Team of the tournament: 2015 A-League Goal of the Year: 2016–17 AFC Asian Icon: 6 December 2017 AFC Opta All-time World Cup XI: 2020 Australian Professional Football Association Player of the Year: 2008–09 Australia's greatest ever team: 2012 MLS Player of the Week 2013: Week 9 MLS Best XI: 2013 MLS All-Stars: 2014 Best MLS Player ESPY Award: 2014 FIFA World Cup Man of the Match 2006: vs Japan (GS) 2010: vs Serbia (GS) Everton Player of the Season: 2004–05 Everton Players' Player of the Season: 2004–05 Everton top goalscorer of the season: 2004–05 New York Red Bulls Most valuable player: 2013 New York Red Bulls Goal of the Year: 2013 New York Red Bulls Golden boot: 2013 Ballon d’Or: 2006 (Nominee) FIFA Puskás Award nominee: 2014 Achievements First Australian to score at the World Cup Finals First Australian to score at the Asian Cup Finals First Australian to be honoured a FIFA World Cup Man of the match award First Australian to score at three FIFA World Cups: 2006, 2010, 2014 Most Goals by an Australian at the Asian Cup Finals (see List of AFC Asian Cup Goalscorers) Australia's oldest ever goalscorer: (37 years and 308 days) goals against Syria in 2017 First Everton player since Neville Southall in 1988 to be nominated for the Ballon d’Or First Everton player since Dixie Dean in 1931 to score in three separate Merseyside derbies at Anfield Has scored more post-war league goals against Liverpool than any other Everton player Has the record for scoring the fastest goal in MLS history. On 20 October 2013, Cahill scored within the first 7 seconds of the game against Houston Dynamo See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of Australia international soccer players References External links Tim Cahill at the Everton website Tim Cahill at Football-Lineups.com 1979 births Living people AFC Asian Cup-winning players A-League Men players Association football forwards Association football midfielders Australia international soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate soccer players in the United States Australian expatriate sportspeople in China Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Australian people of Irish descent Australian sportspeople of