a hypocorism of his given name, Michael, he is also colloquially known as "Jedi", shortened from "Jedinak". Due to that name's similarity to the group of Star Wars characters known as Jedi, he is often told "May the force be with you" and to "Use the force". Career statistics Club International International goals Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first. Honours Sydney United NSW Premier League: 2006 Central Coast Mariners A-League Premiership: 2007–08 Crystal Palace Football League Championship play-offs: 2013 FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16 Aston Villa EFL Championship play-offs: 2019 Australia AFC Asian Cup: 2015 Individual Mariners Medal: 2007–08 PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2008–09 Crystal Palace Player of the Year: 2012–13 FFA Male footballer of the Year: 2013, 2014 Asian International Footballer of the Year: 2014 PFA Footballer of the Year: 2013–14 AFC Opta All-time World Cup XI: 2020 IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021 References External links Gençlerbirliği profile Central Coast Mariners profile FFA – Socceroo profile Oz Football profile Profile at TFF.org Crystal Palace profile 1984 births Australian people of Croatian descent Australia under-20 international soccer players Australia international soccer players Australia youth international soccer players Süper Lig players A-League Men players National Soccer League (Australia) players English Football League players Premier League players Antalyaspor footballers Central Coast Mariners FC players Crystal Palace F.C. players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers NK Varaždin players Sydney United 58 FC players South Coast United players Aston Villa F.C. players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Australian expatriate soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Turkey Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff Soccer players from Sydney Living people AFC Asian Cup-winning players Association football midfielders 2018 FIFA World Cup players Australian soccer players FA Cup Final players Association football coaches