Asian Cup Qualifier 2–1 comeback win over Oman in Muscat after conceding from his penalty save rebound. He was the country's first-choice keeper for all three matches of the group stage in the 2010 World Cup in a group composed of Australia, Germany, Ghana and Serbia. In the first match, Australia were crushed, 4–0, by the Germans, but they recovered with a 1–1 draw against Ghana in the next game. In the final match, Australia beat Serbia, 2–1, thus finishing third in the group with four points, just missing out on qualification to the round of 16 on goal difference with Ghana. After the tournament, Schwarzer declared his interest in playing at the 2014 World Cup, at which time he would be 41 years old. On 5 November 2013, however, he announced his retirement from international level. Schwarzer's goalkeeping position was succeeded by Mitchell Langerak, and later with Mathew Ryan in Australia's association football team. Career statistics Club International Honours Middlesbrough Football League Cup: 2003–04 Australia OFC Nations Cup: 2004 Individual FFA Australian Football Awards: Footballer of the Year: 2009, 2010 Football Media Association Australia International Player of the Year: 2009 Australian Professional Football Association Player of the Year: 2010 Australia's Greatest Ever Team: 2012 Premier League Player of the Month: February 2010 Fulham Player of The Year: 2008–09 Football Australia Hall of Fame: 2021 Alex Tobin OAM Medal: 2014 Order of Australia Medal: 2009 Records Middlesbrough Most international appearances while a Middlesbrough player: 53 Chelsea Chelsea oldest all-time player: 41 years and 218 days Leicester City Leicester City oldest all-time player: 43 years and 32 days Australia Australia all-time top appearance maker: 109 Australia all-time most clean sheets: 44 Longest Australia career: 20 years, 38 days Australia oldest all-time player: 40 years and 336 days See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps References External links 1972 births Living people Australian people of German descent Sportsmen from New South Wales Soccer players from Sydney Australian soccer players Association football goalkeepers Marconi Stallions FC players Dynamo Dresden players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Bradford City A.F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players National Soccer League (Australia) players Bundesliga players English Football League players Premier League players Australia youth international soccer players Australia under-20 international soccer players Australia international soccer players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 OFC Nations Cup