Josh Cavallo

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Josh Cavallo
File:Josh Cavallo Adelaide United FC.jpg
Cavallo with Adelaide United in 2021
Personal information
Full name Joshua John Cavallo
Date of birth (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Stamford
Youth career
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Melbourne City NPL 54 (6)
2019–2021 Western United 9 (0)
2021–2025 Adelaide United 49 (0)
2025 Peterborough Sports 4 (0)
2025– Stamford 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Australia U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:11, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 March 2020

Joshua John Cavallo (born 13 November 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for English club Stamford. Cavallo has represented the Australian under-20 national team.

Early life

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Joshua John Cavallo[2] was born on 13 November 1999 in Bentleigh East, Victoria.[3] He is of Italian and Maltese descent.[4]

He says that he was initially more into playing tennis, but his brother encouraged him to kick a ball around in the backyard and it was not long before he "fell in love" with the game.[5]

Club career

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Youth

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File:Joshua Cavallo.jpg
Cavallo with Melbourne Victory Youth in 2016

Cavallo was scouted by a national program at the age of 15, and later offered a scholarship by Melbourne Victory.[5] He represented both Melbourne Victory FC Youth and Melbourne City FC Youth.[6]

Western United

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On 15 April 2019, Melbourne City announced that Cavallo would leave the club at the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]

On 24 June 2019, new A-League side Western United,[8] representing western Melbourne suburbs and western Victorian regional towns,[9] announced that Cavallo would join the club ahead of its inaugural season.[8] He made his debut on 3 January 2020 in a 3–2 loss at his previous club. On as a 71st-minute substitute for Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, he earned a penalty when fouled by goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis, which was converted by Besart Berisha.[10]

Western United announced that Cavallo was leaving the club on 10 February 2021[11] to seek more playing time with another A-League club.

Adelaide United

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On 18 February 2021, Cavallo signed a short-term contract to play for Adelaide United.[12] After a successful stint in the 2020–21 A-League, he signed a two-year contract extension on 11 May.[13] He was rewarded with Adelaide United's A-League Rising Star award after a successful 2020–21 campaign, in which he started 15 games and made 18 appearances.[14]

He plays as a left back and central midfielder for the club.[15]

During the 2024–25 season, Cavallo failed to make a single appearance for Adelaide, only making the bench eight times throughout the season. He departed the club at the season's end.[16]

Peterborough Sports

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On 11 July 2025, Cavallo joined English National League North side Peterborough Sports.[17]

International career

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Cavallo was in the Australian under-19 national team which played in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship in October–November 2018, starting with a game against Korea Republic.[18]

Cavallo has represented the Australian under-20 national team.[19][20]

Cavallo hoped to make the team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup,[21] but was not selected to play. He was disappointed at FIFA's decision to ban players from wearing "OneLove" armbands at the tournament[22]

Personal life

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He came out as gay in October 2021.[23][5] At the time, there were no other openly gay male footballers playing professional top-flight football. He said in a statement, "I hope that in sharing who I am, I can show others who identify as LGBTQ+ that they are welcome in the football community".[24] Cavallo said he had "never smiled so much in my life" and had "the best night's sleep" after his announcement.[25] He was fully and explicitly supported by Adelaide United management and fellow players.[26][27] The announcement was widely reported in the international press,[28] and Cavallo received messages of support from many football players, including Gerard Piqué, Marcus Rashford, Antoine Griezmann,[5] Jordan Henderson,[25] Gary Lineker,[5] and Lionel Messi, as well as fans, strangers, and celebrities such as Lil Nas X and Ellen DeGeneres.[26]

Cavallo was the first high-profile player to come out during their career since English footballer Justin Fashanu made a similar announcement in 1990. Fashanu faced widespread homophobia after the announcement.[26][a] In May 2022 English footballer Jake Daniels came out, aged 17, becoming the UK's only male professional footballer to be publicly out at the time, and the first since Fashanu.[31] He cited Cavallo among those who had helped him to come out.[32]

In March 2024, Cavallo proposed to his partner Leighton Morrell on the pitch at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide United's home ground.[33] He posted three photos on Instagram, one of which showed Morrell wearing an engagement ring, and thanked his club for their support and encouragement to live his life authentically.[34]

Recognition

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He won Adelaide United's Rising Star award for the 2020–21 season.[5]

In 2022, Cavallo received an honorary doctorate from Flinders University in Adelaide, in recognition of "his exceptional contributions as a role model in elite men's sport and as a champion for equality".[20]

Cavallo was nominated as 2023 SA Young Australian of the Year.[20]

Career statistics

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As of match played 18 March 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Australia Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Western United 2019–20 A-League 9 0 – 9 0
2020–21 A-League 0 0 – 0 0
Total 9 0 – 9 0
Adelaide United 2020–21 A-League 19 0 – 19 0
2021–22 A-League Men 19 0 3 0 22 0
2022–23 A-League Men 7 0 3 0 10 0
2023–24 A-League Men 4 0 0 0 4 0
2024–25 A-League Men 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 49 0 6 0 55 0
Career total 58 0 6 0 64 0

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Fashanu committed suicide eight years later, after fleeing to England following charges being laid in the U.S. that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old boy, which he denied, saying that the sex had been consensual.[29][30]

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