Alexander Badolato
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| Full name | Alexander Phillip Badolato[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 February 2005[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Newcastle Jets | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sylvania Heights FC | |||||||||||||||||
| Sutherland Sharks | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 69 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Newcastle Jets | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Australia U20 | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Phillip Badolato (Italian: [ba.doˈla.to];[2] born 23 February 2005) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Newcastle Jets.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Western Sydney Wanderers
[edit | edit source]Raised in Western Sydney, Badolato signed for the Wanderers in 2018, initially playing for their under-13s before being promoted to their National Premier Leagues (NPL) squad in 2021.[3] During his time at youth level, he was named the Under-14s' Player of the Year in 2019.[4]
Badolato signed a two-year scholarship contract (his first professional deal) on 27 July 2021.[5][6] Badolato made his starting debut in his maiden appearance for the first-team, aged 16, scoring in a 3–0 away cup victory over Broadmeadow Magic.[7][8] After making eight appearances for the first-team, he extended his contract on a three-year full-time deal on 16 July 2023.[9]
International career
[edit | edit source]Badolato won the Best Player award at the 2025 U20 Asian Cup,[10] in which he was part of Australia's winning team,[11] the first time Australia had ever won the tournament.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 1 August 2024[1]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 2021[12] | NPL NSW 2 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2022[13] | NSW League One | 21 | 10 | — | — | — | 21 | 10 | ||||
| 2023[13] | NPL NSW | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | 25 | 4 | ||||
| 2024[13] | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 69 | 20 | — | — | — | 69 | 20 | |||||
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 2021–22[14] | A-League Men | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23[15] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24[16] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25[17] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Melbourne Victory FC (Loan) | 2024–25 | A-League Men | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Newcastle Jets FC | 2025-26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 100 | 24 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 107 | 27 | ||||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Newcastle Jets FC
- Australia Cup Champions: 2025
Australia U-20
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup Champions: 2025
Individual
- AFC U-20 Asian Cup Best Player: 2025
- AFC Youth Player of the Year: 2025[18]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alexander Badolato at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Living people
- 2005 births
- Australian men's soccer players
- Men's association football forwards
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC players
- Melbourne Victory FC players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- A-League Men players
- National Premier Leagues players
- Australia men's youth international soccer players
- Australia men's under-20 international soccer players
- Soccer players from Sydney
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen