session on Saturday.
Fans in Australia will be able to watch the Socceroos take on Argentina live and free on Network 10 and live on Paramount+.
Match details
Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Venue: The Workers’ Stadium, Beijing, China
Time: 8.00pm local / 10.00pm AEST
Broadcast: Live and free on Network 10 and live on Paramount+
SUBWAY SOCCEROOS SQUAD vs ARGENTINA I BEIJING, CHINA – THURSDAY 15 JUNE
| Name | Current Club, Country | ‘A’ Caps (Goals) | Junior Club (Member Federation/Country) |
| Nathaniel ATKINSON | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 6 (0) | Riverside Olympic FC / Football Tasmania |
| Keanu BACCUS | St Mirren FC, Scotland | 5 (0) | Parklea FC / Football New South Wales |
| Brandon BORRELLO | Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia | 6 (1) | Modbury Jets SC / Football South Australia |
| Jordan BOS | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 1 (0) | Hoppers Crossing SC / Football Victoria |
| Alessandro CIRCATI | Parma Calcio 1913, Italy | (0) | Perth Soccer Club / Football West |
| Cameron DEVLIN | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 2 (0) | Sutherland Sharks FC /Football New South Wales |
| Mitchell DUKE | Fagiano Okayama, Japan | 26 (9) | Liverpool Rangers SC /Football New South Wales |
| Joe GAUCI (Gk) | Adelaide United FC, Australia | 1 (0) | Cumberland United FC /Football South Australia |
| Denis GENREAU | Toulouse FC, France | 2 (0) | Brighton SC / Football Victoria |
| Thomas GLOVER (Gk) | Melbourne City FC, Australia | (0) | Menai Hawks / Football New South Wales |
| Ajdin HRUSTIC | Hellas Verona FC, Italy | 23 (3) | Heatherton United SC / Football Victoria |
| Joel KING | Odense Boldklub, Denmark on loan to Sydney FC, Australia | 4 (0) | Shellharbour Junior FC /Football New South Wales |
| Mathew LECKIE | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 77 (14) | Brimbank Stallions FC / Football Victoria |
| Jamie MACLAREN | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 29 (8) | Green Gully SC / Football Victoria |
| Riley MCGREE | Middlesbrough FC, England | 16 (1) | Gawler Eagles FC / Football South Australia |
| Connor METCALFE | FC St. Pauli, Germany | 7 (0) | South Cardiff FC / Northern NSW Football |
| Aiden O’NEILL | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 2 (0) | University of Queensland Football Club(Formerly Kenmore FC) / Football Queensland |
| Alexander ROBERTSON | Manchester City FC, England | 1 (0) | Pagewood Botany FC /Football New South Wales |
| Kye ROWLES | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 9 (0) | Palm Beach SC / Football Queensland |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) (Cpt) | AZ Alkmaar, Netherland | 80 (0) | Blacktown City FC / Football New South Wales |
| Gianni STENSNESS | Viking FK, Norway | 2 (0) | Pittwater RSL FC / Collaroy Cromer SC/ Football NSW |
| Harry SOUTTAR | Leicester City FC, England | 15 (6) | Brechin City Boys Club (Scotland) |
| Ryan STRAIN | St Mirren FC, Scotland | 1 (0) | Aston Villa FC (UK) |
